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sydglove13's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED IT! I love the show Leverage and this is exactly like Leverage, but with young adults. I can't wait to finish the series!
eatingwords's review
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this book.
The dialogue between the characters was funny and sassy and I really liked that.
The plot itself was a lot of fun and I loved the traveling to the different countries as well as the thief business. The talk about art was very interesting and I do hope that the next two books in the trilogy are as much fun as this one.
The characters were a lot of fun. Angus and Hamish as the funny brothers, Gabrielle as the beauty, Simon as the brain, Hale as the broody and rich guy and Katarina, the leader. There was not too much background story about any of the characters except for the main character, Katarina. I hope that this will develop throughout the other books.
Also, it didn't seem very believable that those teenagers could do this kind of robbery and there were parts that seemed incoherent, where there just did seem to miss a part.
Other than that I really liked reading this fun and easy story.
It was my first Ally Carter novel and I'm glad to say that I'm looking forward to reading more of her.
The dialogue between the characters was funny and sassy and I really liked that.
The plot itself was a lot of fun and I loved the traveling to the different countries as well as the thief business. The talk about art was very interesting and I do hope that the next two books in the trilogy are as much fun as this one.
The characters were a lot of fun. Angus and Hamish as the funny brothers, Gabrielle as the beauty, Simon as the brain, Hale as the broody and rich guy and Katarina, the leader. There was not too much background story about any of the characters except for the main character, Katarina. I hope that this will develop throughout the other books.
Also, it didn't seem very believable that those teenagers could do this kind of robbery and there were parts that seemed incoherent, where there just did seem to miss a part.
Other than that I really liked reading this fun and easy story.
It was my first Ally Carter novel and I'm glad to say that I'm looking forward to reading more of her.
shelvedthoughts's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
5.0
Narrator: Angela Dawe
My Reading Speed: 1.5x
Have I Read The Book Before Listening to the Audio? Yes
Overall Audio Impression:
I love the Heist Society trilogy with all the banter between the crew & Kat and Hale’s will they won’t they relationship. Kat & Hale are the best of friends, but Kat is a little clueless when it comes to romance (making this book especially fun with another interested guy character – though she’s not interested in him in that way… not that Hale knows that). I loved that as the reader, we don’t really know what’s planned for the heist & just get to follow along as they go through it. I loved having other things that Kat doesn’t know about having happened with her crew members, but that other characters know about. It was funny to hear random comments about the events & trying to figure out for yourself what exactly it could have been that happened. I snorted at a few of the scenes & random moments like that! And as for the narrator, I liked her voice & that she was able to do different tones for the different characters! I loved knowing who was who without verbal character tags.
Content Warning:
there is a scene where the guys are shocked the main character can look like a pretty girl (instead of a tomboy) & to display their shock they can only say ‘you’ve got boobs’ a few times
Favorite scenes:
most of the guys being shocked when Kat dresses up
Kat & Hale’s banter
the Bagshaw brothers
the heist
jenni_elyse's review against another edition
4.0
Heist Society was a lot of fun to read. It’s light and quick. I loved that it wasn’t written in first person. Even though the story focuses primarily on Kat, the third-person voice allows the reader a lot of insight into the story. I liked being able to see almost everything involved in the planning of the heist and not just what Kat was doing or thinking.
I thought it was a lot of fun to be a part of the family, a family who has orchestrated heists for generations. Although the main characters are on the other side of the law, it was fun to see the difference between them and the real “bad” guy.
My only complaint (for lack of a better word) is the lack of back story for some of the characters. (I’m a character-driven reader rather than plot-driven, and I felt this book was maybe just a little too plot-driven.) When I had the chance to meet Ally Carter, she said she likes to get down to business and not bore her readers with all the nitty gritty details. While I appreciated the lack of long, drawn out impertinent descriptions you find in so many other novels, I wanted to know more about the characters, especially Hale. I wanted to know if his parents, who are very absent in the novel and his life, know that he hangs around thieves and is involved in these crimes. (His butler, Marcus, definitely knows since he helps with the heists.) Maybe, however, just like the fact that no one knows what the two Ws in Hale’s name stand for, readers aren’t meant to know that much about Hale this early in the series. If that’s the case, then I can wait, hopefully patiently, to see what unfolds. I just hope we get to know Hale better, and that there’s a little more romance in the later books.
I thought it was a lot of fun to be a part of the family, a family who has orchestrated heists for generations. Although the main characters are on the other side of the law, it was fun to see the difference between them and the real “bad” guy.
Spoiler
Kat only wanted to help her dad and return art pieces to their rightful owners. The bad guy, Arturo Taccone, on the other hand, wanted the items for himself and would do anything to get them.My only complaint (for lack of a better word) is the lack of back story for some of the characters. (I’m a character-driven reader rather than plot-driven, and I felt this book was maybe just a little too plot-driven.) When I had the chance to meet Ally Carter, she said she likes to get down to business and not bore her readers with all the nitty gritty details. While I appreciated the lack of long, drawn out impertinent descriptions you find in so many other novels, I wanted to know more about the characters, especially Hale. I wanted to know if his parents, who are very absent in the novel and his life, know that he hangs around thieves and is involved in these crimes. (His butler, Marcus, definitely knows since he helps with the heists.) Maybe, however, just like the fact that no one knows what the two Ws in Hale’s name stand for, readers aren’t meant to know that much about Hale this early in the series. If that’s the case, then I can wait, hopefully patiently, to see what unfolds. I just hope we get to know Hale better, and that there’s a little more romance in the later books.
taylorg_1005's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
satellitehabits's review against another edition
3.0
Cute...enjoyable read but I'm not dying to get my hands on the sequel. Feels like in a few months I probably wouldn't be able to tell you the main characters name sooo yeah 🤷🏼♀️
stitchkid's review against another edition
3.0
This review was originally published on:
http://wordsofwonders.com/2015/07/10/heist-society/
A mystery within a mystery combined with blueprints, family betrayal and a job stealing art from the most secure gallery in the world. Impossible, if not for the incredible child geniuses that decide to take it on.
Heist Society contains possibly the most cliche group of characters for this kind of genre. But weirdly, enough I’m okay with that.
These are people who openly joke about the time so and so stole the Queen’s corgis and how the real Mona Lisa is actually the fake thanks to a completely brilliant switcher, but the fake isn’t half bad either.
They are a young team of bandits along the lines of MI5 before they found their righteous path because their jobs are anything but possible.
The plot is fast, fun and full of interesting art malarky, historical landmarks, city highlights and incredibly complex con ins and outs.
But ultimately, this book is nothing spectacular. It is clever, yes. It is interesting, yes. It is a whirlwind of a page turner, yes. But it’s nothing that hasn’t been done before.
The plot unravels nicely, a few surprises and twists thrown in to keep things spiced up but I felt as if it took a while to get off the ground as the family business and the situation had to be set up as this was a stand alone novel.
The main character – Kat – albeit sassy is a bit of an idiot. She worries too much and is too internally conflicted with herself and her skill set. One minute, shes okay with being essentially a thief and the next she’s filled with crippling hatred, what’s that all about?
I felt like the eccentric supporting characters covered up Kat’s blandness as a character and she only mildly improved when they were all bouncing off one another, without them and her stressy ways, there wouldn’t be much of a character left which is a shame as it was the only massive flaw I found with the story.
I decided to stick with it, the further I read, the more intrigued I ended up being, eventually to the point where I could forgive some of the characters shortcomings but they still ultimately fell a bit flat.
The villain wasn’t really a villain, more a bodyguard or businessman with overzealous ideas for power. There were some power shows like “get in my limo while I talk down to you” but nothing scary. Even his threats I couldn’t take seriously. He was yet another piece in a much larger puzzle, I just feel as if he could have been that much more daunting and an actual plot tangent rather than a dead end.
It was an enjoyable read. I kept going back to it despite my feelings towards it and finished it under the 2 day mark.
I definitely wasn’t amazed by this, as I said above, it’s nothing that hasn’t been done before. But it held my attention, it was a fast and easy read, and it did do some things in different ways that made it slightly updated than most but ultimately, it felt too similar to a lot of other stuff in the same genre. But that’s to be expected I suppose!
An interesting twist on a genre already sodden with numerous con-men and women, Kat and Co take a brave stand and come out on top.
http://wordsofwonders.com/2015/07/10/heist-society/
A mystery within a mystery combined with blueprints, family betrayal and a job stealing art from the most secure gallery in the world. Impossible, if not for the incredible child geniuses that decide to take it on.
Heist Society contains possibly the most cliche group of characters for this kind of genre. But weirdly, enough I’m okay with that.
These are people who openly joke about the time so and so stole the Queen’s corgis and how the real Mona Lisa is actually the fake thanks to a completely brilliant switcher, but the fake isn’t half bad either.
They are a young team of bandits along the lines of MI5 before they found their righteous path because their jobs are anything but possible.
The plot is fast, fun and full of interesting art malarky, historical landmarks, city highlights and incredibly complex con ins and outs.
But ultimately, this book is nothing spectacular. It is clever, yes. It is interesting, yes. It is a whirlwind of a page turner, yes. But it’s nothing that hasn’t been done before.
The plot unravels nicely, a few surprises and twists thrown in to keep things spiced up but I felt as if it took a while to get off the ground as the family business and the situation had to be set up as this was a stand alone novel.
The main character – Kat – albeit sassy is a bit of an idiot. She worries too much and is too internally conflicted with herself and her skill set. One minute, shes okay with being essentially a thief and the next she’s filled with crippling hatred, what’s that all about?
I felt like the eccentric supporting characters covered up Kat’s blandness as a character and she only mildly improved when they were all bouncing off one another, without them and her stressy ways, there wouldn’t be much of a character left which is a shame as it was the only massive flaw I found with the story.
I decided to stick with it, the further I read, the more intrigued I ended up being, eventually to the point where I could forgive some of the characters shortcomings but they still ultimately fell a bit flat.
The villain wasn’t really a villain, more a bodyguard or businessman with overzealous ideas for power. There were some power shows like “get in my limo while I talk down to you” but nothing scary. Even his threats I couldn’t take seriously. He was yet another piece in a much larger puzzle, I just feel as if he could have been that much more daunting and an actual plot tangent rather than a dead end.
It was an enjoyable read. I kept going back to it despite my feelings towards it and finished it under the 2 day mark.
I definitely wasn’t amazed by this, as I said above, it’s nothing that hasn’t been done before. But it held my attention, it was a fast and easy read, and it did do some things in different ways that made it slightly updated than most but ultimately, it felt too similar to a lot of other stuff in the same genre. But that’s to be expected I suppose!
An interesting twist on a genre already sodden with numerous con-men and women, Kat and Co take a brave stand and come out on top.
mrsguin's review against another edition
4.0
This was a good story, but not a great one. I will say that I enjoyed the general premise of the book. I'm not sure whether I will read the next installment or not.