The Client

A Novel

By: John Grisham

Narrated by: Blair Brown

Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb....

Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America.

Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.

And Reggie will do anything to protect her client - even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom...or cost them both their lives.

©1993 John Grisham (P)1993 Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House Inc.

Good story but horrible performance

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No, there is too much loud background music. It was so loud at times that I could not hear the narrator.

Speaking of the narrator, this is the first time I've listened to a female narrator. It didn't work. A man can use his falsetto to sound like a female character, but woman can't lower her voice. The main character was an 11 year old boy, so her voice worked for him, but it didn't work for any of the male characters. I often times could not tell who was talking or what sex they were.

What did you like best about this story?

It was a good suspense story. Reading the book would have been better than listening to this recording.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

With a female voice, I could never understand if a man was talking or a woman was talking.

Was The Client worth the listening time?

No

Any additional comments?

I'd redo the book. Get rid of that annoying background music, and use a male narrator.

Tanked after the escape

Surprised the story line was not John Grissom quality after it escape! I’ve heard almost all his books and love them. This is first disappointment .

Great book.

Great book but the music is simply annoying and distracts from an otherwise great audiobook.

<br />enjoyable book

Fine narrator, diverting, warm hearted story. Nice characters, ok for older teenagers, try the film.

Man's voice needed here

Story would have been better read by a man since most of the characters were men. I found myself wishing I had just read it in print. But good plot. Not a waste of time for sure.

The Client

This was a great story . Didn’t care for the added music otherwise it was a very good audiobook

Good book.

Good story. Follows the movie pretty well. The narrator did a great job but the music in between chapters is brutal !

Pass on this audio book.

Great book, horrible narrator! Cheesy narration. Sounds like an elementary school librarian. Save your money.

Wow….

Still a truly great story. And Blair Brown’s narration fit perfectly.
Thanks again, John Grisham. 😊

The Client

I am a HUGE fan of John Grisham books and listen to audio versions and read hard copies of his work. This audiobook was disappointing in that there was frequent background music. The music was distracting and often so loud that I could not hear the text because the background music was louder than the spoken text. If the background music was removed, this audio book would be much much better.