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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
There’s never a bad one in this series
This is another awesome story set in the future with Eve Dallas and gang! In this one we have fraud and murder as well as the movie premiere we’ve been waiting for. I wish we could’ve had a bit of the after party scene but I love what I did get!
This is another awesome story set in the future with Eve Dallas and gang! In this one we have fraud and murder as well as the movie premiere we’ve been waiting for. I wish we could’ve had a bit of the after party scene but I love what I did get!
Terrific, as usual. I had a bit of a hard time keeping track of all the suspects, however. Wish I'd started a list in the beginning to remind myself who was who.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm well aware that there's a formula for these books, and I accept that as part of the genre and look forward to it when I am looking for a book to read without a whole lot of thinking involved, but this one was so formulaic + slow-paced, that I couldn't wait for it to be over so that I could read something good.
Another entertaining Eve Dallas story, but for some reason this one just didn't really click with me. Maybe it's because there's a lot of complicated financial stuff in this one which, on the back of my last book, A Week in December, was just too much. Maybe it's because there's so many characters in this one you need a list to keep them in your mind. Maybe it's because we are still going on about the Icove case, which was about 6 books ago but which keeps getting dragged up as a book, then a movie shoot, now the premiere of the movie. Time to let that one go before it starts to drag the whole story line down.
So, still entertaining even after 36 books, but nothing that special.
So, still entertaining even after 36 books, but nothing that special.
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
idk something was missing in this book but I can't explain what
I was a littel disappointed in the end when I didn't get to read eve's reaction to seeing the actual vid they were at the premiere for
like I get why but I wanted to see that
I was a littel disappointed in the end when I didn't get to read eve's reaction to seeing the actual vid they were at the premiere for
like I get why but I wanted to see that
The first thing I said to myself when I started reading this was: "Haven't I read this before?" That kept repeating itself to me as I read this book, which is never a good sign when you have a long running series like this one is. This installment was, in part, "The continuing saga of the Icove case", which, in my opinion, has drug on entirely too long. It felt like this book's case took a back seat to the premiere of the vid! That being said, the case felt too easy, too neat, and as if information was just being handed out, rather than sleuthed. There's also not much in the way of character development here, just folks making brief appearances. I can't even say that it was a quick read for me! Just a disappointment overall.
This was another great installment to this series. With the exception of one, the murders weren't very gruesome or over the top. It was also nice to see the growth in the overarching story.
Not much else to say about this one. It was an enjoyable read.
Not much else to say about this one. It was an enjoyable read.
I really enjoy the Eve Dallas series, and ordinarily I fly through each story. It took me a while to get through this one, though, and I found myself setting it down all too easily.
Why? Aside from the fact that the culprits were revealed relatively early on, there was little danger or tension to propel the story along. We knew Dallas would prevail and no one we cared about was in any real peril. I admire Robb/Roberts both for the fact she writes very readable stories and for the fact that she writes so many per year. But as much as I love this series (Roarke, I think, is pretty much the perfect man), it needs an infusion of freshness to shake things up a bit. Have Dallas get pregnant or have some other monkey wrench or new major character thrown into the mix. The best stories of the series are ones in which the main characters have to face some big personal problem, one that deepens them and makes them grow.
I'll definitely pick up the next book in the series, but it may not go to the top of my TBR pile.
Why? Aside from the fact that the culprits were revealed relatively early on, there was little danger or tension to propel the story along. We knew Dallas would prevail and no one we cared about was in any real peril. I admire Robb/Roberts both for the fact she writes very readable stories and for the fact that she writes so many per year. But as much as I love this series (Roarke, I think, is pretty much the perfect man), it needs an infusion of freshness to shake things up a bit. Have Dallas get pregnant or have some other monkey wrench or new major character thrown into the mix. The best stories of the series are ones in which the main characters have to face some big personal problem, one that deepens them and makes them grow.
I'll definitely pick up the next book in the series, but it may not go to the top of my TBR pile.