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lmspencer'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.
hailandwellread's review against another edition
3.0
3 STARS
Still a fun romp with a strong handle on the team’s voices, The Bestseller Job gets this rating because I ultimately enjoyed it. I love the team, I love the sheer level of trickery they get up to, and most of all, I love the clever twists they rely on to get out of tight spots. It’s deeply satisfying to watch it all pull together, and for it to be in character to boot.
That said, this installment bummed me out. While it was more Eliot-centric than the other two, it didn’t do anything with his character that excited me so much as it played a very old song: Eliot hooks up with the only woman outside the Leverage team. And since this seems to be set somewhere in S4 by my best guess, it’s…an outdated approach at best.
(I could probably write an essay on how this is the time the OT3 is developing into something concrete, and the fact that Eliot’s hook-ups are basically no longer mentioned on-screen at this point in the show, but we won’t dive that deep today, or this will stop being a mini review.)
Plus, a major part of the book relies on the Leverage team writing an entire book in about 48 hours. As a group. And slamming it through an ally acting as editor still in that time frame. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, even for the Leverage crew, and this one…broke me.
Still a fun romp with a strong handle on the team’s voices, The Bestseller Job gets this rating because I ultimately enjoyed it. I love the team, I love the sheer level of trickery they get up to, and most of all, I love the clever twists they rely on to get out of tight spots. It’s deeply satisfying to watch it all pull together, and for it to be in character to boot.
That said, this installment bummed me out. While it was more Eliot-centric than the other two, it didn’t do anything with his character that excited me so much as it played a very old song: Eliot hooks up with the only woman outside the Leverage team. And since this seems to be set somewhere in S4 by my best guess, it’s…an outdated approach at best.
(I could probably write an essay on how this is the time the OT3 is developing into something concrete, and the fact that Eliot’s hook-ups are basically no longer mentioned on-screen at this point in the show, but we won’t dive that deep today, or this will stop being a mini review.)
Plus, a major part of the book relies on the Leverage team writing an entire book in about 48 hours. As a group. And slamming it through an ally acting as editor still in that time frame. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, even for the Leverage crew, and this one…broke me.
eliwray's review against another edition
4.0
Very enjoyable outing that matches the storytelling style of the series to a delightful degree. The characterization wavered a bit for me here and there, but the bulk of the characters' actions and internal monologue felt satisfyingly true to me.
I'd be glad to see more Leverage stories from this author.
I'd be glad to see more Leverage stories from this author.
sass's review
1.0
I miss my TV series, I want it back, these books are not an adequate replacement. And the author should be banned from using the word pretzels ever again, since he clearly doesn't have a good grasp of subtlety, nuance or metaphor.
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