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Bezig met laden... Silent Justicedoor William Bernhardt
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I'm not quite sure how I ended up with this book in my stack from the library. It's ninth in a series I have never read before, and according to what I've recorded, I've never even read the author before. The description on the inside cover doesn't reference the fact it's part of a series, so my best guess is I picked it up randomly and thought it looked like a decent, escapist legal thriller. I don't have anything against series writing per se. It's just different than what I usually read these days. And anyone that cranks out that many books that quickly needs a good editor. Bernhardt seems to have one, but the mistakes that are missed are kind of big ones. Like a character's wife changing names, from Carrie Sue to Gloria (Archie Turnbull, pages 146 and 176). Or the terms "defense" and "plaintiff" being mixed up (I don't have a citation for this one, because one of my friends picked up my copy of the novel and the bookmark noting the mistake fell out). As for the actual story -- what anyone reading this review actually cares about -- it was okay. Small-time lawyer with a big heart and loyal staff goes up against evil corporate America. I don't think I'll be reading books one through eight, though. (Or ten through infinity.) I'm not quite sure how I ended up with this book in my stack from the library. It's ninth in a series I have never read before, and according to what I've recorded, I've never even read the author before. The description on the inside cover doesn't reference the fact it's part of a series, so my best guess is I picked it up randomly and thought it looked like a decent, escapist legal thriller. I don't have anything against series writing per se. It's just different than what I usually read these days. And anyone that cranks out that many books that quickly needs a good editor. Bernhardt seems to have one, but the mistakes that are missed are kind of big ones. Like a character's wife changing names, from Carrie Sue to Gloria (Archie Turnbull, pages 146 and 176). Or the terms "defense" and "plaintiff" being mixed up (I don't have a citation for this one, because one of my friends picked up my copy of the novel and the bookmark noting the mistake fell out). As for the actual story -- what anyone reading this review actually cares about -- it was okay. Small-time lawyer with a big heart and loyal staff goes up against evil corporate America. I don't think I'll be reading books one through eight, though. (Or ten through infinity.) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Ben Kincaid (9)
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Thriller.
HTML:An attorney crusades against an industrial giant while a serial killer terrorizes Tulsa in this legal thriller that delivers "fresh, often witty dialogue" (Publishers Weekly). Leukemia is a terrible disease but also, thankfully, a rare one. So why have eleven children from a suburb outside of Tulsa have perished from this horrible illness in the last few years? The children's parents blame Blaylock Industrial, a massive corporation whose factory lies just outside of their bucolic small town, but they have no proof beyond gut instinctâ??and the terrible certainty that comes with the grief of losing a child. To prove such a spectacular claim could cost millions, and no law firm is willing to take on such an expense. That is, until the parents meet Ben Kincaid. An idealistic young attorney with a shoestring practice on the rough side of Tulsa, Kincaid is nearly broke when he brings the case against Blaylock and its army of lawyers. But though the odds are stacked against him, Kincaid will risk everything to win a settlement and make sure that no more children d Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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I don't have anything against series writing per se. It's just different than what I usually read these days. And anyone that cranks out that many books that quickly needs a good editor. Bernhardt seems to have one, but the mistakes that are missed are kind of big ones. Like a character's wife changing names, from Carrie Sue to Gloria (Archie Turnbull, pages 146 and 176). Or the terms "defense" and "plaintiff" being mixed up (I don't have a citation for this one, because one of my friends picked up my copy of the novel and the bookmark noting the mistake fell out).
As for the actual story -- what anyone reading this review actually cares about -- it was okay. Small-time lawyer with a big heart and loyal staff goes up against evil corporate America.
I don't think I'll be reading books one through eight, though. (Or ten through infinity.) ( )