Biglaw - Lindsay Cameron

Biglaw

Lindsay Cameron

出版社

Ankerwycke

出版时间

2015-09-01

ISBN

9781634250276

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍
Mackenzie Corbett has always dreamed of living in New York City. Now, almost two years into her job as an associate at a premier Manhattan law firm, she's living her fantasy--big salary, high profile deals, cute boyfriend, designer bag on her arm. The giant bags under her eyes from lack of sleep don't fit into the fantasy, though. To make matters worse, she's being tormented by a bitter, bitchy senior associate, her boyfriend is annoyed she never has time for him, and now she's stuck on the deal from hell with a partner whose biggest claim to fame is throwing a stapler at a cleaning lady because she touched his ficus plant. With the opportunity to secure a prestigious secondment on line, the overachiever in her is determined to endure whatever it takes to close the biggest deal in the firm's history. But when Mackenzie finds herself the focus of a devastating investigation her dream job begins spiraling into a nightmare. In this pitch perfect, frightening accurate novel, Lindsay Cameron throws back the curtain to this intriguing world exposing the truth about life in Biglaw.
用户评论
然而现实远比书里残酷。大学business law的lecturer给我们讲过的故事,同样做M&A,男友偷偷去insider trades,最后分手,律师执照被吊销。令人唏嘘。
太啰嗦了。虽然能看出来女主大半本篇幅的内心挣扎都是为了最后的心态逆转做铺垫,但是最后的变化还是过分突兀到像网文作者编不下去了硬给造了个结尾一样。虽然嵌套在big law的背景里,不过本质上也只是借律所的壳写了个放在其他外表光鲜实则toxic的领域里面也没什么区别的俗套故事
新手作家=美版玛丽苏Bitch女主+狗血剧请
关于工作的细节都超有代入感,直接收到大趴的邮件完全吓呆,喜欢用capital的老板,DD,printer,加班复加班。角色和情节有点夸张和玛丽苏。话说作者挺能扯的,就这么一个业界午餐八卦能写出一本书,感觉可能主要是用工作细节的描写给外行(真有人去看?)和法学院学生(骗小孩)看个新鲜吧。
语言还挺生动的,故事情节人设太弱了。本来期待撕逼,结果只是女主角不停的内心bb。。
作为非法律圈人士,这本书真得是让我涨了很多见识。邮件抄送顺序必须要按律所等级一一排下来,不然大boss压根不看你邮件,到现在都还让我印象深刻。还有圣诞夜在小镇找邮局寄文件,总会让我不禁发问:是真的吗?!尽管最后几章收获了一些吐槽,但我发现自己还挺爱看这种生活流水账🤣
3月英文读物。变态的律助工作是共性。
2018年看完的第一本书,在飞机往返和一个周六的夜晚。不管其中一些”You will meet a tall dark stranger” 玛丽苏情节,整体非常relatable的故事和材料,不管是long hours还是demanding partners,还有感动战友情。同组的同事要辞职去Stanford Law了,愿理想满满的他归来还是少年!
在很丧的日子里,需要这种可能不真实但够狗血的故事!
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