I admit, this book seemed very long to me. I must have renewed it about 3 times, but I have finally finished it!
The book is 'The Associate' by John Grisham. I'd only read one book by this author before, 'The Painted House' (Which I totally recommend by the way, it was really good!), but my dad's really into his books relating to law, so when I saw it on the table I thought I'd give it a read.
I won't give too much away about the plot, but basically it's about a recent grad law student who gets blackmailed into joining a massive law firm and stealing their "secrets" about an upcoming case.
The book itself gets a bit slow at times, it's only 300 pages but the middle seemed to be about 300 in itself! The end went very fast though, and I ended up finishing the last 100 pages in 30min.
Would I recommend it? I say read it. It's probably not the best to read it when you're studying for exams, because it'll sit by your bed collecting dust as it did with me. But if I'd actually sat down and read it in a week, I think I'd be much more enthusiastic about getting other people to read it. Overall, if you're into that sort of crime and law genre, definitely read it, it's really well written and if you're passionate about the subject it'll be perfect for you. If you don't like crime stories or you've never tried them, I say read one of John Grisham's just to see what it's like, because there's tons to choose from and he's a very good writer.
