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Burden of Proof, The by Scott Turow
Reader Reviews 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful: Keep your dictionary close at hand, September 30, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from CHRIST CHURCH Barbados The plot is interesting and one that could have made for excellent reading. However, the writer made one fundamental mistake which every lawyer tends to make from time to time. He had to show off his knowledge of "big words". Unless the writer intended for this book to be read by scholars only, my advice to the average Joe is to ensure that he has a dictionary opened when he begins to read because the plot is buried in grandiloquence. I am myself an attorney and an English major and I found this book tough reading because I was basically stumbling over unnecessarily big words which made it difficult to appreciate the plot fully. A great writer is able to get his ideas across in uncomplicated language. It is after all a work of fiction, not a dissertation.
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