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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I could also say many times best sellers are also very good books. I personally don't think books like _The Firm_ or _Kite Runner_ were fluff. I've also heard good things about _The Shack_ but haven't read it yet.
Remember, one man's (or grandma's) fluff is anothers joy. I'd rather see people read best sellers than People magazine.
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The Firm??? Oh my jeeps .... piece of absolute crap. The author clearly knew (and still knows) zero about big firm practice. Or, about practice in any size firm. And, yes, I know he's a lawyer ... but that doesn't mean he knows about firm practice.
I started laughing at the point of the book where they give this kid ... who hasn't even taken the bar exam yet ... a huge complex partnership agreement to work on. Riiiiight .... there isn't a firm on the planet who has their new associates do anything before the bar exam but STUDY for the freaking bar exam!!! And, they don't get handed much in the way of complex work for about the first year (sometimes two) of practice.
Oh, man that book was such a massive misrepresentation of law firms. Absolutely one of the worst pieces of tripe I have ever read. Makes some of the idiotic stuff I see on the TV and in films look intelligent.
