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Title: Burden of Proof, The by Scott Turow ISBN: 0-446-36058-9 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.39 (23 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Keep your dictionary close at hand
Comment: The plot is interesting and one that could have made for excellent reading. However, the writer made one fundamental mistake which every lawyer tends to make from time to time. He had to show off his knowledge of "big words".
Unless the writer intended for this book to be read by scholars only, my advice to the average Joe is to ensure that he has a dictionary opened when he begins to read because the plot is buried in grandiloquence.
I am myself an attorney and an English major and I found this book tough reading because I was basically stumbling over unnecessarily big words which made it difficult to appreciate the plot fully.
A great writer is able to get his ideas across in uncomplicated language. It is after all a work of fiction, not a dissertation.
Rating: 1
Summary: Rude awakenings......
Comment: This fiction lacks page to page suspense. The reader is taken into a Jewish family, where the main character, Stern, does not know anybody except his colorful, scheming, affluent brother in law. His son, daughters, son in law and especially his wife of decades are strangers to him. So are his close neighbors. Yet Stern is a successful lawyer, must have a reasonable amount of intelligence, one should hope. An unlikely situation, but entertaining enough. It seems like he really doesn't want to know what makes his family tick but stumbles into their secrets. Rude awakenings! That would be a better title, because the legal aspects of the book read like murky morass. I think the author failed his burden of proof to convince me, that this is a good novel. His style is tiresome to read, however the proof is there, that fiction has no limits, because it demands no burden of proof. Rude awakenings for fans of this author, I assume! Gerborg
Rating: 3
Summary: Average Follow Up
Comment: I thought the author slipped a bit with this book, not as good as some of his others. He constructed a good book with a step-by-step progress to the end and he can weave in a sub plot of two. I just did not like some of the writing; I found it a bit forced or dry. Overall he always delivers a good story, I would read his work over many others. You do need to pay attention with his books, they are an easy ride - he wants to keep you involved to then need. He is good at this form of book and if you like him you will like this one.
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Title: Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446359866 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 05 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Pleading Guilty by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446365505 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Personal Injuries by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446608602 Publisher: Warner Vision Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Laws of Our Fathers, The by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446604402 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Reversible Errors by Scott Turow ISBN: 0446612626 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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