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Jonathan Harr - A Civil Action
 
   

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129 out of 129 people found this review helpful.

A Civil Action is a Gripping Legal Thriller!

Date of Review:  Oct 6, 2001
The Bottom Line: This award- winning book is a real page turner! It will keep you captivated!
Review: ?Whether in truth, or in fiction, I have never read a more compelling chronicle of litigation.?---- John Grisham

Famed author John Grisham couldn?t have said it better! ?A Civil Action?, written by Jonathan Harr, is an incredible work of...
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  5.0

by: Bryan_Carey
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Well- written; Captivating; Suspenseful
Cons
No cons at all!
 
23 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

Here's a lawbook worth reading!

Date of Review:  Feb 28, 2000
Review: When I have time to read for pleasure nonfiction works (other than history books) usually rank way down on my priorities. This was not the case however, when I picked up the book "A Civil Action" by Jonathon Harr.
This book is truly a page...
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  4.0

by: brad_cantrill
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
great storyline, captivating characters
Cons
wanted a more suspenseful ending
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

A Civil Action - a shocking true legal battle

Date of Review:  Dec 14, 2000
Review: A Civil Action, by Jonathan Harr, tells the complex story of a civil case in Woburn, Massachusetts. The events of the Woburn case touch on many problems in the tort law system. The author really brings the reader into the story....you feel that you...
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  4.0

by: zetacoog
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
intense, true
Cons
legal matters may seem long
 
14 out of 14 people found this review helpful.

The Best Book of Its Kind

Date of Review:  Nov 11, 1999
Review: If you saw the movie and liked it, you will love the book "A Civil Action". The author Jonathan Hall does a masterful job of keeping an incredibly true and complicated tale simple, concise and vastly entertaining. It is one of the best books of its...
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  5.0

by: moonmoods_52
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
finely crafted and concise and engaging
Cons
none
 
12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

Excellent Legal Page Turner

Date of Review:  Dec 1, 1999
Review: Jonathan Harr's "A Civil Action" is an absolutely breathtakingly original novel, with a true story that moves very quickly, and enraptures the reader into staying up way later than he or she should in order to get to the end. Yes, this book is THAT...
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  5.0

by: MattA75
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Fast Paced, well written
Cons
the trial can seem to get long winded
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

The fight for justice at the cost of life.

Date of Review:  Oct 7, 1999
Review: This book first caught my eye when I received it from my brother. The following day on the news, was a discussion about the movie based on this book. I told myself that if I wanted to see the movie, I would have to read the book first. So, I sat...
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  5.0

by: union02
Recommended to buy: Yes

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An emotional book that will teach you...
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A bit emotional, in that it plays with...
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Captivating and horrifying

Date of Review:  Nov 16, 1999
Review: A non-fiction story about children who are developing leukemia at an unusually rapid pace, "A Civil Action" is not only about assigning blame for this unnatural happening, but also how it impacts the lawyer who took on the case. I didn't see the...
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  5.0

by: mgreber
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Great, fascinating writing of a...
Cons
Not much, but could be less...
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Great True Courtroom Drama

Date of Review:  Aug 8, 1999
Review: Eight people in a small part of a small town get leukemia. The water in that part of the down has repeatedly smelt and tasted horribly. People eat mineral water, or mix the water with juice
to hide the wile taste. It is a common belief that...
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  5.0

by: jpalme
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Exciting, realistic, important issue
Cons
Too hard to put the book down
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

A Civil Action

Date of Review:  Oct 15, 1999
Review: A Civil Action is a very interesting book about many families in the same town joining together to sue two big companies because contaminated water in the taps has caused their children to develop cancer. It is also focuses on the lawyer Jan...
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  5.0

by: Ben_Brizendine
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Captivating
Cons
A lot of details about environmental...
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Hard to put this book down.

Date of Review:  Jan 7, 2000
Review: An online friend first suggested I read this book. He knew that I live in Buffalo, NY...only 25 miles from the famed Love Canal area in Niagara Falls, NY. That was one of the first places in the country where illnesses, such as cancers, were found...
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  5.0

by: mal1249
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Engrossing...pulls you into the story.
Cons
none I can think of
 

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