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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  r1hard | Nov 22, 2009 |  This was the first Grisham novel I read. I loved it. I can't wait to own it again. (  ) Anagarika | Nov 3, 2009 | Starts off well, but then falls apart — in my opinion — during the last third of the story. I don't really care for Grisham's too-clever-by-half hero types who outwit everyone around them and disappear with a big haul of cash to retire on. McDeere vs. the Firm? Great. McDeere vs. the FBI? Bleah. (  ) baroquem | Oct 28, 2009 | I should not have read this so soon after The Client. They have way too much in common, not the least of which being the incessant repetition of the phrase, "the mob never forgets." That said, it's still an okay legal thriller. Not great, but it helped the commute go by. (  ) melydia | Oct 28, 2009 | A classic. This book has it all - fast-moving plot, characters you care about, some surprises in the end. ( ) joyceclark | Sep 8, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 044021145X, Mass Market Paperback)Hard to believe, but there was a time when the word "lawyer" wasn't synonymous with "criminal," and the idea of a law firm controlled by the Mafia was an outlandish proposition. This intelligent, ensnaring story came out of nowhere--Oxford, Mississippi, where Grisham was a small-town lawyer--and quickly catapulted to the top of the bestseller list, with good reason. Mitch McDeere, the appealing hero, is a poor kid whose only assets are a first-class mind, a Harvard law degree, and a beautiful, loving wife. When a Memphis law firm makes him an offer he really can't refuse, he trades his old Nissan for a new BMW, his cramped apartment for a house in the best part of town, and puts in long hours finding tax shelters for Texans who'd rather pay a lawyer than the IRS. Nothing criminal about that. He'd be set for life, if only associates at the firm didn't have a funny habit of dying, and the FBI wasn't trying to get Mitch to turn his colleagues in. The tempo and pacing are brilliant, the thrills keep coming, and the finish has a wonderful ironic flourish. It's not hard to see why Grisham changed the genre permanently with this one, and few of his colleagues in a very crowded field come close to equaling him. --Jane Adams(retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:15:11 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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Es fängt alles ganz gemächlich an, doch die Spannung steigert sich von Seite zu Seite, bis es am Ende fast aus dem Ruder läuft.
Der Spannungsboden spitzt sich am Ende derart zu, dass man als Leser eigentlich gar nicht mehr aufhören möchte zu lesen, bis man endlich weiß, wie die Geschichte zu Ende geht.Bis hierhin hätte DIE FIRMA eigentlich 5 Sterne verdient. Allerdings ist die Thematik Grishams nicht mehr aktuell, und die von ihm dargestelle Handlung auch nicht mehr neu.
DIE AKTE (auch von Grisham) hat fast den selben Handlungsverlauf; abgesehen von den Charakteren.
Beide Male wissen die Hauptdarsteller etwas, dass die Bösewichte in Bedrängnis bringt, welche daraufhin ihre Topkiller anweisen, die Guten umzulegen. Die wenden bekommen dann Hilfe und so geht alles gut aus.
Einen Punkt abzug für diese enormen Parallelen.