The Firm
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3 journalers for this copy...
Pre-numbered label used for registration.
Journal Entry 2 by 
4libros
at Caffe Tostare, 116 S. Main St. in St. Charles, Missouri USA on Monday, August 26, 2002
4libros at Caffe Tostare, 116 S. Main St. in St. Charles, Missouri USA on Monday, August 26, 2002
Released on Monday, August 26, 2002 at Caffe Tostare, 116 S. Main St. in Saint Charles, Missouri USA.
Official Crossing Zone, around 3pm
Official Crossing Zone, around 3pm
Picked this book up in St Charles, MO. I plan to read it on my return flight to England and release it in the arrivals area at Gatwick airport.
Journal Entry 4 by Skyrider from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Friday, December 19, 2003
Although I picked this up a couple of weeks ago, I haven't had the chance to read it yet. I thought I ought to register the catch anyway though to (a) show up on the site statistics and (b) let this book's friends know that it's safe.
Journal Entry 5 by Skyrider from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 13, 2004
The Firm is an extremely enjoyable thriller, though it's hard to know how to describe it without giving too much of the plot away.
The first portion of the book involves a young lawyer going to work for an out-of-the-way law firm. They make him an offer too good to be true and he takes it. Grisham builds the tension well as he drops just enough hints to get the reader wondering what the firm is up to without completely giving the game away.
The tension builds as the hero (and us!) finds out exactly what's going on behind the scenes. He starts to build a double life between the law firm and a body antagonistic to it.
Finally the tension breaks into an exciting climax as the hero does a runner on both parties. Grisham has us not really sure how things will resolve until the last couple of pages.
I thought The Firm was perfectly paced — it seems to start slowly, but that allows Grisham to crank up the tension in a never-ending crescendo. The characterisation seemed a little flat to me, especially in the dialogues, but that's frequently a problem with thrillers and, with the large cast, if Grisham did a character study of each character then the pace would slow to a crawl.
Well worth reading.
The first portion of the book involves a young lawyer going to work for an out-of-the-way law firm. They make him an offer too good to be true and he takes it. Grisham builds the tension well as he drops just enough hints to get the reader wondering what the firm is up to without completely giving the game away.
The tension builds as the hero (and us!) finds out exactly what's going on behind the scenes. He starts to build a double life between the law firm and a body antagonistic to it.
Finally the tension breaks into an exciting climax as the hero does a runner on both parties. Grisham has us not really sure how things will resolve until the last couple of pages.
I thought The Firm was perfectly paced — it seems to start slowly, but that allows Grisham to crank up the tension in a never-ending crescendo. The characterisation seemed a little flat to me, especially in the dialogues, but that's frequently a problem with thrillers and, with the large cast, if Grisham did a character study of each character then the pace would slow to a crawl.
Well worth reading.
Released on Monday, April 19, 2004 at St.Catharine's College - Foot of K staircase in Cambridge, England United Kingdom.
