182. Title & Author: The Associate by John Grisham (434 pages) Genre: Fiction—Thriller
Completed: 26 April 2011
Summary & Review:
Kyle McAvoy, a young Yale law student is confronted by a group of mysterious men who know of a terrible secret from his past. Using this information they blackmail Kyle into accepting a job at a top New York law firm to funnel this cadre secrets about an incredibly important lawsuit. With the help of his old college roommates and a fellow New York City lawyer, Kyle tries to figure out some way to escape with his life.
My dad has very mixed feelings about Grisham. He says that about every other book of Grisham’s is worth reading, and I tend to agree. This book was unfortunately one of the ones not worth reading. When compared to some of Grisham’s more gripping novels, such as The Broker or The Partner, this one fell a bit flat. The plot was fairly thin and the majority of the pages, I’d say about 65-70%, were devoted to describing the life of a young associate in a big-time law firm. Grisham droned on and on about “hundred hour work weeks” and “waking up at 5:00 am” and “exhaustion” and “tedium,” etc., etc., etc. It was almost as if he was trying to make us feel sorry for these poor, way over paid lawyers. Not happening.
2 comments:
I thought it was pretty good read. I picked up the book at the Warner's and Doris and I fought over it for the day and half it took me to read it. At the end, I was wishing it was a few chapters longer. Grisham never makes the life of a lawyer look very compelling to me. For Grisham, it's all about the hours.
I saw your review of the book. I agree that it was a readable story, I just thought it was missing a little pizazz.
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