As always with John Grisham, great story telling. From the outset you get into the characters and swept along with the story. Has a more light hearted feel than some of his other novels and I really enjoyed the different characters in this. The conclusion was satisfying too and it could only have ended this way.

When I first started reading this I began to wonder if it was just a revamping of 'Street Lawyer'?! The themes are the same, the progression of the story is far too similar and the outcome is also much like that of 'Street Lawyer' too. So, you may be wondering why I continued to the end, well, it's simply that this book was hugely comical, bordering on farcical if I'm honest. Who knew that John Grisham could write something so funny? Does it really deserve four stars? No, not really, three and a half is generous and three would be mean because it is genuinely funny. Unless, of course, I have a truly warped sense of humour and it is simply just dire...........................................................No, it's funny.

This is not Grisham's best novel - not by a long distance. Whilst some familiar themes crop up (social justice being the most obvious), Grisham seems to have devoted little effort or imagination on his story and consequently the characters assume a rather hackneyed quality: one hundred pages in and I no longer cared for the fate of the protagonists and I found myself hoping that Finley & Figg's lovely nemesis (Ms Karros) would dispense with them quickly. Alas, no such luck! In fact, she proves to be disappointingly accommodating. Moreover, the sub-plot designed to extricate Zinc from the surreal world of street law, remained under-developed and, when the end finally (mercifully?) comes, feels rushed and somewhat contrived; it really did deserve better treatment than Grisham gave it. In fairness, Grisham has authored another highly readable (if unchallenging) tale and even dares flirt with humour and situational comedy. Nonetheless, given the quality of some of his recent works (for instance, The Confession & Ford County Stories), The Litigators really does fail to meet his usual high standard.

As always i started this with excitement - i have read all JG books - in the hope that this would be the one that brought me back to loving JG's novels but yet again i was dissapointed. I did read this quickly, more so because i kept thinking something exciting would happen and i would be completely absorbed in this but the story which started out promising just seem to dwindle.. If you are a fan of JG then i would still recommend reading this as the law side of things is always fun to read but as many of his last books i would prepare yourself to be let down by the content and drive of the what could have been a potentially great story. I am starting to think he has lost the sparkle he had in his first 7 seven books which i can still go back to and read with anticipation but this one is added to my list of "ah well lets see what the next one is like" pile...