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Summary: If you've read all previous six in this series...
Review: You don't need to read this one. As other reviewers here have noted, it is formulaic; but in its defense, the formula works, and the dialog is witty and fast paced as ever. Thus I can't in all good conscience give it a one-star heave-ho. It's just that after six prior Plum novels I'm going stir crazy for Stephanie to change her life a little.To recap for Evanovich newbies, Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter in New Jersey. She has a rocky relationship with sexy bad-boy-next-door-turned-good cop Joe Morelli, a quirky slew of friends picked up along her career and an Italian/Hungarian family that doesn't seem to know what to do with their unconventional daughter. She gets into all kinds of unique scrapes and hilarious situations in the process of enforcing bail bonds. In every book there are gunfights and vehicles destroyed enough to satisfy any action/thriller junkie. In the end, Steph always gets her man. Some of the plotlines continued throughout this series involve her boyfriend's fear of commitment and her mom's manipulative attempts to get Stephanie "normal"ized and settled down to produce grandchildren. In Seven Up, these finally come to a head, and none too soon. I was skipping large sections to get to the cliffhanger ending that I knew must be coming. I am told I can now look forward to the promised changes in Hard Eight's tone and content. I only wish I could plead directly with the author to resolve these plotlines without somehow breaking the sassy Stephanie Plum spirit that I have come to love.
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Summary: Great Summer Read!
Review: Couldn't stop laughing, couldn't put it down! You will love this Stephanie Plumb! Another great read by the pool is Shade of the Maple by Kirk Martin.
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Summary: Light, fun read
Review: I liked this one but if I had to do it again, I would buy it from
Amazon and save a few bucks...Evanovich always writes witty descriptions and Seven Up doesn't disappoint. This one isn't as gripping as her other books but it's a perfect summer read.
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Summary: A super series by a wonderful writer...
Review: I love this series! Fun...Entertaining...A Must Read in my opinion. Page after page of nonstop laughs, mystery, intrigue and suspense. How does this writer manage to do it time and time again!
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Summary: Plum AWFUL!!!
Review: As a (former) fan of the Plum series, I'm finally throwing in the towel -- it's time for this series to end. The first couple of books were good, the next were okay, the last few were just plain bad. It's as if the author uses a computer program with an "insert name here" feature to write her books. This latest effort again has Stephanie bumbling her way through another attempt to capture a supposedly helpless fugitive who somehow (wait, you guessed it!) continuously eludes her. This particular plot involves the Jersey mob, a psychotic wife, missing body parts, her druggie friends Mooner & Dougie, and more mentions of erections than a Viagra brochure. Enough already! What could have been an interesting plot is mired down in the bog of cliches that the Plum series has become. Let's watch Grandma Mazur act whacky, let's watch Grandma Mazur be crude, let's watch Mom get flustered and freak out, let's watch Dad ignore the entire situation! Let's see Stephanie get shot at and do a Three Stooges impression! And let's not forget the sexual tension brewing between Ranger & Steph...it's only been brewing for 8 books now! That never gets tired, does it? And of course, what would a Plum novel be without the requisite cliff-hanger ending? Will she or won't she? Will he or won't he? Who cares anymore?If you want to enjoy the series, read books one and two. After that, make up your own character's names and write them over the names in books one and two. It's all the same. And in this case, less would have definitely been more. What a disappointment.
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Summary: SEVEN IS DOWN FOR ME!!!!!!!
Review: Have read all six of the previous books. First four or five were great, six was fair and seven is not for me. I know I am a minority of one. I did not even finish seven. I did not like the reference to sex that begin to appear on several pages. If Stephanie and Morelli were not in the sack,it was being suggested by nearly everone that sex is now the main theme. I read a mystery for mystery, if I wanted to read a book with sex reference though out I would buy that kind of book. I really hate I don't like it. If you do that is your business but it is not for me. Sorry Janet, but you won't miss the ones I would buy.
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Summary: AND THE LAUGHS KEEP COMING.
Review: Only one word can describe this book HILARIOUS!!! If you don't want people to think you have lost your mind, because you can not stop laughing out loud, then don't read this book. Ms. Janet Evanoich has mixed Thiller, Suspense, Adventure, and Romance into Comedy. Thus far I have enjoyed the entire Stephanie Plum's series and the characters: Grandma Mazur, Lulu, even Joyce (especially when Stephanie, Bob, Lulu and Connie are torturing her). In each book, Ms. Evanoich has introduced wackier and funnier characters and this time, she does not let her readers down. For the reader well get to meet Stephanie's confused sister, Valerie. I can't wait see what mischief she will bring to the future books. On a personal note, I only like to read paperback books, but it is so hard to wait for the next Stephanie Plum's series to come out on paperback, because I really want to see what tangle web Stephanie has gotten herself into. Don't Miss out on a Good Read
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Summary: Stephanie Plum is a real treat.
Review: I just started getting into this series and this latest book is real treat. Stephanie is asked to pick up Eddy DeChooch for a failed bond and from there everything went from bad to worse. From Valerie and her daughters moving home and her sister wanting to be a lesbian to Grandma Mazure getting kidnapped, wrestling matches, stolen human hearts and numerous other crazy happenings this book never fails. I felt sorry for Joe Morelli the young cop and Stephanie but I'm sure they will work out their problems. I'm hooked on this series, but I will have to wait another year to read "Hard Eight" because I only will read the paperback books they fit on my shelf better. This refers to the paperback edition.
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Summary: Awesome book
Review: I love these books! They're great and absolutly the most fun books I've read in a long time. In fact, I just read Seven Up again in preperation for the eighth book. I can't wait until it comes out.
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Summary: If You Like Quirky Characters
Review: Being a Southern author who writes about quirky Southern characters, it is a real pleasure to read about quirky "Yankee" characters. Ms. Evanovich delivers plenty of them in her Plum series, featuring bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. She leaves me hanging each time, anxiously waiting for the next book in the series, wondering what's going to develop between Stephanie, her boyfriend, Morelli, and mystery man, Ranger. If you like a good read with plenty of laughs that moves at a fast pace, pick Evanovich.
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