Product Description:
If you thought Mitch McDeere was in trouble in The Firm, wait
until you meet Kyle McAvoy, The Associate

Kyle McAvoy grew up in his father’s small-town law office in York, Pennsylvania. He excelled in college, was elected editor-in-chief of The Yale Law Journal, and his future has limitless potential.

But Kyle has a secret, a dark one, an episode from college that he has tried to forget. The secret, though, falls into the hands of the wrong people, and Kyle is forced to take a job he doesn’t want—even though it’s a job most law students can only dream about.

Three months after leaving Yale, Kyle becomes an associate at the largest law firm in the world, where, in addition to practicing law, he is expected to lie, steal, and take part in a scheme that could send him to prison, if not get him killed.

With an unforgettable cast of characters and villains—from Baxter Tate, a drug-addled trust fund kid and possible rapist, to Dale, a pretty but seemingly quiet former math teacher who shares Kyle’s “cubicle” at the law firm, to two of the most powerful and fiercely competitive defense contractors in the country—and featuring all the twists and turns that have made John Grisham the most popular storyteller in the world, The Associate is vintage Grisham.


From the Hardcover edition.



Summary: Did Grisham REALLY write this?
Rating: 2
This story doesn't read like a Grisham novel. Could he too have succumbed to (oh no!) ghost writers? I've read almost all the Grisham books and I think I'd recognize his "voice". And this is not -- in my humble opinion. What this book does sound and feel like, is a collaboration of young writers who watch too much television and tossed ideas together until voila!


Summary: Disappointed
Rating: 2
I have read every one of John Grisham's books and was looking forward to this one, however, after finishing it last night, I must say I was very disappointed. The ending (which, of course, I won't give away) was very lame. He spent a lot of time on the big bad law firms abusing the associates and not enough on the real story of Kyle and who were these people who were ruining his life. I would definitely not recommend it.


Summary: Padding
Rating: 2
Mr. Grisham is padding his billing sheet with The Associate, which seems almost to have been ghost-written. It reflects little of the talent behind The Partner, my favorite Grisham novel and, frankly, it made me somewhat upset to have spent 27 bucks. I would have been disappointed to buy this one in paperback. Time was that you started a Grisham novel and couldn't put it down. Had I not been stuck in an airport en route from a deposition I would not have had the patience to finish.

This book was like my sixth grade term paper; we all had them, you would count the words until you got to the end. Likewise, although there was some great potential in this story it was not realized. Sure, there were half-hearted attempts to bring other characters to life, but they were all just that, half-hearted. The ending was among the most disappointing that I have ever come across--in any genre.

Nobody learns anything. There is no character progression--just a slow moving train wreck from which nobody emerges having been enlightened. In fact, the reader feels much like our protagonist--forced to endure a journey that was expected to be something completely different and not entirely sure how to escape. Heavens, big law firms are such a deliciously evil mix of stunningly warped personalities and distorted goals that any number of excellent thrillers could be drawn from facts known to just about any lawyer.

I do hope that Mr. Grisham rediscovers the joy of telling a story--he is very good at it; however, I cannot recommend this book.







Summary: Associate was a waste
Rating: 1
Don't read "The Associate." It's written as if a deadline loomed and he couldn't wait to be finished. There are no interesting characters, the plot has holes, the ending is horrible, and the only thing interesting is the military technology information (which totals two pages). What happened to Grisham? "The Appeal" was great, but his work is subpar compared to his first set of novels.


Summary: One Of His Worst
Rating: 1
I have read or listened to every book by Grisham, and this one is beyond disapponting. I listened to it on cd on my long commute to work, and I was bored by the 2nd disc, talk radio was more appealing. Part of it can be attributed to the terrible reading and partly the story line. If you are a Grisham fan I'm sure you will read, but don't expect much.
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