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Summary: I have read better books
Review: This was my first time reading a book of J.D. Robb and I did not care that much about it. I really think that it is stupid that an author as big as Nora Roberts has to make up another name for herself to do murder mysteries. When I started reading the book I thought the concept of the books was great. I was really eager to find out what was going to happen. After reading about half of the book it began to drag. And it dragged and it dragged. At one point I did not care to even finish the book but I did finish it. I thought the ending of the book was so disappointing. I thought more would happen. It was nothing excited about how they caught the killer. After I have read this book I don't think I will be reading other books from J.D. Robb. I would rather not read anything if I have to read another one of these books.
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Summary: Best Female Detective Ever?
Review: What can I say, Eve Dallas is one of the great cops of modern literature. Before Eve Dallas I loved Lucas Davenport. John Sandford's detective from the Twin Cities. Eve shares a lot of traits with Davenport, and at first I was leery of whether a female version of my fav cop could work. J.D. Robb (Nora) made a believer out of me. I've shared the books and I love them. The progressing relationships as well as the graphic cases and crimes strikes an unusual balance but honestly, it works great. All I can say to new readers ... start at Naked in Death, strap in, and enjoy.
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Summary: Loyal But Disappointed
Review: I eagerly awaited this next installment in the Eve Dallas/Roarke series and after reading it was not disappointed.
As usual, there were a lot of futuristic references, the case that Eve was working on-along with her gang at the NYPSD-was compelling as usual and I especially enjoyed the different twist in the usually sizzling relationship between Eve and Roarke. I will continue to look forward to the books in this series. As far as my disappointment goes, all I can say is "Nora, Nora, Nora...was it really necessary to all of a sudden print this in hardback when up till now these books have always been in paperback-why the sudden "($$$)upgrade?($$$)" Thanks to amazon.com for letting us all have the option of buying for a little less, ie: "used" but still being able to enjoy it just the same.
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Summary: I liked the book, but...
Review: I liked the book. I have been eagerly anticipating the next book in the In Death series. I am, however, very disappointed in J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). One of the reasons that this series has been so great is that every time a new installment has been released it was easy, convenient, and affordable to read. All of the other books were first released as paperback novels. This one is only in hardcover, for the time being. I am very disgusted that an already famous author needs to cheat her readers and pad her pocket. Shame on you, Nora!
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Summary: Great!
Review: Reva is a woman out for revenge, but murder was never in her plan. When she burst into her cheating husband and best friend's love nest, her rage turns to shock; they are lying entwined in each others arms, covered in blood. She calls her mother next, who happens to work for Roarke, who is conveniently married to the best homicide cop in the twenty first century, Eve Dallas. It only takes Eve a short time to know Reva is innocent, but proving that will be a challenge. As she works towards the truth, Eve will face her own demons once more, and a bit more of her shrouded past will emerge. In the end, Eve's future will be in more jeopardy than ever, as she faces a deadly enemy who is not afraid to kill. ***** Some series peter out and become tired. Eve and Roarke have yet to do so. From fresh and funny to intensely passionate or chillingly dangerous, the emotions run the gamut. Both major and minor characters are well developed. Even if you dislike futuristics, this series is worth making an exception. In particular, "Divided in Death" has one of the best Eve/Roarke scenes of all the books, which is saying a lot. *****
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Summary: She's done it again!!!!!!!!!
Review: Nora just keeps getting better and better with this series. Eve & Roarke are now going beyond the initial heated passion to developing a true relationship. Eve continues to grow as a person, wife, mentor and friend. I can hardly wait for the next installment. I keep hoping that once she sees Mavis' baby, Eve will eventually end up pregnant and I'm really anxious to see how that will help her grow. Sure - I started reading this series for the intrigue and romance, but I'm happy to see that it has developed into a series about personal growth as well.
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Summary: let down and disappointed
Review: I have greatly enjoyed the IN DEATH series. You can pick up any of the books in the series and they stand on their own but make you want to find any previous books or the next one to be published. However, I was let down in the lack of involvment with the other characters even the non human ones. Her car, the cat, Roarks house, style. True she has been married a year + and is getting use to the ambience of the Roark's life but I thought that was lacking. Her whole demeaner was severly different to when other people close to her were invoved in a case. She held true to form in her belief of the lines for law and order. There also appeared to be a lack of submitting reports to her commander. Dealing with the press and Nadene.
The ending I found a let down. Eve's discussion with Roard regarding his ego when he let his vengenace go I thought was out of character, and Roark's response "wierd him out"!!What@@
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Summary: I love this series...
Review: I was really looking forward to reading this one on my trip back from Lotusphere, as it was released the last week of January. But she crossed me up by not going directly to paperback, and I can't pay $21 for a book I'll read in two days. So, after a relatively short wait at the library, I was able to enjoy my favorite author.. Nora Roberts writing as J. D. Robb in Divided In Death. And it was well worth the wait. In this latest offering, Eve Dallas is asked by Rourke to handle a possible murder case that appears to have been committed by his head of security, Eva Ewing. Rourke has a real fondness for the lady and her mother, and wants Dallas to make sure it's not a setup. The murder was of Ewing's husband and her best friend when she learns of the affair they were having. The lovers are killed in bed and everything points to Ewing as the killer. But for Dallas, it's just a bit "too" clean, and she quickly clears Ewing of the murder. But if not her, who? The plot revolves around spies for a Homeland Security group, a rouge hacker underground, Rourke's security company, and the brother of the husband. Plenty of twists and turns in this plot. And for character development, Rourke hacks the computer files of the Homeland Security group and finds out some previously unknown information involving Eve's childhood traumas. He wants to kill those responsible, but Dallas knows she can't be a cop and stand aside if she knows what Rourke wants to do. They have to determine what's most important to each of them as they work through this crisis. As usual, great story and wonderful characters. I'm really glad that Roberts can crank these out so quickly, as I am forever waiting for the next one in the series to come out each time I finish the current one.
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Summary: Re: How to say this?
Review: In this latest installment of the "In Death" series, Nora Roberts/J.D.Robb has amped up the hip-lip trip, but I don't like the trite and repetitive dialog that continually appears in each book of this series. Reread any of this series and you will see it yourself. It has a cut and paste feel to it. Predictable elements: You can bet Feeney will rattle his bag of candied nuts; that Eve will have another of her done-to-death nightmares about her childhood; that Roarke will throw a snit in a power struggle with Eve and they will have rabid sex several times (yawn); that Mavis will show up whining; that Peabody (my favorite character) will sling wisecracks and obsess about food (cobbler this time); that Mc Nab will be as obnoxious as ever; that Nadine Fuerst will get the scoop; that Eve's bosses will be gruff, tough, supportive; that the obnoxious Dr. Mira will still smother Eve in excrutiatingly patronizing tones; that everyone will obsess over drinking real coffee, etc. I really enjoy this author when she hits her stride and makes the mystery gripping and engaging as in her earliest books in this series. This time Roberts takes on the Homeland Security Office and makes some really pointed political comments with which I happen to agree. Eve shows her warrior woman persona in full form when she orchestrates a "take down" of the corrupt HSO in what she perceives as a big way. Eve rationalizes and justifies it as a way to satisfy her burning rage and lust for revenge when she learns through Roarke's hack into the HSO data base that the HSO was involved but did nothing for her during her childhood trauma when she murdered her father as a way to survive her personal horror. However, I REALLY hated it when Eve mulishly blocked Roarke's personal need for retribution. To me, it was doubly wrong because his father was involved in Dallas during Eve's nightmare experiences. What irritated me most was that it felt like Eve emasculated Roarke by forcing him to give up his righteous revenge and ability to settle accounts in his own way just for some mawkish sentimentality for her. My first constructive criticism is that Nora Roberts would lose the trite, over used, overly polite, phony dialogs between the characters. Eve's prickly, brutal and crude dialog and Peabody's snappy, clever rejoinders provide the only real feeling in the dialogs. Secondly, I wish that the in future books that the author would serve up something that doesn't feel like one is reading the same story again and again only with different murderers, crime scenes and victims cut and pasted in. In fairness, J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts is one of the better writers in her genre in my opinion. In this futuristic "In Death" series we don't have to endure designer label references, like Manolo Blahnik, Armani, etc or references to current musical artists, etc like she floods some of her other books with, namely Robert's latest "Key of" series. Yet, I will read her next new stuff even if it sounds like her old stuff.
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Summary: Much better than her last few books
Review: I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I have found the last few in this series a bit slow and tired. This one was much better. Including in the plot info about her childhood was very interesting and gave the book an added depth and a way to move forward the character development. The plot was a bit convoluted and the whole "computer viris" idea is a bit over done, but it was a fun read. I would recommend this book, even for those who might have been disappointed by the last few.
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