Associate, The

Inhoud

For a twenty-five-year-old law student with no criminal record and no illegal habits or proclivities, the presence and the attention of a man who gave all indications of being employed by some branch of law enforcement should have caused no concern whatsoever. But it never worked that way with Kyle McAvoy. Street cops and state troopers didn’t particularly bother him. They were paid to simply react. But the guys in dark suits, the investigators and agents, the ones trained to dig deep and discover secrets—those types still unnerved him.

Bespreking

A new definition of anti-climactic

The story of an innocent, promising law student with a dubious history fighting against a big law firm... it all sounds promising in the hands of the author of The Firm. And truly, this story starts showcasing a lot of vigour and passion. Although at certain points it resonates a bit too much the plot line of exactly the novel that made John Grisham famous, it pulls you along the pages in a decent paced narrative.

But then it all blows up. I can't really remember when I first became suspicious, but it must be just before three quarters of the book. Suddenly our young hero decides to involve more parties than necessary and you ask yourself why he didn't do that at the start of his precarious situation. All motivation of keeping his troubles to himself seem to evaporate with the irritating result that the main character looses his coherence.

Close to the end of the book I was actually hoping that John was pulling our collective leg by preparing for a big surprise ending. Sadly enough I turned the last page with more questions than answers. The major question was: what happened to the talent of John Grisham.