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leaholden's review against another edition
3.0
It was OK.
This one was harder to get through then the rest. I had trouble staying with it. As strange as it sounds there were parts of it that were just too descriptive.
This one was harder to get through then the rest. I had trouble staying with it. As strange as it sounds there were parts of it that were just too descriptive.
chimichannika's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
berlinbibliophile's review against another edition
2.0
On paper, this should be the perfect book for me: set in the publishing world, starring the Leverage team. Sadly, in reality, the book is a hot mess. The characters are caricatures of themselves, the pacing is terrible, the spelling appears not to have been checked, and the plot barely hangs together. Parker is portrayed as so childish as to be totally incompetent, not understanding the concept of the crew copying a spy thriller together in five minutes using excerpts from other books and this not being the real sequel. Sophie appears to be delusional as reganrds her acting abilities.
It's like the author took a bunch of cool set pieces, like zombie walks and a con at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, and mashed them together, barely connecting them by the actual plot.
The other Leverage tie-in novels were fun romps, good beach literature, but this one was only frustrating.
It's like the author took a bunch of cool set pieces, like zombie walks and a con at the Frankfurter Buchmesse, and mashed them together, barely connecting them by the actual plot.
The other Leverage tie-in novels were fun romps, good beach literature, but this one was only frustrating.
jnt7w2's review against another edition
4.0
real page turner. Great characterization and interesting twists. I am a fan of a show and really enjoyed this book
sweetkalechip's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at ~33%
I really wanted to like this after being so disappointed by The Zoo Job. I have fond memories of The Con Job, and was hoping for another fun read.
But it was so badly written, and the romance was annoying. Harper was written so badly, and so were Eliot and Sophie.
After giving it a good 100 pages, the plot didn't even hook me enough to put up with the writing. It just couldn't make me care.
I really wanted to like this after being so disappointed by The Zoo Job. I have fond memories of The Con Job, and was hoping for another fun read.
But it was so badly written, and the romance was annoying. Harper was written so badly, and so were Eliot and Sophie.
After giving it a good 100 pages, the plot didn't even hook me enough to put up with the writing. It just couldn't make me care.
bonnysweetrobin's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't have much hope, as tie-in books are rarely worth it, but I love and miss this show, so I figured why not try out the "official" fan fiction. Because lets be honest, that's what this is. You could practically see the author sitting back in his chair and patting himself on the back after writing certain lines. ("Second thoughts strafed him like sniper fire...") and character descriptions could be downright purple at times ("...aware of her exposed saffron tresses"). Parker is portrayed as an idiot (a common problem even with the show writers at times) and the author has an obvious hard-on for Elliot, but Hardison is pretty spot on (I for one liked all the Star Trek references, but it almost felt like that was the only area that the author knew about/spent the time to google, and it was laid on a little thick in the last bit.)
It was hardly the worst tie-in book I have read, and I got through it, which says something. But I will not be rereading it.
It was hardly the worst tie-in book I have read, and I got through it, which says something. But I will not be rereading it.
lindzee's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Decent, but much more predictable than any episode of Leverage
wondertwinc's review against another edition
4.0
Nice
Better than the first two, but I felt like it was missing the normal banter that I love between our five main characters. Still, really good.
Better than the first two, but I felt like it was missing the normal banter that I love between our five main characters. Still, really good.
liriel27's review against another edition
2.0
1. MASSIVE continuity issue - if this is after The Radio Job (references the time machine), but still in Boston, shouldn't we be having vengeful, self-destructive Nate? And if it's after The Last Dam Job, how are they still in Boston? IT BOTHERS ME.
2. Since when has Eliot ever had a (not for a con disguise) goatee? Did I blank it from my memory somehow?
3. Ugh for awkward and overwordy descriptions. More in-character than The Con Job, less than The Zoo Job. In fact, this kind of makes me want to go give The Zoo Job an extra star. It seems like only one of these authors was a fan of/bothered to watch the show.
But! Better than The Con Job, and it had a couple of funny moments. It also had more than a couple bad-fanfiction-description moments, though, and the "twist" is...not really unexpected if you have half a brain cell to be working with.
2. Since when has Eliot ever had a (not for a con disguise) goatee? Did I blank it from my memory somehow?
3. Ugh for awkward and overwordy descriptions. More in-character than The Con Job, less than The Zoo Job. In fact, this kind of makes me want to go give The Zoo Job an extra star. It seems like only one of these authors was a fan of/bothered to watch the show.
But! Better than The Con Job, and it had a couple of funny moments. It also had more than a couple bad-fanfiction-description moments, though, and the "twist" is...not really unexpected if you have half a brain cell to be working with.