Rating: 
Summary: Hard-ly worth it
Review: Big disappointment. Stephanie's cars blow up, she loses handcuffs, she still hates shooting her gun, although she's a hell of a marksman in her apartment building. The whole Abruzzi plot is contrived and fizzles in the end. As does the "GREAT RANGER SEX SCENE" which is about as long as this review. You'd think a romance writer could have done a better sex scene, especially after building it up for seven books. Let's just say the seeming extent of Ranger's sexual prowess could be called "Hard Ate." Big deal. Marv Albert does that and he's no mysterious, rock-hard bounty hunter. Janet is still good at getting laughs, although much less frequently than before. She needs to put more work into character development and plot. It's time to move on from Stephanie being a stupid, but lovable, idiot. After this, I'm waiting for Nine in paperback.
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Summary: Once Again
Review: i loved this book and so should u. it was entertaining, hillarious, and a best buy from amazon.com. pick it up, and discover the humour the author has to offer. also, i recommend the other 7 books that the author has published. happy reading!!!
Rating: 
Summary: Enough Already!
Review: It's time to wrap this thing up! This one's a labor to get through. The characters are dull and very predictable. A few more cars are destroyed... That said, number nine isn't needed. Don't buy it, borrow someone else's--better yet, TAKE my copy!
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Summary: Well......I can't say I loved it....
Review: "Hard Eight" was fine. It wasnt the greatest, as a matter of fact, it was my LEAST favorite of the series. I agree with the reviewer who said that she wanted more Ranger and Joe and less Valerie and her kids. I truly enjoy all the shenanigans of Grandma Mazur...and even she was missing through most of the book. I didn't find myself laughing aloud quite as much as I'd have liked to. I think Janet should incorporate more of Steph's romantic life in her next book and kill off all bears, rabbits, etc.
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Summary: BIG Evanovich fan-have read them all
Review: I have read all her books MANY times, her older ones the most.
While, they are all good, some are better than others. Janet,
is always ENTERTAINING, never boring! Hard Eight is hands down
her BEST! Everytime she manages to out do her last book, when,
I think it can't be possible, she ups the antey. I've met her
in person, also, she is very personable. Very much Stephanie
Plum. If you've never read her before I do suggest you start
with One For The Money, to truely appreciate the series. She
always makes me laugh, and I enjoy her as much as a comedian. If
you like mystery, humor, romance and fun-you've got it.
Hope you'll read and enjoy-she IS THE BEST!
Rating:
Summary: A great addition to the series!
Review: I really enjoyed this addition to Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. I think that after a little difficulty in Seven up Janet bounces back and into a different direction. It is great that we finally learn more about the secret life of Ranger, what he does, where he eats, but not too much to take the fun out of it. It is also nice to see that some of Stephanie's relationship issues are resolving so we see her moving on and growing a little, she really starts to realize where she belongs and where her heart belongs. There is plenty of funny moments and i dont care if she has a car blown up in every novel, it is funny and how it happens is funny so keep them coming, I think it happened three times in this novel. Different people have different opinions and I have read plenty of reviews of people thinking Janet is loosing her touch, but I dont agree I think she is back on track and should keep on going.
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Summary: Could be better
Review: The Hard Eight is a very good and detailed story, but i did not enjoy the book. It is very funny starting from the first paragraph to the end of the book. Of course it does not matter how good the story is if does not read well. i thought the book was poorly written and showed no emotion. Plus, it did not follow, but jumped from one thing to the next. i had to force myself to pick up the book and actually try to read it.
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Summary: Eight is not enough!
Review: It's hard not to like this series. Altho the storyline was a bit different,I liked it. Ranger and Joe were merely passing thru. I did not like that. I dont want this tension to ever end but it seems they ran fleetingly thru the book and Steph's life. Lula is always a hoot. Grandma Mazur is wonderful but I could do without Steph's sister and her kids. Extraneous. Waiting for the next.
Rating:
Summary: Eh
Review: Okay, I am reviewing this book for the die hard fans of Steph. Out of all the books, this was the least entertaining. I liked it better than many other books I have read, but in comparison to the others, it was just not up to par. It seems like Evanovich felt like she had to turn it out and really didn't put enough time and thought into it. Steph just isn't as out there as she usually is. Evanovich uses lots of outs and doesn't develop it nearly enough. If you are a major fan, read it. It's still a good book. It's just not what I expected or wanted. When I finished it, I had a bittersweet feeling all through me. I expected much better, but was throughly disappointed.
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Summary: Funny and wacky as ever--Plum is back
Review: When her parents' next-door neighbor asks Stephanie Plum to look for her missing granddaughter, Stephanie figures that it can't be too serious. Evelyn was probably just running from an abusive ex-husband. A quick look, though, turns up Eddie Abruzzi, a mob leader with a distinctly insane side to him. Stephanie knows that she should lay low, but laying low is not in her character. And in-your-face is exactly what Eddie needs to push him over the edge. Stephanie tries to get on with her life--hanging around with ex-Ho Lulu, failing to bring in bond jumpers, and trying to reconcile her attraction to the two men in her life (Ranger and Joe) with her perpetual datelessness. Still, Abruzzi won't let her go and starts to escalate the violence against her. Author Janet Evanovich has delivered another side-splitting, car destroying, and semi-sexy novel in HARD EIGHT. All the familiar characters are back, along with Stephanie's endearing combination of incompetence and stick-to-it-ness. Fans of the series will be intrigued and maybe even surprised to see the latest in the ongoing love triangle. For me, the Stephanie Plum series continues to be enjoyable--I'm certainly looking forward to the next volume. Evanovich is doing her best to deal with a fundamental problem in the series--that Stephanie's incompetence is a little less convincing in the eighth novel in the series than it was in the first. That she is able to pull it off is a credit to her abilities as a writer. That it becomes a little more strained with each book is unfortunate but, perhaps, inescapable. Stephanie Plum is a treat and HARD EIGHT is a fine addition to the series.
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