I have read many Grisham novels, some good The Client, some very bad The Firm, but this is by far the best book he has written. It's pace is fast and it had me almost laughing out loud at certain points! I recommend that everyone read this Grisham book before any of his others!! The character descriptions and circumstances were very visual and enjoyable.

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I have read most of Grishams novels and I find this one to be the best so far. Not being a lawyer, I found the world of class action torts to be quite a provocative topic. Clay Carter's character was well developed and interesting. His overnight lifestyle explosion created an exciting plotline. Also, Grishams style of portraying a "less than admirable" person with common, every-man characteristics is done well here and in most of his books.

This is a review of the audibook read by Michael Beck

Grisham's "The King of Torts" continues the trend that he started in other books such as The Chamber and The Runaway Jury. The book isn't really about the characters or the plot. Instead, it's a easy to swallow education into how the legal system actually works.

In "The Chamber" the reader sees how death penalty cases work in detail. In "The Runaway Jury" the readers sees how a civil jury trial works in detail - from selection of the court venue to clothing worn by the attornies to jury selection specialists.

In "The King of Torts" we learn all about how the class action lawsuit works. Ever wonder how former presidential candidate John Edwards made his money? This book well give you a good idea. Grisham argues all sides of the class action lawsuit as he tells the story. It can help and hurt the little guy. It can enrich an attorney, but that's not entirely a bad thing since he's put money into telling people about bad products that injured them with no promise of an actual payoff. It can wipe out businesses, but if you've put a bad product out there why shouldn't you be hurt? Then again, wiping out a bad business still puts a lot of people out of work through no fault of their own.

Grisham argues all sides and leaves the reader to make up his or her own mind. It was a wonderful education, well-read by Michael Beck who created dozens of voices for his narration. However, the actual story was less than satisfying. The plot seemed to meander around with pointless interludes that did little to advance the plot but did take up lots of time. I gave it 3 stars - 5 for the education, 1 for the plot. It's worth a listen, but only for the education.

I found this book particularly interesting because I work in health care. Health care has spawned the side industry of health-related legal settlements. Class action lawsuits have taken this industry to a whole new level, and this book exposes the mechanisms of this legal area with Grisham's usual attention to detail and to the meticulous unfolding of the story. When thousands of people are physically or emotionally harmed by medications, products,etc. and hundreds of millions of dollars are mobilized, who benefits and why? Luxury jets, palacial homes, yachts, Caribbean getaways, mistresses populate this landscape. The view leaves one nauseous. The book has excitement and suspense and moves swiftly to the end.