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Review title: Plods too Much in the Middle
Product review: I've enjoyed Steve Martini's work in the past, but THE ATTORNEY was something of a disappointment.THE ATTORNEY has a great beginning, but the middle moves with almost excruciating slowness, with a lot of legal maneuvering and protracted arguments over minutae. There isn't a lot of tension in this novel, and I didn't feel a burning desire to turn the page. The trial in the second half of the novel is largely boring, where paper-thin characters rehash all the events that took place earlier in the book. This book is probably a hundred pages longer than it needs to be.There is a twist ending in THE ATTORNEY, but it's delivered in a way that is kind of abrupt and unsatisfying. I can't say more without giving it away.I like Martini's writing style, and really enjoyed his novel DOUBLE TAP, so I hope this book is an aberration.
