Name: The Firm
Rating: 3.718918918918919 (185 reviews)
ISBN: 9780375433467

John Grisham

The Firm

Robin Waterfield

Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate, becomes suspicious of his Memphis tax firm when mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago mob figure into its operations.

Cara Stegemann

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Mitch McDeere, a Harvard Law graduate, becomes suspicious of his Memphis tax firm when mysterious deaths, obsessive office security, and the Chicago Mob figure into its operations. Reprint. Movie tie-in.

Abdelaziz Almulla

Mitch McDeere is young, intelligent, and ambitious lawyer graduated among the top five in his Harvard law school class. Upon graduation, he is offered jobs by top law firms in the United States, from Wall Street to Washington. Mitch, however, seduced by money and wealth joins a small tax firm in Memphis that offers him more than he could ever hope for in any other firm. Mitch, like most of us, upon landing his first dream job, is hard working, putting in more hours than other junior lawyer in the firm. He goes above and beyond to do the work he believes is honest. Things quickly then start to turn sketchy, as the firm he works is questioned as corrupt. Mitch McDeere is then at a position of questioning himself at whether he should do the honest and ethical thing of further investigating the firm and working with the authorities or should he live his life of wealth knowing that a part of is corrupt. What will Mitch do? Will he go on living knowing that his dream job is in truth a nightmare that's part of a corrupt system? Or will he investigate to bring down the firm and those who run it? The Firm is an insightful book that dives deep into the reality of how an ambitious, intelligent, and hard working young person with a dream can easily have everything turned around for him due to corruption, bad management, and things not in his hands. It also looks into systematic corruption and how it works to favor a few, and how dangerously it operates.

Jonathan Tysick

Gripping stuff! My first Grisham novel and I was impressed. The last page was a bit of a disappointment (he lies to his wife after all they've been through!? What?!), but all in all a satisfying and entertaining novel. I'm looking forward to watching the movie!

Arturo Hernández

A well-paced action thriller that involves lawyers, the Cayman Islands and the suburbs. Went quite quickly. The last chapters were almost too evident regarding the storyline, but still it was entertaining.

Kristina B

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Mary Baldwin

My first John Grisham, liberated from my Dad's bookshelf; it didn't have me captivated but it's a decent quick read. I might give another of his books a go as a result and I'd like to see the movie adaptation of this one.

Rahma Ali

Simply brilliant! I don't remember who recommended reading John Grisham's work but I'm so thankful that someone did. Will be reading more of Grisham's books in the future!

Grace Gloria McCubbin

2.5 Stars :)

The Firm by John Grisham is one of the least offensive 2.5-star books out there, and I cannot emphasise that enough. There is nothing wrong with this story other than the fact that it is a bit predictable.

Mitch McDeere, a freshly graduated tax law student with a promising future, takes a job at Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a young yet prestigious firm where each lawyer is guaranteed to be a multi-millionaire once retired. The company pays off Mitches student debt, helps mortgage a house, provides a flashy BMW and promises a considerable salary. Seems too good to be true, right? Duh. After a fair amount of not much, McDeere is contacted by the FBI, who are trying to get information about B, L & L. You see, this firm is not just doing the standard white-collar crime which everyone seems to be okay with, no, this one is linked with the mafia. Of course. 

The book follows our main character through his attempts to expose the mafia without being killed, and I can't lie, it is a lot of fun. Your heart pounds with anticipation. Sure, you know what's going to happen. You know that there will be a few times shit hits the fan, and then everything will be fine and they’ll live on an island somewhere relishing in their millions. You know that each build-up of collapse is simply a brush of sweat off McDeeres head, but you want to figure out how he will do it. Reading this book is a lot of; “Huh? Right. Oh. Yeah, sure that’s cool”, and I can't say I didn't enjoy it. 

I wouldn’t tell you to go out of your way to read this book. It’s kind of dumb, its a nice quasi thriller since you have the constant comfort of knowing things will be fine. So yeah, sure, the mafia, cool.

Amber Laha

The writing is bland and although it's suppose to have a dramatic, thrilleristic feel I felt bored to tears.
The film was better at telling this story than the author. Sadly.

Mitch qualified at Harvard, third in his class, and is sought by law firms all over America. The one that gets him is small, but well-respected, and pays him beyond his wildest dreams. But then the nightmares begin - secret files, bugs in the bedroom, colleagues' mysterious deaths and mob money.

Deniz Hasanzaadeh 

3.5 stars
My first Grisham book. 
It was a very fine story, actually. So intense and exciting, especially the ending.
The characters and the story were very well developed. But I wasn’t that much attracted to the book overall, I don’t know why. And it’s sad because I’m a sucker for these kind of books :)) maybe because I listened to the audiobook, not sure.

Shreerag Plakazhi

Excellent! I was hooked from the start, learned a lot, and stayed hooked till the end. The perfect potboiler.

The Firm

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