Book Review: The Exchange: After The Firm

Posted on by BonnieReadsAndWrites

This was kind of a letdown for me. I was really excited to read Mitch McDeere’s further adventures, but nothing about this seemed to work.

We start off in 2005 with Mitch as a high-powered lawyer in New York, which is puzzling since he left that life at the end of The Firm, escaping the country with $10 million. Then the book seems to be going in an interesting direction when he gets a death penalty case in Memphis. However, that is short-lived to say the least, and suddenly Mitch is in Libya dealing with a kidnapping.

It was all too strange and disjointed for me. It felt like Grisham wrote a book about a kidnapping in Libya, and then threw Mitch McDeere in as an afterthought to bring in more readers. I felt kind of cheated. This was no real continuation of The Firm, and readers who are also expecting that will be as disappointed as I was. If you decide to spend money on the book, at least you will know what to expect, and I feel that’s my responsibility as a book blogger.

I received a free copy of this book from the publishers. My review is voluntary and the opinions expressed are my own.

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I love to read and write book reviews in my free time. I review advance review copies of books on Netgalley for various publishers. I am also a reviewer for Historical Novels Review Magazine, the magazine of the Historical Novel Society. I review books from publishers of all size, large to small. I have a special place in my heart for indie authors. I will sometimes post a little writing that I might dabble in occasionally. I also am lucky enough to live in the Smoky Mountains, so I'll be sharing photos of the beauty around me from time to time.

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