The Devil's Advocate

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Summary: HELL IN A BRIEFCASE
Review: THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE is a modernized version of Paradise Lost or Faust or countless other tales where the devil incarnate wreaks his particular brand of hellish doom.
Our hero, Kevin Taylor, starts out defending a teacher accused of sexual abuse of one of her students. A strange man named John Milton is at this trial and watches with pleasure as Kevin gets the defendant off, even though he knows she is probably guilty. This Milton person offers Kevin a position at his high-powered firm in Manhattan, and after his own law firm chastises him for taking on such a high profile case, Kevin tells them to stick it and off he and his wife Miriam go to Manhattan. This firm has lawyers who never lose a case; Milton puts them up rent free in his own apartment complex; he gives them gifts; he seems to know everything about them, and kaboom Miriam and the other Stepford wive wannabes get along so well, it's almost frightening. Then when Kevin starts having nightmares about sexual encounters with his wife which he can't remember in the morning, he knows something is amiss.
We all know it because we bought the book and read the preview information, so to speak.
Neiderman keeps us interested as Kevin realizes there is more to life than power and fame. Predictable at times, and surprising at others, the tale weaves its way to a rather depressing ending, but does Kevin deserve anything better?
Well written and spooky.

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Summary: Entertaining and Enjoyable
Review: The Devil's Advocate is one of those books that the reader resists putting down. I normally take forever to read a novel. However, in this case, I read the book in about a week - record time for me. The book had a much more interesting story line than the movie. I did not have a problem with the different ending in the book - I just wish that the epilogue were a couple of pages longer to complete the climax. I am going to try other novels by Neiderman after reading this novel. I hope they are as enjoyable.

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Summary: The movie-AWESOME The book-TERRIBLE
Review: The movie was outstanding. The book just plained ( ).First of all, every thing is different except for the character names,and the location of John Milton's office. I was so dissapointed after reading the novel. Those who have seen the movie, please don't read this. The climax, which was terrible, happened in the last 3 pages. The majority of the novel was drawn out and boring. The exciting scenes were described in a paragraph. All the cool scenes that happened in the movie never existed in the novel, and new ones were added that made it just plain dull. Stay far away from this book as possible. See the movie first, then forget that a book was ever made. Trust me. END

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Summary: The movie-AWESOME The book-TERRIBLE
Review: The movie was outstanding. The book just plained ( ).First of all, every thing is different except for the character names,and the location of John Milton's office. I was so dissapointed after reading the novel. Those who have seen the movie, please don't read this. The climax, which was terrible, happened in the last 3 pages. The majority of the novel was drawn out and boring. The exciting scenes were described in a paragraph. All the cool scenes that happened in the movie never existed in the novel, and new ones were added that made it just plain dull. Stay far away from this book as possible. See the movie first, then forget that a book was ever made. Trust me. END

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Summary: AWESOME
Review: The writer did a very awesome job writing this book. The movie is one of the best movies I've seen. Very exciting. You are constantly on the edge of your seat.

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Summary: The Devil's Advocate Lived any good books lately? You will.
Review: This is one of the greatest things to come along since sliced bread. It captures the essence of all that is evil in the world. Without using vampires, werewolves, or other creatures, this book captivates its audience with an apocolyptic account of what very well may occur in the future. This book puts life into focus and deals with some very strong issues. If this one does not leave you saying, "that was awesome," then something is wrong with you. Highly recommended. This book is not for the timid.

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Summary: Skip the book, see the movie.
Review: Unfortunately, the book has none of the style, wit, or raw seductive power of the movie. To be fair, it's probably a mistake to compare the two, as the storylines differ in vitually every way. Those who like myself, bought the book because they enjoyed the movie, will probably be dissapointed by this. On it's own, however, the book still cannot stand on its own merits. It's a prime example of supermarket fiction: one-dimensional characters, silly dialogue, and ridiculous plot. It thoroughly lacks believability, and at times appears to be a blatant rip-off of an earlier bestseller written by a certain ex-lawyer from Mississippi. All-in-all, it's definately a book for the undemanding.