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Summary: Excellent Page Turner!
Review: I loved this book. I had to wait through the summer, and it was well worth the wait. This is the best book in the series so far. I love how Eve and Roark interact. With every book, the series get's better and better. The serial killer in this particular book was a teaser. Just when you thought you knew who the killer was, you would get clues leading to someone else. I couldn't put the book down and finished it in a few hours. I can't wait until the next book comes out in September.
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Summary: Weaker than usual, but still a good murder mystery
Review: I really do like the '..in death' series. But I must admit I was a little disappointed by this particular book. Yes, the murder mystery part was well done, as always. But that's not what makes this series special, at least not from my point of view. It is watching the characters evolve and develop. Not only Eve and Roarke, and their relationship, but all the other 'side' characters that have been introduced in the previous books. In 'Imitation in Death', all the side characters are mentioned once, as if for form's sake. I would have preferred if J.D. Robb had concentrated more on one of them, but had told a real story about him or her. Also, Eve and Roarke carry on as usual, fighting, making up, but there is little character development. To sum it up, hardly anything happens in this book, exept for a murder mystery. That makes it a good book, but not an exceptional one. I hope this is not a sign that J.D. Robb is running out of ideas for her characters, and I'm looking forward to the next (hopefully better) book in the series.
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Summary: A great addition to the series
Review: I really enjoyed this addition to the In Death series.Eve is on the trail of a serial killer who is imitating famous killers of the past. I thought the mystery was really well done and I really didn't know who the killer was until the end (and I'm one of those people who usually figure it out early :) I also liked the theme of mothering and how that fit into more understanding of Eve and Roarke's relationships with their mothers. What I most appreciated was the humor. The book could have been especially dark because of the killer but there was enough humor sprinkled throughout that I had MANY laugh out loud moments - great story!
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Summary: One of the better "In Death" books
Review: I rushed down to the store to get this yesterday, and unlike the last one [Portrait], which left me feeling a bit hurried and miffed, this one had a lot of the best things about this series. Eve Dallas has some very good moments in this book - the mystery makes sense (the murderer is actually one of the main suspects this time), still managing to keep the reader guessing. It plays out well, and the murders manage to impress upon the reader the appropriate sense of disgust intended. The main characters mostly have some good points in this book, although I was a bit weirded out by Roberts' description of Morris (he is suddenly described with the adjective 'exotic' on two consecutive pages). Peabody is taking the detective exam, McNab is being lovey-dovey with the aforementioned, and Roarke is getting through the loss discovered in Portrait. There's a lack of Feeney in this book, as well as Nadine, but it plays out better for it, especially since Portrait had characters experiencing Significant Moments of Life every five pages. Not that this book isn't lacking in the odd character moment here and there, but it works anyway. For Lt. Dallas herself, there is a big flashback - and a fascinating one, for it's about the person that her brandy-colored eyes are from - and no, it's not her dad. One of my favorite aspects of this series is the Eve-Roarke dynamic, and in this book, they're awfully cute in this book, and such fun to read. I don't mean gushy cute, thank goodness, but they're a highly amusing couple. A favorite moment of mine is Eve watching, with some baffled horror, as Roarke cooks, and I don't mean with an Auto-Chef. More than ever, I think this couple has really settled into a comfortable dynamic, the way that only they can do it. One of the reasons it's such fun to read this is because of how the characters have grown throughout the books. I feel that Roberts' other books often lost realism in the characters, with the books themselves too often ending with a tidily engaged couple and pregnant female. However, the In Death series gives her the chance to naturally grow these characters, and it's really evident in this book. Compare Imitation to Naked or Glory, and it's actually a little scary to see how these characters - especially Eve and Roarke - have changed, but they've done so together, and it's sweetly romantic. Last word: this isn't a book for new readers. It would be completely confusing, very bizarre, and without the enjoyment of seeing how these beloved characters continue to change. There is an unusually high amount of references to other J.D. Robbs here(there was even a reference to Interlude in Death), and although it's nice for the devoted reader, it can be nothing but bizarre to a newbie. In the end, this was a very entertaining book - I think one of the best in this series - and though there were no previews, I look very forward to buying Remember When in a few weeks and Divided in Death in the new year. :>
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Summary: A page turner as always
Review: I'm a big fan of the "in Death" series and this one doesn't disappoint. They might want to change the picture on the cover .. it kind of gives it away.
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Summary: Not the Best of Death
Review: I'm a diehard fan of the Death series, which is why even though I agree with another reviewer that Imitation in Death was a bit lackluster, I don't regret having bought it (in hardback) and will not hesitate to buy Remember When or to be released in '04, Divided in Death.
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Summary: Not so much.
Review: I'm surprised by the other reviews and by it being on the bestseller list. Did we read the same book?? Anyway, this is the first book in years that was actually hard for me to pick UP. Sorry to say but it just wasn't all that good. I thought she tried too hard and it fell flat. The characters too cliche. The main character especially was portrayed as a combination of tough as nails police chief who's seen the worst of it by day and sexaholic wife at night (who at their age has sex 3 or 4 times back to back in one night, I'd like to know)- which just didn't fit at all. I found it conflicting. And the descriptions of the violence is just a little too detailed in a perverse fixated way. Not so much. Sorry. Wish I had liked it.
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Summary: Can't be written by the same author
Review: I've read all the other books in the series and had been eagerly awaiting this one. While it provided a nice visit with some old friends, I'm having trouble believing it was written by the same person who wrote the other books in the series. Every time someone opened his or her mouth (*especially Eve*) something popped out that was completely out of character. The case was boring and nothing flowed. What happened?! Do not judge this excellent series by this book!
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Summary: "Back To The Future"
Review: In Nora Roberts' "IMITATION IN DEATH" the year is 2059 and Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces a madman who kills his victims the old-fashioned way. Eve Dallas must stop a serial killer who reaches back into criminal history for his gruesome inspiration. (Chilling Story that gets my highest recommendation to be sure!)
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Summary: Good, but not the best in the series
Review: J. D. Robb's '"In Death" series, featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas, is a great detective series. Because Robb (aka the best-selling Nora Roberts) is best known for writing romance stories, many detective fiction fans have overlooked these books. They shouldn't. That said, "Imitation in Death" is missing one key feature in my opinion, and that's tension. As always, Robb/Roberts has painted the future with great skill, and it's rewarding to visit again the returning characters. But in the best of the series, for example "Conspiracy in Death" and "Portrait in Death", there's conflict to be solved among the protagonists as well as conflict with the criminals. In this book, everything just feels a bit too smooth.
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