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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Slow in the middle but satisfying overall. Good narrator.
Really, really enjoyed this book. It's the perfect cross between Grisham's "non-law" books and his law offerings. He tells a great story, and this was no disappointment.
informative
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It's been years since I read a Grisham book. Honestly, I had grown bored with them as can happen when you read multiple books by the same author. Over the past couple of months I have read book after book that hasn't grabbed me, so I decided to head back to an old standard and pick up Grisham's latest book, The Litigators.
The Litagators grabbed me from page one and kept me hooked all the way until the end. This was one of those rare books that I had to force myself to put down in order to take care of the mundane like feed the family and sleep. Each character was developed to their potential and brought full circle. This was very satisfying! I appreciated how the author introduced the legal processes involved in this story without dumbing down OR going over the reader's head.
Thank you Mr. Grisham for a wonderful escape from the day to day routine of life!
The Litagators grabbed me from page one and kept me hooked all the way until the end. This was one of those rare books that I had to force myself to put down in order to take care of the mundane like feed the family and sleep. Each character was developed to their potential and brought full circle. This was very satisfying! I appreciated how the author introduced the legal processes involved in this story without dumbing down OR going over the reader's head.
Thank you Mr. Grisham for a wonderful escape from the day to day routine of life!
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i liked how he escaped the routine and a toxic work placed and kept rochelle as a secretary
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I was a bit disappointed with this book. It's not what I would have expected from Grisham. It kind of dragged through the story but had a good beginning and end, although predictable.
I've read all of Grisham's fiction novels, and I'd have to rank this one as one of my least favorites. It dragged heavily in the middle and I almost stopped reading it. I'm glad I didn't, as it was ok overall, but just too slow.
I got sidetracked from my current read and I didn't regret it. As my first John Grisham's in English, my admiration toward Mr. Grisham's work has not changed. If ever, the one in English captures dark humor and details more clear than his other translated works. The common problems with translation.
The complicated tedious and time consuming work of lawyers, as always, being described as interesting work to do by Mr. Grisham - and that somehow give an impression that not all lawyers are sharks and cold hearted. Seems hard to believe yet still enjoyable to read from cover to cover.
In the 3/4 part of this book, we follow three main characters who are only by fate being brought together to work as a team: An unhappy old lawyer who dreams of nice retirement without his wife gnawing on his back, an emotionally volatile counselor-at-law (who is described as has not yet passed his bar exam) trying to be sober despite the mounting pressure he brings to himself and a young lawyer who never practices in courts.
At least four cases here are mentioned and solved by the uniqueness of their 'boutique' firm. Mr. Grisham's point is to excavate the blurred distinctions of litigation lawyers from other forms of lawyer practices, which I'm able to understand.
One comment though, he mentioned a phrase 'Your neck of the woods,' more than once. Did he just get that phrase or was the phrase somehow an initial idea of this book? As a habit of not taking peculiar choice of words by an author lightly, I must say I'm curious.
The complicated tedious and time consuming work of lawyers, as always, being described as interesting work to do by Mr. Grisham - and that somehow give an impression that not all lawyers are sharks and cold hearted. Seems hard to believe yet still enjoyable to read from cover to cover.
In the 3/4 part of this book, we follow three main characters who are only by fate being brought together to work as a team: An unhappy old lawyer who dreams of nice retirement without his wife gnawing on his back, an emotionally volatile counselor-at-law (who is described as has not yet passed his bar exam) trying to be sober despite the mounting pressure he brings to himself and a young lawyer who never practices in courts.
At least four cases here are mentioned and solved by the uniqueness of their 'boutique' firm. Mr. Grisham's point is to excavate the blurred distinctions of litigation lawyers from other forms of lawyer practices, which I'm able to understand.
One comment though, he mentioned a phrase 'Your neck of the woods,' more than once. Did he just get that phrase or was the phrase somehow an initial idea of this book? As a habit of not taking peculiar choice of words by an author lightly, I must say I'm curious.