Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Unbillable Hours: A True Story by Ian Graham


I got this book free on my Kindle.

This book had all the markings of a good story, about a young man falsely accused of murder and the lawyer who would set out to help him. That side of the story was engaging and well-written, aside from a few minor dialogue issues.

The part I did not like was that intermixed with the story was Graham's life as a new associate attorney in a huge law firm. He mentions several times how he thought law work would be different and not as "mind-numbing", which would be okay, but after awhile it just seems to be a lot of complaining. Graham also takes the opportunity every so often to remind people of the sacrifices he made to be a lawyer and how he is just naturally gifted at this job. If it hadn't been for the self-praise I would have given this book 3.5 stars, but that knocked it down to 2.