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cheryl6of8's review against another edition
3.0
3.5-ish stars
This was found by a friend at a local thrift shop when I was looking for a comfy chair. Found the chair but no way to get it home (too big for the vehicles available). The book was the right size, though, and it came home with me.
Most of it is pretty decent, although it was clearly not written by a lawyer because of a few nitpicky issues I found. Also not written by a mental health professional for other less nitpicky issues. Some of these are quite amusing -- I always have thought Prince Charming had a foot fetish, and I was not surprised that not all of the couples actually lived Happily Ever After.
This was found by a friend at a local thrift shop when I was looking for a comfy chair. Found the chair but no way to get it home (too big for the vehicles available). The book was the right size, though, and it came home with me.
Most of it is pretty decent, although it was clearly not written by a lawyer because of a few nitpicky issues I found. Also not written by a mental health professional for other less nitpicky issues. Some of these are quite amusing -- I always have thought Prince Charming had a foot fetish, and I was not surprised that not all of the couples actually lived Happily Ever After.
yangyvonne's review against another edition
4.0
Your favorite Brothers Grimm tales told in legalese! Snow White becomes an EEOC charge; Jack and Jill sue in product liability and Hansel and Gretel undergo a psych analysis for the murder of the witch.
This book is entertaining on so many levels. The stories work on a basic translation into legalese, on a making fun of the profession level, and a "current events" type of innuendo level. The best story has to be the Johnny Cochrane-esque closing argument in defense of Goldilocks. Equally amusing are the deposition of the Big Bad Wolf and the suit by the children of the Old Lady in the shoe.
This book is entertaining on so many levels. The stories work on a basic translation into legalese, on a making fun of the profession level, and a "current events" type of innuendo level. The best story has to be the Johnny Cochrane-esque closing argument in defense of Goldilocks. Equally amusing are the deposition of the Big Bad Wolf and the suit by the children of the Old Lady in the shoe.
natep's review against another edition
3.0
This was fun, short. Each case is presented in a different format, from a brief to a closing statement to a testimony. So many awful people from foot fetish Prince to the Bear biased detective.
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