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The latest installment in the Grisham legal thriller franchise gets good press: It's "personal, moving and much deeper" than his previous books, writes Deirdre Donahue in USA Today . Critics say this one is better because Grisham goes beyond his usual dabbling in social causes and injects honest-to-God Christian spirituality, and with success: "Grisham's smart use of the suspense novel to explore questions of being and faith puts him squarely in the footsteps of Dickens and Graham Greene" ( Publishers Weekly ). A few reviewers find the overt Christianity preachy and self-righteous, but most say it improves an otherwise standard page-turner.
You could argue that those are customers Britannica couldn't have pursued without endangering its core franchise.
Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam effuses that the team is "the most exciting professional sports franchise in the country."
Critics say the ninth installment in the Star Trek franchise unfolds like a two hour episode of the TV series--"as warm and cozy as a pair of tribble fur-lined Spock ears on a cold winter's night" (Michael O'Sullivan, the Washington Post ). The action takes place on a planet whose fountain of youth properties make it the envy of malicious neighbors.
While Bart is the franchise and Lisa the feminist-intellectual icon, the heart of The Simpsons is the extraordinary marriage of Homer and Marge, a marriage that has had its tests (Remember that slinky French bowling instructor?