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This plot had quite a lot of potential but, sad to say, none of it was realized. None of the court cases were resolved, including the main one around which the book revolved. You never find out what is contained in the omnipresent stolen documents nor do you have any real resolution to any of the simple, loose plot threads. I kept waiting for something, anything, to happen but it never did.
Not his best. Not by a mile.
Not his best. Not by a mile.
I was fortunate to win a copy of this book via a FirstReads giveaway, so my review is based on that copy. The story is set during the 2008 financial meltdown and begins with the protagonist, Samantha Kofer, working at a Big Law firm in New York City. She loses her job as a result of the economic downturn but is dangled an offer by her employer...rather than being fired, she will be furloughed and is promised an opportunity to return to the firm in a year's time if she takes an unpaid job at a le
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Lawyer potboiler, with some good (?) information about how crummy strip mining and mountain top removal mining are for both the communities and the ecosystem.
John Grisham wrote from the perspective as a woman in this novel and he didn't quite manage to pull it off, I don't think. Also, it's great that everyone is sexy and attractive and you know, grills steaks by the campfire and rolls around in quilts while smuggling important documents away - your basic legal thriller requirements. I dunno. N ...more
John Grisham wrote from the perspective as a woman in this novel and he didn't quite manage to pull it off, I don't think. Also, it's great that everyone is sexy and attractive and you know, grills steaks by the campfire and rolls around in quilts while smuggling important documents away - your basic legal thriller requirements. I dunno. N ...more
Grisham returns with a thought-provoking tale about the damaging accounts that strip-mining is having on the environment. At first glance, Samantha, a big-city lawyer seems to have it all but after being given a yearlong furlong, in order to keep her job, she must volunteer for a nonprofit. Suddenly the city girl has been countrified and forced to work for a legal aid facility. As her unease fades, she realizes that unlike the faceless beneficiaries the city provides, at Gray Mountain, she’s mak
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A new plot pattern for me. I enjoyed it.
Oct 11, 2014
Karen Pirrung
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Amy Richard
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Cindy Bokma
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Krissy
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Apr 15, 2018
Laura
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