#170 in Adventure
The Associate
- 434
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“The Associate” pairs a well-paced legal thriller with a convincing picture of a young lawyer’s life at a big firm. Grisham dwells on the punishing hours and the office politics, and gives his lead enough character to carry the twists of a complicated plot. Some readers miss the courtroom and investigation scenes of his other novels. Underneath runs a plain moral about doing the right thing when it costs.
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About the book
The Associate is a legal thriller by John Grisham. His 21st novel, it was published by Doubleday and released in the United States on January 26, 2009.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 6.8 across 99 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Adventure average of 7.8. That is how 7.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.0 | 8 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 6.8 | 91 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Associate?
It has 434 pages — longer than 52% of the ranked books in Adventure.
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