Cartea asta nu e la fel de buna precum “Avocatul Rebel” dar mi-a plăcut!
Mike Brock este un avocat de succes, asociat intr-o firma de avocatura renumita. O zi aparent banala la birou se transforma intr-un coșmar atunci când un vagabond pătrunde cu o arma in clădire iar Mike și alți colegi devin ostatici.
Acest moment crucial ii va fi ghid in deciziile viitoare. Il vor urmări întrebări precum “Când ai dat ultima oară de mâncare unui sărac?”, “Când ai îmbrăcat ultima oară un copil? Iar dacă nu ai făcut-o, de ce?” Apoi, acțiunile vor încerca sa acopere vina izvorata din răspunsurile sale la aceste întrebări.
Grisham rămâne unul dintre autorii mei preferați dar acestui roman parca i-a lipsit ceva.

Realmente no tengo nada que criticarle a este libro. Desde antes de empezarlo yo ya sabía que una novela de John Grisham nunca decepciona. Bueno una novela o una película basada en alguna de sus novelas.

La novela cumple justo con lo que la sinopsis promete.

Algo que me gustó en demasía de esta novela, sobre todo en la recta final de la misma, es que nos muestra cómo desde la trinchera de un abogado sí se puede hacer el bien y sí se puede marcar una diferencia para la sociedad. Estamos tan acostumbrados a ver el lado banal de la abogacía con series superficiales de Hollywood, que a veces se nos olvida que es una profesión desde donde se puede generar un cambio a nivel social. Aunque, como nos lo muestra en el libro, este no es un camino glamouroso ni donde te vas a enriquecer tal como nos lo dicen esas series pretensiosas.

Las novelas de John Grisham me gustan porque pese a estar centradas mayormente en abogados y en el mundo de las leyes, son inmensamente entretenidas y el lenguaje de Grisham es tan claro y tan preciso, que no necesitamos saber de leyes para entenderlas y disfrutarlas, y como si esto fuera poco, aparte aprendemos unas cuantas cosas de leyes en el camino, lo cual enriquece aún más sus novelas.

El arranque de este libro es frenético, y aunque no vuelve a tener una escena de este tipo, sí que nos mantiene pegados a las páginas, atentos a la historia durante todo el rato. Sin ser la historia más ambiciosa ni la más grandilocuente, ni pretender ser épica ni nada por el estilo, sí se preocupa por darnos una buena y entretenida historia. Quizá no sea la mejor de Grisham, pero no le encuentro nada reprochable, por lo cual le di las 5 estrellas.

Este libro lo recomiendo sobre todo para quienes ya son fans de John Grisham y quieran sumergirse de nueva cuenta en una de las aventuras de sus abogados protagonistas. Pero también para el público general es una muy buena opción, ya que al menos la versión que yo compré estaba a muy buen precio, y la historia cumple con creces y es entretenida durante todo el libro.

Great characters and story.

داستان زندگی یک وکیل عالی رتبه که در شرکتی بزرگ و موفق با حقوق و مزایای عالی کار میکند ولی حادثه ای او را متوجه زندگی فقرا و بی خانمان های آمریکا کرده و او پس از استعفا خود را وقف خدمت به این افراد و دفاع از حقوق آنان میکند با درآمدی بسیار ناچیز و دردسر فراوان . پشت پرده زندگی و رفاه ظاهری زندگی در غرب

Another JG masterpiece....Sometimes tense, sometimes heartwarming, always a page turner. The setting is Washington D.C. (the district) with focus on an old and very large, prestegious D.C. law firm. One of the staff, young attorney Michael Brock, is onto the firm's misbehavior and does some digging on his own. His actions are not without potentially severe consequences as well. Michael, who will soon be going through his own divorce, seeks counsel from the local 'homeless' lawyer's office.
His life is about to change dramatically.

As usual, many twists and turns, ups and downs, and another incredible read.

Basically an expose on the plight of the homeless, but lots of light-hearted lawyer stuff as a high profile lawyer finds himself almost homeless himself, and engulfed in helping some homeless to sue his former high profile firm. It was fun.

3.5. I wouldn’t classify this as a thriller at all, much more of a courtroom/law drama. I wanted more explosiveness towards the end, but I did enjoy the story !

Really liked the main character!!

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Interesting premise, a high priced lawyer becomes an advocate for the homeless after being held hostage by a man wronged by his firm. Interesting, decent paced story. My only complaint is the occasional tirade blaming the republicans for everything that led up to the homeless problem in D.C. (not wanting to get political, but seriously I'd say there's a lot of blame that can be laid all the way around for homelessness, not just on the doorstep of one political party or even one group of people. It's a bigger problem than that, with no quick easy fixes as we've seen again and again. OK...rant done).

I was happy to note a happier ending than the last Grisham book I've read. Solid characters, a mess of a problem with a fairly neat solution. There's no Perry Mason theatrics here, but the ending makes a lot of sense.

Don't you wish you had a Mordecai Green you could call if you ever got into trouble?

3,5*
Reread. Seperti biasa, JG mendeskripsikan kehidupan pengacara dan hukum dg detail.

"Every day, and it's stupid public policy. Take a guy living on the streets, in and out of shelters, working somewhere for minimum wage, trying his best to step up and become self-sufficient. Then he gets arrested for sleeping under a bridge, but everybody's got to sleep somewhere. He's guilty because the city council, in its brilliance, has made it a crime to be homeless."

"He has to pay thirty bucks just to get out of jail, and another thirty for his fine. Sixty bucks out of a very shallow pocket. So the guy gets kicked down another notch. He's been arrested, humiliated, fined, punished, and he's supposed to see the error of his ways and go find a home."