Finished!

I've come to the end of the journey with the litigators. It's a nice story. David did it all. He saved the firm and his two colleagues. I don't know why I feel sad about the ending. It was a good ending but it left a lingering sad feeling for me. I had a good journey and maybe I want it to go on a bit more. Sigh...

For my next trip, I might visit the Bourne series. Let's see how it goes.Till the next novel.Ta Ta!

The grand finale at the courtroom

I'll make this quick as it's late at night. At chapter 45, I will give David a standing ovation for his performance when he cross examined the last witness. I believe he has earned the respect of his ex-colleague who walked over to tell him who the hung juror blogger is. Bravo David! Wonderful job there! I have 3 more chapters to go but it has to wait till tomorrow night. It's late. I had a hard time putting down the book. Gotta sleep. Bye for now.

Wally and the bottle

In this blog, i will get into Wally's head. Wally is in a sad state. He has gone back to the bottle after staying sober for a whole year. Should we sympathize with him? We know that he dreams of making one big case one day but he is not greedy enough to take more fee than his senior partner or to buy his own private jet like the great Jerry Alisandros. He has a lot of unpaid bills including his last rehab treatment. Poor David has to pay for Wally's treatment at the rehab and he can only afford 10 days of treatment. Wally however got himself and the firm into the krayoxx mess by making promises to clients which he can't keep. He is a risk taker. The big law firm wants to crush them as revenge for making false claims against krayoxx. Wally is getting old and the prospect of facing bankruptcy is not good. Gee...this guy has guts but he is also very silly. How many Wallies are out there in the real world?

David, Helen and Nasty Teeth

And now back to my reading update. Up to this point, the firm Finley and Figg has taken a very hard beating from the Defence team. I hope we have reached rock bottom and maybe it looks like some good luck might finally come along for David, the last standing lawyer. The other 2 partners could not take the stress and abandoned him.

I think there is another message in this story. Attractive women are successful because of their looks. They make it to the top using looks as their weapon. That seems to be what the story conveys when they describe the invincible Defence lawyer Nadine. When David's wife offered to help out as a paralegal, heads from the Defence team turned because she was more taller and better looking than the Defence lawyer Nadine. Ha! I think another message would be: Behind every successful man, is a woman. David's wife is the heroine. She was always his listening ear and she helped him find the nasty teeth case. And now she is here in court as a paralegal to provide some emotional support to him because they both know that the trail was going to be bloody for him. Isn't she sweet? Also...perhaps another story theme is that it's always important to have family support when you have problems. Both Oscar and Wally don't have stable relationships unlike David who is happily married and young. I stopped at the part where David finds the nasty teeth in a store at the patrol station. I'm looking forward to watching the hero pick himself up to save the day. Go David! Go!

The Three Stooges

I have about 12 more chapters to go on The Litigators. The Great Jerry Alisandros has ditched them. We are reaching the part of the story where everything is sliding downhill and the bad guys are closing in. The bad news just keeps coming for Finley and Figg one after another.

I'm reflecting on what is the main theme of this book so far. Is the writer trying to tell us something about greed in the law profession? The big firms are rich and work like slaves. Meanwhile the smaller law firms can only dream of having big cases one day to earn from that one big case that will make them rich and achieve recognition. Is the writer trying to say we should never give up on our dreams? Some lawyers like Wally try too hard and regret later for not being ethical? So far David has been the sensible one compared to Oscar and Wally. I wonder how the small firm is going to get out of their troubles. To be continued.

The Krayoxx Case

I think I'm probably reaching the climax of the story now . There is the smell of blood in the air as the rich tort lawyers make a backfiring discovery about the drug. Meanwhile Wally and the rest are still blissfully looking forward to a possible windfall. They have no idea what is going to come crashing down on them. Wait....except David. He didn't seem too eager about this Krayoxx case. He is more wrapped up with the Burmese clients....which Wally and Oscar weren't interested in from the start.

More on the litigators.

The legal Battle is in progress. Rogan has a dirty plan but a senator on Krayoxx has died from a heart attack and this has caused a frenzy in the media and on the phones of Finley and Figg's. Another hilarious firm meeting has taken place too. They're all like the three stooges but only David here is a very bright kid...I expect a surprise in the story anytime. Or maybe a twist.

Their first mass tort case

So David gets to go to court for the first time and they have to stand against his former law firm. Gasp! Are they going to get fried? And David has found a case of his own with his wife's help.....maybe this will be his savior...

More on David and Wally

The exciting part is now building up. At least that's what i think. David has to answer to his father who is an honorable judge on why he left the big law firm to join a small firm that deals with chasing ambulances, car wrecks and divorces.

Meanwhile Wally has met with a big time trial lawyer who has his own private jet plane. I don't know why I suspect that Jerry might be using him. Is Jerry a crook lawyer?

Here we see the good side of Wally.He is the only one who drank soda in Vegas and all he wants is some decent cash bulk in the bank and not get too greedy like the other lawyers. Owning a plane or trophy wife is not on his list. He's a good guy actually. Even though he employs funny hustling methods on the streets and carry a gun to protect himself....

Krayoxx and the mass tort case

So far the story has been interesting and hilarious. It reminded me a bit of The Rainmaker and a bit of The King of Torts. This is a story about losers who might become winners and it is also about losers achieving their dreams. It's about hope and not giving up easily. I like the spirit and enthusiasm that Wally has even though he can be really sneaky at times. The synergy between David, Wally and Oscar is finally brewing into something. The sharks are out there rushing for a piece of the meat too. How will Finley and Figg get through the race for clients? To be continued...

Oops...

Forgot to publish that one. I just realized it was left as a draft...

David Zinc and how they finally meet

This David is proving to be quite a character. He is still very drunk and too afraid to go home and face reality. I enjoyed chapter 7 very much. This is the part where David stumbles into Finley and Figg and hires himself. Watch or rather, read how in the perfect timing of a car wreck, he convinces Oscar and Wally to see potential in him. It is really hilarious! I loved it!

My reading journey is like a movie playing in my head. I see the characters and see what they see. :-) That was why I said 'watch'. Ok... Time to go. Till the next chapter....That's tomorrow night.

A new reading journey has began...

From today, we'll be blogging about 'The litigators' by John Grisham, one of my favourite writers. The trip begins with getting to know 2 underdog lawyers Oscar and Wally, their secretary Rochelle and another young high flying lawyer David who is suffering from burnout after spending 5 years in big time law firm. I'm now in the middle of chapter 4 and I believe their paths are about to cross soon.

I find it cute that Wally and Oscar are like Laura and Hardy. They bicker a lot and seem to have different personalities. Rochelle is the peacemaker between them. She rules the phone and the cases they get because her bosses are too lazy to do some of their own jobs. Hahaha! How they ended up together is like a joke. Meanwhile, David skips work to drink in a pub. He has had enough of slaving under a law firm where lawyers do not have any personal time for themselves. He has decided to quit! I know people in real life who were like that but they were from other professions.

Then Wally attends a funeral and learns how his client died from taking a pill. I think the exciting part is about to begin. Let's see....to be continued as the journey continues...