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Average rating: 3/5

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The Associate

by John Grisham

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | January 27, 2009 | Hardcover

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.

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    Rating: 4/5

    Worth 3.5 stars

    Darth Indurate

    4 months ago

    I enjoyed this novel which at times was impossible to put down. This was more like Grisham's "The Firm" than his more recent efforts like "The Appeal" & "Playing For Pizza". Basically, a young lawyer is blackmailed into stealing secrets from his firm by a shadowy group of "spies" working for another law firm interested in undermining a big case worth billions of dollars. The young man has to manoeuver his way past his own firm's security without really doing anything illegal. A tricky business, to say the least. My biggest disappointment was the anticlimatic ending (I'll try not to spoil it too much). While the ending makes sense, and is quite believable, it is rather "ho-humm" as far as the word "exciting" goes

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    Rating: 1/5

    Possibly his worst ever

    Sully

    3 years ago

    It has been a while since John Grisham has reached the level of some of his earlier works like a Time to Kill, but the Associate has to be one of his worst yet. The book is so full of holes and the main character is not someone worth cheering for. He is a guy who is incapable of empathy for a young woman who may have been raped. Perhaps the biggest problem is the driving force for ihs actions is not even mentioned in the last third of the book when he makes all his key decisions.

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    Rating: 3/5

    Good story

    Jane Petroni

    3 years ago

    The story was exciting, although I felt like I was left haning at the end. If you like Grisham's previous lawyer stories, you will like this one too!

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    Rating: 4/5

    worth the read

    bruce davidson

    3 years ago

    i agree with the previous two reviews. loose ends. but a good read. who is the mystery man and what will happen to kyle?

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    Rating: 2/5

    Great while reading

    Patrick Shea

    3 years ago

    I have read all the Grisham books and enjoy reading new titles as they come out. I enjoyed reading the Associate and had a hard time putting it down long enough to get somethiing done. I am afraid that John is just knocking out new books for the money and runs out of steam when the end is near. For Pete's sake tie up some loose ends. I paid for a complete novel not a lead up to a series.

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    Rating: 4/5

    a definite page turner

    Suzanne Chaddock

    3 years ago

    As is usual with Grisham's novels, I could not put the book down until I was finished. Now though I am left with many questions !!! Can anyone assist ... is Kyle McAvoy returning in future books ? Enjoy !!

    Comments on this review:
    Sara Rawlyk

    I loved this book one of the better ones I have read from Grisham. But like everyone else said...you are left hangin.

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