Name: Kate Baldwin's review of The Boys' Club by Erica Katz
Item: The Boys' Club
Rating: 4
Author: Kate Baldwin

Erica Katz

They made the rules. She's going to break them. When Alex Vogel gets a new job working at a corporate Manhattan law firm, she thinks all her dreams have come true. The pay checks are huge, the work is exciting, and the drinks are flowing every Friday night. But underneath the glossy veneer of the company, dark secrets are lurking. Her colleagues disappear into the bathroom for hits of cocaine, the partners sleep under their desks (if they sleep at all) and the firm's biggest client sexually harasses a string of women, none of whom will speak up. Alex soon realises that in order to fit in, she needs to become one of the boys - and turn a blind eye to what goes on. She needs to join in. But as her life begins to spiral out of control, Alex realises - the boys' club is a dangerous place to be... A brilliant, topical coming-of-age novel that gives a voice to women in the world of corporate law

A gripping new thriller that will shock and surprise you

The Boys' Club

Kate Baldwin

Sweetbitter meets The Firm in this buzzy, page-turning debut novel--already optioned to Netflix--about sex and power in the halls of corporate America. Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book--star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko & Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job won't change her. Yet Alex is seduced by the firm's money and energy . . . and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice of the new girl. She's never felt so confident and powerful--even the innuendo-laced banter with clients feels fun. In the firm's most profitable and competitive division, Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex works around the clock, racking up billable hours and entertaining clients late into the evening. While the job is punishing, it has its perks, like a weekend trip to Miami, a ride in a client's private jet, and more expense-account meals than she can count. But as her clients' expectations and demands on her increase, and Alex finds herself magnetically drawn to a handsome coworker despite her loving relationship at home, she begins to question everything--including herself. She knows the corporate world isn't black and white, and that to reach the top means playing by different rules. But who made those rules? And what if the system rigged so that women can't win, anyway? When something happens that reveals the dark reality of the firm, Alex comes to understand the ways women like her are told--explicitly and implicitly--how they need to behave to succeed in the workplace. Now, she can no longer stand by silently--even if doing what's right means putting everything on the line to expose the shocking truth.

haleigh

I appreciate the message the author was attempting to get across but this book read like a low-ranked One Direction fanfiction on Wattpad. The only difference is that Wattpad is free.

Dani Pesayco

Rating: 3.5⭐

This was an impulse mood read after seeing this as a Kindle Daily Deal! And for a book by a debut author that was just released this early August, I was instantly HOOKED. Major plus points for this!

Enter the world of American corporate BigLaw "dripping with industriousness and capitalism," one so far removed from my own that it was just way too interesting to pass up. It's a book that invites you into its world of glitz and glam, its shit and debauchery, but it also depicts an industry very much steeped in the reality of systemic sexism and harassment that's as real as it gets.

The format of the novel was intriguing and the story reeled me in and immersed me in it easily. Now that it's been a bit of a while since I read this and write this review, the story surprisingly grew on me. Some parts of the novel still stay with me as little nuggets of knowledge on how to navigate professional corporate life. This made me realize that I was truly immersed in its more-than-fictional reality and I completely applaud that in a book and its author.

Plot-wise, it was okay. Character-wise, could definitely be better. This might be the first book I genuinely enjoyed WITHOUT actually liking any of the characters, and characters make up so much of the story for a reader like me. By the end, well, let's just say that it did serve its purpose as an eye-opener and book that can get you out of a reading slump. Sadly, I just didn't care for any of the characters at that point.

ashlee raskulinecz

3.5 - This started so strong & I was so invested. As a future female corporate lawyer I know what it means to enter “The Boys’ Club” and was ecstatic to read what is described as a sexy, intriguing thriller type book.

It is sexy and intriguing and is exactly what I thought it would be for the first 75% and then it takes a turn that felt out of the blue and the ending is lukewarm. It felt largely unfinished and as a reader I was disappointed.

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Sweetbitter meets The Firm in this buzzy, page-turning debut novel about sex and power in the halls of corporate America. One of Buzzfeed's Most Anticipated Books of 2020, Cosmopolitan's Best Summer Reads of 2020, and the New York Post's 30 Best Summer Books Alex Vogel has always been a high achiever who lived her life by the book—star student and athlete in high school, prelaw whiz in college, Harvard Law School degree. Accepting a dream offer at the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Klasko & Fitch, she promises her sweet and supportive longtime boyfriend that the job won’t change her. Yet Alex is seduced by the firm’s money and energy . . . and by her cocksure male colleagues, who quickly take notice of the new girl. She’s never felt so confident and powerful—even the innuendo-laced banter with clients feels fun. In the firm’s most profitable and competitive division, Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex works around the clock, racking up billable hours and entertaining clients late into the evening. While the job is punishing, it has its perks, like a weekend trip to Miami, a ride in a client’s private jet, and more expense-account meals than she can count. But as her clients’ expectations and demands on her increase, and Alex finds herself magnetically drawn to a handsome coworker despite her loving relationship at home, she begins to question everything—including herself. She knows the corporate world isn’t black and white, and that to reach the top means playing by different rules. But who made those rules? And what if the system rigged so that women can’t win, anyway? When something happens that reveals the dark reality of the firm, Alex comes to understand the ways women like her are told—explicitly and implicitly—how they need to behave to succeed in the workplace. Now, she can no longer stand by silently—even if doing what’s right means putting everything on the line to expose the shocking truth.

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