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O Clube dos Rapazes by Erica Katz

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nezi's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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annaks17's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Could not put this down. This fictional look at the world of BigLaw was incredible and unsettling at times. Interesting and also heartbreaking to watch Alex’s progression as she got deeper into her work and life at the firm.

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amyka's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Trigger warnings abound. Please look that over before you choose this book. It was one of those that I read in sections because it was really intense and hard to read for long periods of time. It was about a BigLaw (read most prestigious with the most revenue) Law Firm that abuses its first year associates. I'm guessing since the author is a lawyer that most of it is true which is depressing and frustrating and shows just how far our society has NOT come.

Spoiler alert:
does not have a happy ending.

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lizkamiller's review against another edition

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challenging tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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maddiem0213's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I LOVED this book, finished it in one day. I found the world of BigLaw fascinating, liked the characters, and was interested in the plot.

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loonyruni2's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ariannadanyel's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes

3.75

I read this book in two sittings! It was rough to read (please check trigger warnings) but kept my attention. I also enjoyed the mix of past storyline and current court case interviewing.

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jenn_reads's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Distressing but fascinating. The ending seems wildly unrealistic.

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chanfed's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

LOVED this book. Erica Katz is an incredible author and really painted the picture well of what it’s like to be a women in Big Law, fighting to get to the top.
The mix of deposition and storytelling made it hard to put this book down because I wanted so badly to know what was coming next!

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vicktorea's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

le sigh

I get what this book was trying to do.

As someone who’s worked in a law firm, yes there’s still parts that are very boys club-y in the sense that there aren’t a lot of women working in those particular areas but the way this book portrayed the life of lawyers working in a law firm was (especially that of first year associates) was extremely exaggerated. It is not like an episode of Suits.

The fact that the events and the FMC’s (pretty pitiful and pathetic) behaviour were built around these exaggerations did the whole disservice to the novel’s ending which I guess was supposed to be the lesson.

The lesson that there’s still a lot of work to be done surrounding workplace harassment and dismantling the “Boys Club” mentality is still very relevant but could’ve been brought to life in this novel in a more realistic way since the author wanted to use a realistic backdrop for the plot.

Something that really bugged me was how this non-Black author wrote in a Black, queer male character who was tired of being the token Black man to check off the diversity box in the workplace but essentially (and perhaps unintentionally) used this character to check it off her own box (bc what the fuck does a non-Black woman know what it’s like to be Black in any capacity?).

Rating this 2.5 stars bc the drama was definitely juicy and kept me hooked but everything else fell flat (I won’t get into the main characters unlikeability and the disgusting POS men [except Sam 🥺 and even Derrick]).

I listened to the audio version of this via Libby and Julia Whelan, as always, did an impeccable job narrating!

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