| Binding: Mass Market Paperback |
| EAN: 9780446365505 |
| ISBN: 0446365505 |
| Label: Grand Central Publishing |
| Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing |
| Number Of Items: 1 |
| Number Of Pages: 480 |
| Product Group: Book |
| Publication Date: 1994-06-01 |
| Publisher: Grand Central Publishing |
| Sales Rank on Amazon: 327,212 |
| Studio: Grand Central Publishing |
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Source:Product Description
A lackluster, somewhat alcoholic partner at a top law firm, Mack Malloy is assigned to investigate the disappearance of the firm's star lawyer and five million dollars. By the author of Presumed Innocent. Reprint. NYT.
Average Customer Review: 3.0
Total Customer Reviews: 40
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 1
Summary: Very boring Scott
I am sorry Scott, but your book Pleading Guilty left me cold. I have read the first two books by Turow (Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof) and enjoyed them. I checked this one out of the local library and wished I had not. For every two lines of conversation and action, there are about two pages of the protagonist's thoughts and musings about the motivations of the other characters. Very slow moving and very dull in my opinion.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 3
Summary: page turner...disappointing conclusion
this is an interesting novel that ultimately disappoints. How to end the novel?
it's a tough job for any author ...Turow fails here. But, this novel is well worth the time put into it. It's a good airplane novel...or beach novel. You gobble it up like peanuts at the ballgame.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 1
Summary: A terrible and boring book
I am sorry I took the time to finish this book. The author went on and on as though he had to fill the pages with words; but they contributed nothing to the story. So many of his other books are great; but certainly not this one. Read the works of Steve Martini if you want a fast paced and funny lawyer novel.
0 out of 0 people found this review helpful:
Rating: 2
Summary: A thriller devoid of thrills
The core idea seems great, a corporate conspiracy and cover up to evaporate five millon dolars related to the litigation business of a law firm (G&G) associated to its most important client, TN, a giant conglomerate with assets in jetliners, hotels and tourism, that had gotten involved in a lawsuit with a class action involving millions of dollars after an air crash, that money was part of the payment for the settlement to the families of the victims of the accident. The mystery is very well set, somebody of G&G is blamed for taking the money and dissapear and the main character, Malloy, one of (G&G) corporate lawyers who was a former street cop gets the job to find him, and there you go as an avid reader fully excited with the promise of a great read with a lot of thrills. Unfortunately, after turning the first pages of the first chapter you realize that the story is awfully written, and will have to put up with this tedious horrible writing style all the way to the end of the book, which centers everything not in the action but in the ramblings coming out of the mind of Malloy. The final product is a lame plot full of useless words and above all very difficult to follow every step of the way, a flop in every sense of the word. Anyhow, I rate it two stars for the original idea.
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Rating: 5
Summary: There are no heros
A particular phrase used by the main character in this novel is "there are no victims." In this novel, there are no heros.
This novel is highly entertaining, fast-paced and in the end, a little sad. I will not spoil the ending by telling it but suffice to say, there are real good guys - or gals - in this story. In fact, the individuals whom society looks up to uphold the law have clay feet and even looser morals. If the reader has a low opinion of lawyers, they will come away with an even lower opinion. Upholding the law is a far away third consideration for being a lawyer. Money and winning - at the expense of lying, twisting words, and shading the truth - are the top two considerations.
The main thing I enjoy from Mr. Turow's writing is his ability to give different voices to his characters. None of them sound the same and each has a distinctive voice. I highly reccommend this novel.
