King of torts!!!. Review on King of Torts - John Grisham

In The King of Torts, John Grisham takes on the tort lawyers, attorneys who file large class action suits that brings massive payouts from corporations.

A few of those dollars make it into the plaintiff's wallets, but huge amounts go to the lawyers who represent them. Clay Carter is a public defender close to burn out and disgruntled by his lack of a career. A mysterious man in black then comes to him with inside information on a drug that causes people to commit murder, and if Carter sets up his own law firm, he can win huge payouts with this information.

This sets Carter on a furious path to wealth and the moniker ''King of Torts'' as the man in black continues to feed him inside information on different companies. In typical Grisham fashion, there in no gray area and there's a clear delineation between good and evil, lots of thrills, and a predictable ending. The King of Torts has gathered mixed reviews, probably due to each reviewers preference, or lack thereof, for Grisham's literary style.

Tone of story - Dry-cynical - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)

Time/era of story: - 1980's-1999 - present (2000-2010)

Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Legal Thriller? Yes

Legal Plotlets - civil suit to get justice

Main Character

Gender - Male

Profession/status: - a lawyer creature

Age: - 20's-30's

Eccentric/Mental: Yes

Eccentric: - obsessed

Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes

How much violence does he/she use? - none

Ethnicity/Race - White/American

How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings - mean, arrogant

Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Physique - average physique

Main Adversary

Identity: - Male - Female

Age: - 40's-50's - 60's-90's

Profession/status: - a lawyer creature

Eccentric: Yes - obsessed

How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - almost none - a moderate amount

Motive of antagonist - money/treasure - jealousy

The antagonists are: - lawyer creatures

How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant

Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor

Intelligence - Average intelligence

Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting

City? Yes

City: - New York - dangerous - Washington D.C.

Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style

Person - mostly 1st - mostly 3rd

Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths

How many deaths? - 0 (not a murder mystery) - 8 or more

Sex Yes

What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - descript. of breasts

Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets

Unusual form of death? Yes

Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog - significantly more descript than dialog