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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
I didn't find this book or the storyline very realistic. I know a lot of people love these books because Eve always catches the bad guy in the end. But sometimes you don't catch the bad guy and I feel that is something that is never looked at in this series. The odds of this happening the way it did are just so far fetched, even for the future. The fact that they were able to invade an island which is considered a sovereign nation is just preposterous. It would literally take an act of Congress for that to happen. I get it’s a work of fiction but there needs to be some sense of realism. I used to really like these books and Nora Roberts but the books have changed and the way she responds to her fans sometimes just turns me off. Kind of done reading her for a while.
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This series has made it to #52 with this entry! In fact, #54 is scheduled and I have already read #53 Forgotten in Death. There is a split opinion about series. Many think trilogies is a good fit. Some perhaps will accept ten books, but this one has over 50, so some people will think the stories might recycle. Get stale. Well, that is not the case with this series and this title.
Yes, we have our audacious detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her richer than sin husband Roarke. We also have Roarke's major-domo Summerset, some of Eve's workmates, like partner, Peabody, or Captain Feeney, or Commander Whitney, amont others. I especially love Dr. Mira, police consultant and close friend and confidant to Eve. In fact, just about every character has a freshness to them no many how many books come out in this series.
In this story, Eve is investigagting the homicide of a young female artist. It doesn't take Eve long to see that the woman was tied to a cult-like religious organization. When Eve goes to interview the woman who phoned in the 911 call, Gwen Huffman, it takes her less than a minute to know things do not add up. In fact, as Eve starts to uncover things about the cult there in New York City, she discovers that its tentatacles reach far wider.
This book definitely hits on some tough subjects, inclding the cult, but also, homophobia, sexual assault and domestic violence. However, as this book is excellentlt written, these subjects are handled with aplomb.
As always this story reminds readers of the strong bonds of love between Eve and Roarke and how well suited they are to each other. Also, by now Roarke has pretty much has a carte blanche position when it comes to Eve's cases, often being called on for his expertise and connections.
I truly love this series, and it has become my favorite, which says a lot because I am a series fanatic and have read dozens of series, inclluding several that have reached a high number of double digit titles. J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts is an exceptional author and I look forward and highly recommend each and every book in this series.
Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Yes, we have our audacious detective Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her richer than sin husband Roarke. We also have Roarke's major-domo Summerset, some of Eve's workmates, like partner, Peabody, or Captain Feeney, or Commander Whitney, amont others. I especially love Dr. Mira, police consultant and close friend and confidant to Eve. In fact, just about every character has a freshness to them no many how many books come out in this series.
In this story, Eve is investigagting the homicide of a young female artist. It doesn't take Eve long to see that the woman was tied to a cult-like religious organization. When Eve goes to interview the woman who phoned in the 911 call, Gwen Huffman, it takes her less than a minute to know things do not add up. In fact, as Eve starts to uncover things about the cult there in New York City, she discovers that its tentatacles reach far wider.
This book definitely hits on some tough subjects, inclding the cult, but also, homophobia, sexual assault and domestic violence. However, as this book is excellentlt written, these subjects are handled with aplomb.
As always this story reminds readers of the strong bonds of love between Eve and Roarke and how well suited they are to each other. Also, by now Roarke has pretty much has a carte blanche position when it comes to Eve's cases, often being called on for his expertise and connections.
I truly love this series, and it has become my favorite, which says a lot because I am a series fanatic and have read dozens of series, inclluding several that have reached a high number of double digit titles. J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts is an exceptional author and I look forward and highly recommend each and every book in this series.
Many thanks to St. Martin's Press and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
[This review is a lot rantier than I thought it was going to be. Sorry!]
I think I told myself after the last book that I needed to remember to stop getting these books. However I can't. As soon as a new In Death book comes out, I want it.
I had to read a bunch of other reviews before starting this one because something was off about this book, and I wanted to see if I was the only one who felt that way.
And by "off" I mean, the first part of the book didn't make me want to rage-quit reading it because of all the super saccharine gushing over how amazing Eve Dallas is at her job wasn't there. There was only one annoying sex scene, and it was easily skipped (I just don't care about them anymore), and the interactions between Eve and her friends seemed more normal and less re-used lines from the previous books. I was actually enjoying the story, and mystery for most of this book. And as soon as I mentioned to my husband that "hey, I think they found a better ghost writer", the ending of this story just flipped back to everything I have grown to dislike about these books. Oh dear.
[Spoilers]
The previous book ( Shadows in Death) hit the all-time high of improbability with the ENTIRE FREAKING CAST AND CREW being flown to Ireland and all that went down there. That was just too much for me. Dallas isn't the freaking Chosen One and to have her solve a case that no other international or major crime body couldn't (Interpol! FBI! CIA! ABCDEFG!) for years, was a little too much for me. And that's where this 52nd book went wrong after I had been enjoying it for the first 3/4s of the story. Because she took every gosh darned character in the world on yet another field trip to take down a major cult that has already made undercover FBI people disappear, and gets rid of people so easily, and yet Dallas has once again swept in to save the day, taking Interpol, Homeland Security, the FBI, her commander, her SKETCH ARTIST, her ADA, her psychiatrist, her reporter, her husband, and her entire bullpen team with her as she takes the Big Bads herself.
I can't get behind that. This is just ridiculous now.
For the first time in a few books, I was enjoying how this one felt fresh again, until the ending. The ending made me so angry.
And after reading some reviews when I finished the previous books, which pointed out some stuff I hadn't really ever thought of because I'd skip these parts, I can no longer stand the "Roarke picks out her clothes" bits. Because, well, yeah, that is pretty controlling. And so I see it in a new light, not because someone told me to, but because someone put words to the weirdness I always felt about this thing but didn;t know why. And in this story? The comment Roarke makes about "even in this situation there's no way I am slumming in cop-issued clothing and neither are you" (totes paraphrased there) so he has fancy-ass clothes brought it for their midnight raid of the cult compound? CAN YOU GET ANY MORE I AM BETTER THAN YOU POOR PEOPLE?
Roarke is a character that at one time made me swoon, and over time became much more obviously condescending and elitist. And he is constantly looking down on everyone around them, unless they mean something to his wife. A wife who claims not to care about what she wears, but certainly spends an awful lot of time judging what everyone else is wearing. She's always annoying by Peabody's clothing choices, she hates McNab and Jenkinson's clothing choices (and ties!) and she's constantly telling people to hide this stuff from them because her eyes are bleeding or something. All while wearing top-of-the-line, more than their salary's designer cop clothes that her HUSBAND buys for her. It's nauseating.
But, um, sometimes the murder mystery is really great and that's what keeps me coming back. Also I love Peabody.
The end.
I think I told myself after the last book that I needed to remember to stop getting these books. However I can't. As soon as a new In Death book comes out, I want it.
I had to read a bunch of other reviews before starting this one because something was off about this book, and I wanted to see if I was the only one who felt that way.
And by "off" I mean, the first part of the book didn't make me want to rage-quit reading it because of all the super saccharine gushing over how amazing Eve Dallas is at her job wasn't there. There was only one annoying sex scene, and it was easily skipped (I just don't care about them anymore), and the interactions between Eve and her friends seemed more normal and less re-used lines from the previous books. I was actually enjoying the story, and mystery for most of this book. And as soon as I mentioned to my husband that "hey, I think they found a better ghost writer", the ending of this story just flipped back to everything I have grown to dislike about these books. Oh dear.
[Spoilers]
The previous book ( Shadows in Death) hit the all-time high of improbability with the ENTIRE FREAKING CAST AND CREW being flown to Ireland and all that went down there. That was just too much for me. Dallas isn't the freaking Chosen One and to have her solve a case that no other international or major crime body couldn't (Interpol! FBI! CIA! ABCDEFG!) for years, was a little too much for me. And that's where this 52nd book went wrong after I had been enjoying it for the first 3/4s of the story. Because she took every gosh darned character in the world on yet another field trip to take down a major cult that has already made undercover FBI people disappear, and gets rid of people so easily, and yet Dallas has once again swept in to save the day, taking Interpol, Homeland Security, the FBI, her commander, her SKETCH ARTIST, her ADA, her psychiatrist, her reporter, her husband, and her entire bullpen team with her as she takes the Big Bads herself.
I can't get behind that. This is just ridiculous now.
For the first time in a few books, I was enjoying how this one felt fresh again, until the ending. The ending made me so angry.
And after reading some reviews when I finished the previous books, which pointed out some stuff I hadn't really ever thought of because I'd skip these parts, I can no longer stand the "Roarke picks out her clothes" bits. Because, well, yeah, that is pretty controlling. And so I see it in a new light, not because someone told me to, but because someone put words to the weirdness I always felt about this thing but didn;t know why. And in this story? The comment Roarke makes about "even in this situation there's no way I am slumming in cop-issued clothing and neither are you" (totes paraphrased there) so he has fancy-ass clothes brought it for their midnight raid of the cult compound? CAN YOU GET ANY MORE I AM BETTER THAN YOU POOR PEOPLE?
Roarke is a character that at one time made me swoon, and over time became much more obviously condescending and elitist. And he is constantly looking down on everyone around them, unless they mean something to his wife. A wife who claims not to care about what she wears, but certainly spends an awful lot of time judging what everyone else is wearing. She's always annoying by Peabody's clothing choices, she hates McNab and Jenkinson's clothing choices (and ties!) and she's constantly telling people to hide this stuff from them because her eyes are bleeding or something. All while wearing top-of-the-line, more than their salary's designer cop clothes that her HUSBAND buys for her. It's nauseating.
But, um, sometimes the murder mystery is really great and that's what keeps me coming back. Also I love Peabody.
The end.
If possible, these books are getting Moar Epic. Like every installment is an Icove Agenda.
adventurous
challenging
informative
tense
fast-paced
Time with Eve, Peabody and all the fine folks at NYPSD is always well spent.
Here we get more creepy guys trying to run the world, and by run the world I mean bury women under their thumb and finding ways to profit from it. This was a heavy one, with a lot of deep pain for women and children, so be sure that isn’t a trigger for you before reading.
The Natural Order is a cult with a large reach for trafficking, detaining, rape, forced pregnancy, kidnapping, etc. and there are those working desperately to keep themselves rolling in the money that comes from this large machine. How we get from an artist’s death to the grand take down is a wonderful read where Eve systematically tears down the bad guys. Loved it.
Here we get more creepy guys trying to run the world, and by run the world I mean bury women under their thumb and finding ways to profit from it. This was a heavy one, with a lot of deep pain for women and children, so be sure that isn’t a trigger for you before reading.
The Natural Order is a cult with a large reach for trafficking, detaining, rape, forced pregnancy, kidnapping, etc. and there are those working desperately to keep themselves rolling in the money that comes from this large machine. How we get from an artist’s death to the grand take down is a wonderful read where Eve systematically tears down the bad guys. Loved it.
I will always read an In Death novel. This one was all business and I loved it! What starts off as the murder of an artist leads to so much more and, as always, Eve and her team fight to get justice for the victim. Excellent read...
As ever. A fun time with Dallas and crew. Dallas continues to evolve in her own way. This book is more devoted to following the crime than in side stories. A good read. Now looking forward to the next in the series.