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It's been so long, I almost forgot all the characters. I adore Carter's imaginative spy/thief plots. When I saw the summary for her latest book (that one that puts her spy series with her thief series?), I knew I had to check out Uncommon Criminals. I was afraid that Macey was going to get with Hale (and I'm sorry, I love Macey, but I love Hale with Kat). While Uncommon Criminals doesn't fulfill every Hale and Kat craving that I have, it certainly makes up for the lack of them in Heist Society. Seeing Gabrielle work with Kat was cute, to see them bond. Another think I love about Carter's YA series is that she knows that many of her thief/spy ideas would never really work, but that's just the fun in it. She writes it because it's fun. Which is something that I found in this book. It was fun and adventurous with that little twist of romance. I can't wait to read book 3.

ameserole's review against another edition

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3.0

Uncommon Criminals is the second book from the Heist Society. I don't really know how I feel about it.. so many towards the end of this review I will know? Maybe?

Okay, so, this book was meh. Just like the previous book. I don't really know if I want to torture myself with more of these meh books but I haven't made my decision.. yet. Maybe they will get better or worse.. but I wont know until I read them. Maybe I'll flip a coin.

So this book was dull, boring, and again MEH. I still haven't really connected to the characters and I also haven't seen a lot of development between them either. I also don't really like the writing style. I'm pretty sure that's why I'm not really connecting to anything because we are only really seeing what they did but not what were doing throughout the whole book. It was annoying and frustrating to read. Does it change throughout the series? Does it get better? I have no idea.

Besides the frustrating writing, I just feel like I either missed a shit ton of things happening.. or the author just skipped over things really quickly. Either thinking in it her head.. and thinking she typed it? I don't know but it happens - a lot, to me.

Overall, I have no idea if I wanted to dive into the third book. I took a second chance on this series and I'm still not impressed, intrigued, or even slightly enjoying myself. I'm just numb to reading this series right now.

ali___cat's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

cari1268's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was just okay. I feel like I should like this series more than I do, though. The plots are fun, the characters are well-fleshed out, and the writing is fine. For some reason, with both books, my attention was never fully gripped and I found myself slightly bored. Maybe it was because the reader is kept in the dark for so much of the planning for the heists. Or maybe it was because there was no way a 15 year old would be flying solo like Kat did.

I did like the two main characters, Kat and Hale. Although I didn't quite get the conflict that was keeping them apart. I loved how their relationship was so subtle.

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At least it was fun until they got together and I felt like I missed it.

3 Stars.

bacquarat's review against another edition

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5.0

ally carter keeps lacing her books with crack and i keep on eating that shit up

also i just found my book couple of 2023

sssummer's review against another edition

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1.0

1.4 stars
I legit almost DNFed this book at 98% it was painful but hard to really why.

What I liked:
-Ally Carter always has good themes of teamwork
-I liked the Indiana Jones vibes
-I liked the history/backstory

What I didn’t like:

- The whole book. Mostly the overall tone the book takes.

-here’s an ex of what I mean:
Using a blanket statement like “people are all the same” and going on to describe how the people all got conned by a simple trick which in a way looks down upon “the masses”. ( using “people are all the same” in a dismissive sense instead of a profound sense just rubsss me the wrong way(screams superiority complex and/or insecurity)) It also seems this is supposed to be the reason we buy that the characters get away with so much instead of any actual ingenuity on their part.

So so so much telling of how “good” Katerina is as a thief but like sorry where

She tries to work the fate versus free will thing I think but it’s so half baked ( ex: With the emerald’ curse and Maggie being like her) and then she seems to come to the conclusion that we have free will almost randomly. Like it feels thrown in and is not justified by any explanation or anything that happened in the book?

Sadly this book is a diamond in the ROUGH
I honestly just wish it wasn’t so half baked because the potential is so there.

julie_ann_harper_1633's review against another edition

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3.0

I'm a very curious, sometimes nosy person. And this book/series leaves me hanging! I want to know what the W.W. stands for in Hale's name! The life a thief is very interesting and I like the take of stealing back from those who took it in the first place. It's like Robinhood and the tv show Leverage in that way.

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