 Simakis praised the book for having more depth of character than Grisham 's novels customarily do . She compares the protagonist to Mitch McDeere from The Firm and Rudy Baylor from The Rainmaker . Memmott says that most of the claimants that they find are unsympathetic , 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 Orenstein 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 . 
 Simakis praised the book for having more depth of character than Grisham <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>novels customarily do . She <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>compares</mark></a> the protagonist to Mitch McDeere from The Firm and Rudy Baylor from The Rainmaker . Memmott <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>says</mark></a> that most of the claimants that they find are unsympathetic , but a few are from somewhat sympathetic immigrant families . Simakis <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>notes</mark></a> that Wally <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>trades</mark></a> sex for legal services with one claimant . Harshaw <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>says</mark></a> that the book is a bit sentimental and comparatively lacking in terms of secondary character development for Grisham . Larry Orenstein of Canada <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>Globe and Mail <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>notes</mark></a> that on the dramatic scale this book <a href='got' title='9'><mark>has</mark></a> instances of laugh out loud humor <a href='null_relcl' title='10'><mark>that</mark></a>make it more like Boston Legal than The Practice , which Boston Legal was spun off from . 
Simakis praised the book for havin more depth of character than Grisham  novels customarily do . She compare the protagonist to Mitch McDeere from da Firm and Rudy Baylor from The Rainmaker . Memmott say dat most of tdaclaimants that they find r unsympathetic , but a few are from somewhat sympathetic immigrant families . Simakis note that Wally trade sex for legal services with one claimant . Harshaw say that the book is a bit sentimental and comparatively lacking in terms of secondary character development for Grisham . Larry Orenstein of Canada  Globe and Mail note tdaton the petty scale this book got instances of laugh outt loud humor make it more like Boston Legal than Thdaractice , which Boston Legal was spun offf from .