Tuesday 6 September 2016

The Associate - John Grisham

Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he's good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his entire life.

One night that secret catches up with him in the form of a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. Kyle realises that he no longer owns his own future – that he must do as his blackmailers tell him, or the video will be made public, with all the unpleasant consequences.

What price do they demand for Kyle's secret? It is for Kyle to take a job in New York as an associate at the largest law firm in the world. Kyle won't be working for this company, but against it – passing on the secrets of it's biggest trial to date, a dispute worth billions of dollars to the victor.

My thoughts:
It has been some time since I read a Grisham, but hey, they are still good. I have no idea why I like these legal thrillers, but I do. I think I read my first Grisham when I was 12. 

In this one Kyle, our hero, is being blackmailed, and sent to work for a big company to get their secrets. Oh Kyle, you really effed up. But at the same time, yes something bad had happened, but he had nothing to do with it. So I did feel sorry for him there, and he did try to get out of it.

Litigation, looking at papers, billing hours, haha, yes I like it.

The end was rather abrupt, it came together too fast, so that could have been done better.

I do not really have lots to say, if you have read a Grisham then you get the general idea. Lawyers, some suspense, and legal talk.

Conclusion:
Good

Paperback, 384 pages
Published 2009 by Century
Legal Thriller
Own

35 comments:

  1. Omigosh. I have a lot of his books as well. Pelican Brief did it for me. Ever since then, I've gathered as much of his as I can.

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    1. I can't remember which one did it for me, a court drama...but which one. Long ago

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  2. I used to love his books but now I think they're just okay.

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  3. I've read a couple of his books and liked them. Sounds like another good one.

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  4. I don't think I've ever read him. If I did it's been a good 10 years and pfft if I remember. lol Might need to try em.

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  5. It's been a while since I've read anything by Grisham, but I think it might be time.

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    1. I saw the library had a few more I had not read

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  6. It's great that he went back to writing legal thrillers. I know he had a general fiction phase, I'm guessing it wasn't as great as writing for this genre

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    1. I never read his general fiction, I stayed away from those

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  7. I can't believe I've never read a Grisham. I'm sure I'd like them though!

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  8. It's been a very long time since I've read one of his books.

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  9. I like the legal talk and the systems as well, surprisingly. I've not read a Grisham myself for simply ages so maybe time I went back. Thanks for the review.

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    1. It's strange why I like it, I should find it boring, but it
      s great

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  10. A John Grisham review! It's been a loong time since I've read anything by Grisham.

    ~Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum

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  11. Never read one of his but I can see the appeal!

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  12. Love your review :) My DH reads all of his books but I've only read The Firm.

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  13. I used to read Grisham but it was all the same so I quit.

    Karen @For What It's Worth

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    1. True, but if you read them every 5th year you foget

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  14. I used to devour his books and like you love legal thrillers!

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  15. I've never read anything from him but this sounds interesting.

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  16. I haven't read Grisham in a long time. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I'm about to start a financial thriller tonight. It's not my usual genre, but I am gonna give it a shot.

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