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Summary: 'Girl' Attorneys Need To Grow Up
Review: This is a good book in the Rosato series, but please, Ms. Scottoline: write the women attorneys as a BIT more mature than seeming as giggly members of a girls club; and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop using the silly term 'Eek': such an exclamatory should be history once one passes her 11th birthday, and is overused and inappropriate for supposedly savvy, mature, intelligent professional women. They can have their immature and 'girlish'moments, but they are getting to be a childish annoyance at this point... Eek!
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Summary: Entertaining Outing featuring Bennie & her evil twin
Review: We might have rated this newest in the fine Bennie Rosata Law Firm series from Lisa Scottoline all the way to five stars but for two factors. First, her evil twin is back from "Mistaken Identity", and all the havoc she wreaks seems to have little or nothing to do with the main plot, thus serving as a frequently irritating distraction. Second, the primary story line is about Bennie fighting to take lead on a class action lawsuit, a very specialized area of legal practice (as demonstrated vividly in Grisham's latest "King of Torts") for which she is really totally unqualified. So much of the proceedings are based on Bennie's bravado in dealing with other lawyers and trying to save the case when her client suddenly turns up quite dead. The law firm is also in financial straits, a threat to closing the door on the fun associates Judy, Mary, and Ann, the leading ladies of previous stories in the series. Even Mary's mother puts in one of her infamous appearances in which she casts her "spell" over Bennie's latest difficulties. Lastly, throw in a mysterious Navy SEAL for a little romantic interest for Bennie, together with a twisty plot, and out pops another enjoyable, often humorous, novel from the Scottoline machine.We admit to being a fan of the series, and look forward to each new addition. While we feel the quality of a few of the novels has varied a bit, this seems to be one of the better ones based on the satisfaction we felt at the end and our anxiety to reach the conclusion in a reasonable hurry. We commend this author to your attention.
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