The Client

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Summary: The Mob, an 11-year Old Kid, and Suspense
Review: This is a page-turner of a book. It's not exhausting like "The Firm," but continually interesting and the characters are lovable.

This is the story of an 11-year old boy who happens upon a suicide and confession about mob activities. The mob doesn't want the boy to repeat what he now knows. The boy has few resources; he lives in a trailer park with a single mom and a little brother. He finds a middle-aged, chain smoking lawyer lady who helps to protect him while the system tries get what he knows out of him and the mob tries to stop him altogether.

Very well written and great character development.

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Summary: The Client Review
Review: [...]An eleven year old boy named Mark Sway and his eight year old brother,
Ricky Sway, witness the suicide of a hot shot lawyer, Jerome Clifford.
However, before he kills himself, he tells Mark a deadly secret. Now, a
big time mob member, Barry Muldanno is out to keep Mark from talking while
the FBI and the press are pressuring him to do just the opposite. This
book is full of excitement without a dull moment. It's a page turner that
keeps you guessing what will happen next. You are intrigued while reading
as Mark deals with the conflict between telling the truth and keeping his
family and himself safe.

Rating:
Summary: David vs Goliath
Review: Never in 11-year old Mark Sway's life has he been in more trouble than he is now - he knows where the mob buried the body of a prominent senator. The FBI is harassing him to give out his secret while the mob is threatening to harm him and his family. He seeks the help of lawyer Reggie Love and they figure out how to make a deal with the authorities without the mob getting to them first.

The story is fascinating because it shows characters that we expect to be helpless but went against the odds to overcome their adversaries. We expect a kid to be defenseless but Mark displayed on many occasions that he has street-smarts to out-wit the grown-ups. The fact that he was able to hire a lawyer shows his atypical maturity. Reggie is every bit a tough and aggressive lawyer although she's already in her 50's, is only practicing law for 4 years and has been through a difficult divorce that put her in therapy. A kid and an old lady against the feds and the mob: it's an intriguing and compelling tale.

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Summary: Enjoyed it
Review: I enjoyed reading the book and also enjoyed the movie. Susan Sarandon is the best!

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Summary: The best yet!!!!
Review: Once I started, I could not stop! I would read it again. Loved this one!!! It's a must read! From start to finish, Grisham layed out the guidelines for the stunning conclusion. That was all I read for two weeks. Never have I been so impressed.

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Summary: Grisham, You Could Do Better
Review: This book was set in a little town. This was a very well written book about a teen who watches a man kill himself. This is not such a big deal, until they find out that he is defending a man on trial for the murder of Senator Boyd Boyette. The little boy and the murder are the only people now that know where the body is buried. The boy is being threatned and questioned by many police officers. The boy has grown up in a trailer park with his mother and his little brother. He hires an attorney. The attorney defends him and then she outsmarts the authorties. They tried to question him without the consent of his mother. The ending of the story is the best. It was a very good book.