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Summary: What is stupid and obvious?
Review: This 4th-grade reading material is boring and beyond stupid.
Avoid this drivel at ALL costs.
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Summary: Give Me More!
Review: The last book I read by Evanovich, "7 UP" left me a little disappointed. BUT, she came back in "Hard Eight!" The reason I read this series is for pure enjoyment. If you are looking for suspense or a thriller you won't find it here...what you will find is a contiuation of Steph's cars being stolen or blown up, dead bodies, people breaking into her apartment, Lula's and Grandma Mazur's zany humor as well as the on going sexual tension Steph has with Morelli and Ranger. My favorite is the interaction between Steph and Morelli. I can't get enough of those two!In every book you will find new crazy chartacters. In this book it is Albert Kloughn (clown), the rabbit, bear and men running around with Clinton and Nixon mask. Valerie, Stephanie's sister showed up in "7 Up" and is continuing in "Hard Eight ... I'm thinking we will see her develop more in upcoming story lines. I won't recap the story again because other reviewers have done a wonderul job. What I will say is ... if you want a quick enjoyable read ... this is the book for you. If need a "pick up" in your day ... "pick up" Evanovich and you won't go wrong.
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Summary: Rescue Stephanie
Review: Too close to real life, Stephanie is becoming mundane with age. It's hard to imagine why not just one but two hunks repeatedly come to her rescue when she shows no resourcefulness, self esteem or self control over her burgeoning appetite. While this book was entertaining, Stephanie was not. This series is read for escapism, so crank up the heat and give Stephanie back her spunk and soul.
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Summary: Light, Funny, Cute, Quick Read
Review: Nice addition to the series. Made me laugh more than once
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Summary: Read one, read them all
Review: OK, I'll probably irritate fans of Janet Evanovich but this book deserves a single star for literature and 4 stars for marketing. Ms. Evanovich can do better and I'm still waiting for her transition to a real writer. I'm getting tired of the same story all over again. Read any book ... the same story, Interweave chapters from any book,,,the same story. Same humor, same will she/won't she, same klutsyness, same car wrecks, same funeral scenes, same characters, same mistakes. Hohum, when will Ms Plum grow as a literary character? Probably never because this series is an example of marketing genius, not as an engaging mystery series. It is not that this book isn't a well written piece of fluff, it is just that the eight books are ALL THE SAME STORY. Please Ms Evanovich, move on to something better.
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Summary: Advice to Readers
Review: I guess in all honesty the last thing this world needs is another review of this book. However, I think there are two kinds of people who are contemplating reading it - those who have read all the previous books, and those who haven't read any. Here's my advice to these groups. If you have read all of the previous Stephanie Plum books, your going to love this one just as much because it's a whole lot more of the same fun and farce. If you haven't read any, then you should really go back to One For The Money, because if you start with this you're missing a lot of valuable information and very enjoyable reading.
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Summary: Sweet Plum and Clown
Review: Poor Stephanie Plum! She is always losing her handcuffs and needing to be rescued by some knight in shining armor. Plum is probably the most inept bounty hunter in history. Her collars are always outwitting her or worse, stealing her car. So why is this series always on the Best Seller's list? Because they are funny. Nothing is taken too seriously. Plum is teamed up in Hard Eight with Albert Kloughn (pronounced clown), Attorney at Law, Laundromat manager and bounty hunter wannabe. Looking for a mom on the run with a kid provides the backdrop for a hilarious tale of the woman vs. the bad guys. Even though the outcome is never in doubt, Janet Evanovich's wry and wacky romp through a Jersey underworld where even Tony Soprano's dumbest associates would look like rocket scientists is a true joy to read.
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Summary: It's Steph Lite
Review: I love all seven books in this series. I think Stephanie Plum rocks.....but this book was a dissapointment. And I hate to say that. It's still good, but not up to the first books. Book seven leaves you hanging with Steph and Ranger; book eight glosses over that. I wanted a little more romance, and a little more of Stephanie having a life and doing her job. I gave it four stars because although it wasn't what I was hoping for, any book that makes me laugh until my eyes water is good reading!
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Summary: 3.5 stars, really - funny & quick to read
Review: This installment of the Stephanie Plum series seemed to fly by very quickly, but it was a good story with classic Evanovich humor liberally sprinkled throughout. Thankfully, Evanovich leaves good cameo characters (such as Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's mom, et cetera) in cameo capacity, and doesn't try to make them integral parts of the story - they work *so* much better when they're just dropping in here and there, adding a few quirks, and then the story moves on. This story involves a possible child endangerment/kidnapping issue, as well as assorted other usual FTA cases. Naturally, Stephanie's luck with cars runs out, one FTA keeps making off with her handcuffs, and various uninvited people end up in her apartment. She works more, um, "closely" with Ranger in this story (and even meets his female counterpart,) while still trying to figure out what's going on between Morelli and herself. This time around, Stephanie actually does manage to brandish and shoot her gun, though admittedly in one instance, she shoots the remote for her new security system out of sheer frustration. This story was very enjoyable, and provided many laugh-out-loud moments throughout; Janet Evanovich continues to deliver quality stories without letting her formula get tired and dull.
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Summary: this book is EXPLOSIVE!!!
Review: just like EVERY SINGLE ONE OF STEPH'S CARS!!!! i don't know how it is possible for one human being to go through so many vehicles. i don't think it is possible. but this is fiction, so anything goes, right? and with that in mind, evanovich's eighth installment of the goofy & crass stephanie series completely, and i mean COMPLETELY TOTALLY ABSOLUTELY, satisfies, like mind altering sex will (think RANGER and yourself - oh my god!). the story line is bizarre (of course - what else could you expect?) and the (coincidental) twists many. as usual, evanovich introduces new characters that are so individual and alive and real that we completely love them or hate them. the k-l-o-u-g-h-n is totally squeezably adorable. and grandma mazur is still up to all her young tricks - she won't leave you without a hoot of laughter. and ranger & morelli are so totally intense you have to stop reading to catch your breath. or actually, RANGER is so intense I had to stop reading, catch my breath & fan myself for ten minutes. all in all, this book was totally titillating, envigorating and opens up a little bit more the world of stephanie plum. what the [heck] is going to happen in book NINE???? this reader CANNOT WAIT!
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