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Critics agree with Entertainment Weeklythat The Associate"is vintage Grisham, for better or worse, made timely with its sorry portrait of what passes for everyday ethics on Wall Street." Like his previous novels, The Associateis heavy on readability, predictability, and pace, and lighter on character development, scene setting, and style
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It's been a long time since I read a Grisham novel, and I was intrigued by this one because an alleged rape of a Duquesne University student at a frat party was the instigating incident that set the plot in motion. My son is a recent graduate of Duquesne, and he said the university was not happy to be associated with this fictional rape, especially in light of the negative publicity surrounding the school shooting involving the basketball players a few years ago.
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I read this book. It was called "The Firm." Seriously John, did you need money so badly that you repackaged a previous story?
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Well, it's similar to The Firm in a lot of ways, but it's far inferior to that older book. The ending was really not satisfying, and I just felt like Grisham was mailing it in. Not very believable characters, who are really just cardboard figures anyway. Disappointing.
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I listened to this on CD. Entertaining, but just ok.
Mar 09, 2009
Julie
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