Thursday, March 5, 2009

The Associate

Author: John Grisham
Genre: Fiction

Just when I thought my fav writer could not give me a book that I would not be able to keep down, he came up with a pretty decent one.

The Asociate is Grisham's latest book and is yet again on what he writes best about - law! The plot revolves around a final year law year student who has planned his life after law school. But just when he thought that everything would end as he wanted, the past catches up and takes him on a roller coaster ride ,albeit unwillingly. He dodges the thin line between the two sides of law with efforts for he knows that a small mistake would put him on the other side of law with no escape.

The book has a great pace but it has a lacklustre climax. It is practical but I always expect stories to have a definite end. This one doesnt and thats the place where it disappointed me. Again its nowhere near Firm or Partner but then if you like his writings you would not find it that bad.

Non grisham fans skip it, others go ahead! Its better than many of his recent books