John Grisham's novel The Firm is the kind of book that you don't want to put down once you've started reading it. It makes you wonder and care for the characters" fate. We, the readers, want to get Mitch out of the trouble he is in, regardless of his greedy side. This novel also takes us deep into a world of tax lawyers and top of the line Harvard graduates, where anything is possible and the power drips off every page. Although we sense that something is fishy at the firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, we"re still fascinated - is that how tax lawyers really act? Are they really that corrupt?. The answers are worth the read.
This book achieves its one clear aim - it places the hero, Mitchell, in a moral dilemma and we, as readers, wonder what would we have done in his situation?.
One page has a way of dissolving into the next, and you can feel Mitch's despair and confusion right along with him. I wasn't that pleased with the ending of the novel, because once again it leaves you to wonder what will be the future of these three characters. But I prefer the book's ending over the film's, because it's just more believable.
I highly recommend this book if you are interested in a racy legal thriller that not only seems genuine in its detail but takes you for a hair-raising ride at the same time. .
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