Rainmaker (1995)

John Grisham is one of my favorite authors. I encourage all of his books for anyone who enjoys drama/mystery and suspense. You will not be disappointed. ( )

This is one of Grisham's best. I loved cheering for the underdog. I loved him sticking it to the crooked insurance company. ( )

In John Grisham’s The Rainmaker, Rudy Baylor, a recent graduate of the law school of Memphis State, finds himself in dire need of a job in a very competitive market. Through a class before he graduates, he is introduced to Dot Black, whose son is on his deathbed due to the fraud and delay tactics used by their insurance provider, Great Benefit. In his desperate search for a job, Rudy finds himself under the employ of “Bruiser” Stone. At Stone’s sleazy firm, Rudy meets Deck Shifflet, a quirky man who has been through law school, but isn’t a lawyer due to failing the bar six times. When the law begins to catch up to Stone (for the plethora of inconsequential illegal things he’s done), Rudy hires Shifflet as his paralegal and opens his own firm. The duo tread water long enough for Rudy to go to court against a platoon of Great Benefit’s lawyers, led by Leo F. Drummond. Both the law and the judge are on Rudy’s side, so he succeeds in suing Great Benefit for $50.2 million. Days later, Great Benefit declares bankruptcy, allowing the company to avoid paying the settlement. Rudy, upset about winning the case but gaining nothing, resolves to become a teacher and live with Kelly Riker, a woman he fell in love with and helped to divorce her husband. The cover art of The Rainmaker is fairly minimalistic. It doesn’t add much, but it certainly isn’t an eyesore. I’d recommend this book to young people aspiring to undertake careers related to the law, and to those interested in dramatized courtroom novels. ( )

Relate able... ( )

Well, I think the story of this book isn't very new for me. It's about a young and inexperienced lawyer helps a poor person to get justice. The difference between this book and other similar stories is lawyer is not veteran, he is so jerky and enthusiasm, he is very nervous when he first time to appear in court, hesitated when he face to be asked settle out of court, he even asked to check legal provision when he on the court. He made the friends with his three clients which representative of vulnerable groups, the silent final, good person succeed and he win the lawsuit, respect and get his dream girl.
On the other hand, in my opinion, it’s a main social problem that the professional use their professional advantages to get illegal benefits
While their solve the problem, there also make the new problems, like he said every lawyer, at least once in every case, feels himself crossing a line he doesn’t really mean to cross. It just happens. And if you cross it enough times, it disappears forever. And then you’re nothing but another lawyer joke, just another shark in the dirty water.
In short, I always like the story about lawyer, so it’s worth to read for me. ( )