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Book Review By Geoff Pears
The Firm by John Grisham

Mitch McDeere graduates third in his class at Harvard Law School. He looks like he's headed for Wall Street or Washington D.C. He surprisingly joins a firm in Memphis, Bendini, Lambert, and Locke. They offer him a BMW, nice money, and a house. It's going to be great. Then, two of the partners die in a diving accident in Grand Cayman. One of the firm's proudest things is that no one has ever resigned. Mitch thinks it's a little suspicious. Then, one night when he is eating dinner, an FBI man named Tarrence tells him that the firm is spying on him. Tarrence meets him many more times. Each time he tells him a little bit more. Mitch learns who the firm's people really are. He is terrified. He wants to quit, but he knows he will get killed.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Legal Thriller Yes
Legal Plotlets
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 30 %
Is Romance a MAJOR (25%+) part of story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Race
Unusual characteristics:

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - money/treasure
The antagonists are: - US mafia
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - The Caribbean
City? Yes
City: - dangerous - New Orleans

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - descript. of breasts
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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