Reviews with content warning for Gun violence - One for the Money

Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich

15 reviews

sarah_amy's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A bit slow sometimes, but the characters grew on me. Have heard promising things about this series and the hilarity to come! Enjoying Stephanie fumbling her way to becoming a bounty hunter. Her family is hilarious. Had a good, chilling plot point among the comedy. Still havent quite made up my mind whether I'll continue the whole series, but it holds some promise.

Content Warnings

mobkima's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

Honestly this was such a fun and quick read. I found myself frequently thinking, "okay, just one more chapter" as I read the novel. It's funny and realistic, albeit surprisingly dark for a book marketed as more of a humourous mystery.

Content Warnings

bbookmylife's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Content Warnings

haley_cross's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Content Warnings

bickleyhouse's review

Go to review page

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Yes, I'm a bit late to the party on this one. I think number thirty was published this year. But let me explain.

The only reason I was reading this book was because I was looking for a book with "only words on the cover." I'm in a Facebook reading group, along with some wonderful people, and we have a challenge list of 100 categories each year. A book with only words on the cover is perhaps the most difficult category to fill. And, having already read 87 books, my category selection is getting slim.

So I did some searching and found that the LP version of this book only has words on the cover. Yes there are a couple of lime green rectangles with lines coming out of them, but the creator of the challenge assured me that this was acceptable, as there is no visible image.

Now. Back to the book at hand. It took a while to grab me. I mean, not so much that I wasn't going to finish it. In fact, there was no way I wasn't finishing this book, because of the category. But I was iffy on how many stars it was getting, up until about halfway through, and then it just kind of gradually sucked me in.

Stephanie Plum is the most unlikely bounty hunter you will ever meet. She is so desperate for money and a job, that she takes on the case of this particular FTA (Failed To Appear) that has a bond of $100,000, of which her share would be $10,000, if she succeeds in bringing him in. There's a problem, though. Joe Morelli, the subject FTA, is someone she has known since childhood. He is also quite the "ladies' man."

There are hilarious interactions between Stephanie and Joe, along the way, as she keeps running into him, but fails to bring him in, for one reason or another. At one point, she even steals (or "commandeers," as she puts it) is Jeep Cherokee. They seem to have quite the love/hate relationship going on.

Plum, in the meantime, also manages to bring in some lesser FTAs, getting a couple thousand dollars along the way, so she can at least survive and not get kicked out of her apartment.

When all was said and done, I really enjoyed this book. I like Ms. Evanovich's writing, and the characters she has created are likeable (except for Benito Ramirez, but we aren't supposed to like him . . . she did a great job of creating a loathsome character with him). I think it is difficult to categorize the book, genre-wise. It is, to some degree, a mystery, but more of a crime drama/thriller, in my opinion. I am looking forward to further adventures of Stephanie Plum.

Content Warnings