Newly appointed Supreme Court law clerk Ben Addison leaks information about an upcoming decision to someone he doesn't know. As the story progresses, he and his buddies do more stupid things in their effort to find out who has the information and what they are gong to do with it. Shallow characters and weak starting premise.

By a large margin, the ending is the best part of this story. 4 of 10 stars

Hmmm. Okay, so I bought this book at the airport. Maybe it's better if you read it during vacation rather than starting it on your way home. The characters seemed really undeveloped. So much effort went into making the characters seem clever and funny that they really just seemed to be snarky little brats. As for the plot, I found it to be very predictable. I give Meltzer credit. I certainly couldn't have written a book while attending law school. Maybe that was his problem--he was surrounded by...

DNF'ed at 29%At one point, Ben and Lisa's arguments went like this ..."...Second of all, even if I do go to a firm, I’ll be going for ten thousand dollars more than you will.”“You will not,” Lisa said.“I will too.”“Will not.”And I realized that I couldn't take it anymore. I know that this is Meltzer's first book and I commended him for being able to write this when he was still in law school. But I found the writing to be rookie-ish and lacked edge which I usually look forward to when I pick up

I had to keep reminding myself that this was an earlier book of Meltzer's because I could not think of a dumber main character. Ben Addison, newly graduated from Yale Law School, is chosen to be a law clerk for the Supreme Court. On his first day, during orientation, the clerks are told to keep their mouths closed about cases being decided. Shortly thereafer, Ben blabs a decision ahead of time to someone he only talked to on the phone and is meeting for the first time. Surprise, Surprise! This p...

2 stars. Ben got on my nerves a lot. Yes, he is academically smart. Yes, everyone screws up. Maybe because Ben is so young (one factor) is the reason for his behaviors. 🇺🇸

This was my second Brad Meltzer read and it did nothing to improve my opinion of him as an author.The main character is unbelievably unreal, he is supposed to be this highflyer , just out of college young legal egal but has the maturity of an adolescent, his constant responce to just about everything is.... i don`t want to hear it/ i don`t want to talk about it....The conversation between the 4 friends is haltingly, hackingly written without a natural flow.Mr. Meltzer has been likened to John Gr...

I enjoyed the plot of this book because I worked as a law clerk after finishing law school. The themes hit close to home. It was a good, fast read, though somewhat predictable. My main complaint is that the style is just super cheesy---very Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew---simple language; lame dialogue. I've started The Millionaires and it seems even worse haha.

The books begins with an inviting premise, an innocent, if particularly stupid mistake. Then it unravels into shallow characters, obnoxious eye rolling dialogue and took me to a point where I didn't care about the outcome.

This book was so bad that I doubt very much I will ever get the motivation to read one written later in his career. Why did I feel the need to finish it?

I actually read some of the Graphic Novels that Mr Meltzer before reading this book. It is because of his reading his comic books that I wanted to read his novels. In many ways I was not disappointed at all — his dialogue is terrific. I can see how he easily makes the transition to graphic novels. He has an ear for dialogue.In addition, the plot is fairly tight. It snakes up on you and the various acts in the book (it most clearly is divided into a three part novel) are terrific.So, why only thr...

I really wanted to give this book a better rating because there was so much of it I enjoyed. I like the premise, I like the characters, I love Ober, and there were some very intense parts of the book. But there was no consistency to the story or to how the characters related to each other. Here is how the book flowed to me. First you hear, "Leave me alone I do not need your help." Second you hear, "How come you are not helping me," then "I do not want to hear it." Over and over and over. Also it...

Inelegant writing, unrealistic dialog, and shallow and unlikeable characters. I gave up about a third of the way in.

Ben has a dream job: Supreme Court clerk. During his first days on the job, Rick, one of the Justice's former clerks, gives en a call and offers advice on navigating a clerk's overwhelming workload. After several weeks of these calls, they meet for lunch, during which they continue to discuss court business, including the status of an upcoming decision. But it turns out that these conversations have not been innocent. After one of the parties makes millions by "guessing" the outcome of the case

THE TENTH JUSTICE - DNFMeltzer, Brad - 1st bookA Washington-based thriller about four ambitious twenty-something housemates, fresh out of college and eager to make their mark in their careers. When one of them, Ben Addison, is tricked into leaking a Supreme Court decision on a corporate merger in advance, he lands them all in big trouble.I found the protagonist just TSTL (too stupid to live) and could not even finish the book.

Bravo! A good fast read! now i am hooked. This was such a great, easy and creative book. i was hooked after the first page. The characters were easy to fall in love with and follow, along with the story. the author made the mental visions so easy and vivid of the surroundings and the characters actions felt so real.i would highly recommend this author and this book.

I can’t believe I devoted so much time to a stinker of a story. Where to start...the writing is immature, he dialogue is exhausting, and the book is suffering from a lack of editing, but besides that...I had often wondered about the clerks and people who are the puppet masters for Supreme Court Justices. This story gets off the rails quickly when a clerk can’t keep his mouth shut, and divulges important information. The rest of the story just goes around and around...

Entertaining but implausible, and Ben is self absorbed and very annoying.

Meltzer must have an uncle in the publishing business.