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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Skipped a few before reading nine, they were not available at the library but this one was. Didn't have any trouble jumping ahead in the series.
Another fun Stephanie Plum novel, which finds plenty of regulars in the mix.
Another fun Stephanie Plum novel, which finds plenty of regulars in the mix.
“When it comes down to it, this is all anyone needs—a TV and a bag of chips.” —Stephanie Plum, on a manhunt. Can’t disagree with this line as a huge fan of both.
Stephanie’s back with Joe, and working on a manhunt with Ranger. Valerie’s about 10 months pregnant and her parents are going crazy with the house so over-crowded. It’s comical and as insane as ever …
4 stars.
Audio:
I’m getting used to this narrator, but still not a fan.
Stephanie’s back with Joe, and working on a manhunt with Ranger. Valerie’s about 10 months pregnant and her parents are going crazy with the house so over-crowded. It’s comical and as insane as ever …
4 stars.
Audio:
I’m getting used to this narrator, but still not a fan.
It was interesting to read this book. It was different because Stephanie was dealing with a different situation. The visa bond was something that I had never heard of, still don't know if it's real or invented. Stephanie is amazingly lucky and stumbles into situations that are crazy. The new thing seems to be Stephanie breaking all of Ranger's guys who are assigned to watch her. It's hilarious that those big strong men can be brought down by Stephanie and her life. An enjoyable read once again and fun to see Stephanie and her crew in the weirdness of Las Vegas instead of in the weirdness of New Jersey.
Excellent entry into the series, couldn't stop myself from cracking up.
No formulaic fiction book will ever get more than a three star rating from me. This one was cute, light fare. Really good for the beach.
Okay. . . still enjoyable from a completely brain candy perspective. Her story lines, formulaic. . . Stephanie Plum's incompetency married with a bit of luck gets her in too deep, necessitating her need to be saved by the two (okay. . . perhaps a bit hot) testosterone-laden men in her life, which then requires the sex and sexual tension to ratchet up, as her life becomes more and more threatened until somehow it all becomes resolved, and the processed (more so physically than intellectually) with her band of merry and offensively stereotypical subcharacters. Within about 50 pages of each book, something happens that already happened in each of the books before and while there is something to be said about having an on-going inside joke, when it happens repeatedly with no real reason, it becomes tired.
I just want Stephanie to grow up a bit, learn from the errs of her ways and yet, the dysfunctionality of her life and family makes me in my weakest moments feel a bit more successful with my own challenges. The disappointment I feel everytime she gets physical with Ranger is met with a more primitive understanding that some guys are just too hot to not and that ridiculous scenarios on the pages of crappy pulp fiction gives permission to live vicariously (for the record, in MY head, Ranger keeps the ponytail and the black dress, but loses the late 70s Schwartzanegger muscles - ewww)
In the end, I'm irritated that I'm still reading these books. And yet, I've driven to read more. Driven by a desire to see if Stephanie will ever figure things. Driven by the need to see her stop fooling around with Ranger and decided whether she wants a life with Morelli. Driven by the stress in my life currently demanding brain candy for reading instead of more substantial treatises. And, driven by - this is the real pathetic one - my obsessive nature that requires me to finish what I've started, which will likely mean that I will read all the Plum novels, out of some ridiculous sense of obligation to complete the series that I started.
I just want Stephanie to grow up a bit, learn from the errs of her ways and yet, the dysfunctionality of her life and family makes me in my weakest moments feel a bit more successful with my own challenges. The disappointment I feel everytime she gets physical with Ranger is met with a more primitive understanding that some guys are just too hot to not and that ridiculous scenarios on the pages of crappy pulp fiction gives permission to live vicariously (for the record, in MY head, Ranger keeps the ponytail and the black dress, but loses the late 70s Schwartzanegger muscles - ewww)
In the end, I'm irritated that I'm still reading these books. And yet, I've driven to read more. Driven by a desire to see if Stephanie will ever figure things. Driven by the need to see her stop fooling around with Ranger and decided whether she wants a life with Morelli. Driven by the stress in my life currently demanding brain candy for reading instead of more substantial treatises. And, driven by - this is the real pathetic one - my obsessive nature that requires me to finish what I've started, which will likely mean that I will read all the Plum novels, out of some ridiculous sense of obligation to complete the series that I started.
Sadly I own two copies of this book. I was reading this book on a friday during my lunch hour, funny enough I forgot the book at work over the weekend and couldn't get into the building. I went so far as to go buy another copy so I could finish it.