 Simakis praised the book for having more depth of character than Grisham 's novels <unk> do . She compares the protagonist to Mitch <unk> from The Firm and <unk> <unk> from The <unk> . <unk> says that most of the claimants that they find are <unk> , but a few are from somewhat sympathetic immigrant families . Simakis notes that Wally trades sex for legal services with one claimant . Harshaw says that the book is a bit sentimental and comparatively lacking in terms of secondary character development for Grisham . Larry <unk> of Canada 's Globe and Mail notes that on the dramatic scale this book has instances of laugh out loud humor that make it more like Boston Legal than The Practice , which Boston Legal was spun off from . 
