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Summary: wild way out amateur sleuth investigative tale
Review: Wealthy inventor Max Holt visits his sister DeeDee and her husband Frankie "the Assassin" Fontana in Beaumont, South Carolina because his sibling asked for his help. Frankie has tossed his hat in the ring to run for mayor. While in town, Max plans to investigate the Beaumont Gazette, in which he is a silent partner. However, in reality he only wants to conduct a hands-on interview of his partner Jamie Swift, fiancee to some local yokel.Frankie gives a speech about reducing the bureaucracy and to determine what happened to missing tax money. The talk gives Frankie plenty of supporters and a real shot at winning the election. However, he alienates someone because now Frankie and his brother-in-law are targets of a hired assassin with Jamie along claiming she only wants the story. FULL TILT is a wild way out amateur sleuth investigative tale that hooks readers from the moment Muffin (think of a female Kit from Knight Rider) provides Max a picture of Jamie. The story line is played for fun and in many ways satirizes the Plum books. Max and Jamie chaperoned by Muffin make a delightful duo investigating murder attempts and the return of dizzy DeeDee (see FULL HOUSE) leaves the audience with an uproarious amusing novel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: DECENT COMEDIC CRIME AND (MIS)ADVENTURE CAPER..
Review: The "Full --" series is not half as riveting as the Stephanie Plum series from Evanovich, but the writing is pacy, the characters are colorful and the confusion rampant. It's decent light-reading, I gobbled it up in 3 hours. Worthwhile for a quick popcorn in-flight read.
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Summary: This isn't A Plum Novel!
Review: I have read review after review about how this isn't Stephanie Plum, how the characters are nothing like Stephanie Plum. Well guess what this isn't a Plum novel, so could we stop with the comparisons and see this book for on its own merit. From what I have seen in these reviews the ones who seem to have liked the Full series are those who have not read the Plum series and are not comparing this series to it, they are the ones who have the right idea. I have read the Plum series and am now in the fifth book and I just finished reading the first of the Full series and guess what when you don't stop to think this is Evanovich who wrote the Plum novels and start comparing it to the Plum novels this book is actually a decent book on its own merit. Oh and for some reviewers who say that anyone who gives this book a positive review has to be a relative or a moron, I am not a relative of Evanovich or Hughes, have never met either one, would like to though, as far as being a moron I graduated at the top of my class in High School, so I highly doubt my IQ is that low. As for the reviewer that called Max dull, compared to who, a pompous arrogant womanizer like Joe Morelli (Plum Novels, Hate this character, those books would be so much better without him IMO). Max is rich, handsome, intellegent, true he's a little full of himself but Jamie (who isn't the least bit dull either) seems to be putting him in his place, one of the things I like about their relationship. I also like the other eccentric chracters especially Vera and Muffin. Yes I like the talking car that so many of you want to rank on. Hey my father was a loyal viewer of Knight Rider and if I could swallow such a thing in the eighties I can certainly handle it in the year 2004. Say what you will about these books, personally I thought it was a good beginning to the series (don't consider Full House the beginning) and have even order the other two books. This isn't Plum, in some ways I prefer it to Plum, I am a romantic at heart and for me the Full series offers more of a romance I could become invested in, I like both Max and Jamie, but although I like Stephanie can't stand her man of choice Joe Morelli (everytime he calls her cupcake I want to hurl)if it were her and Ranger I would feel differently for me they have the real chemistry in the Plum books. But once again this isn't about the Plum books, the Full series is good if your someone like myself who likes a little light mystery and a little more romance or in the case of Full Tilt some heavy flirting and sexual tension, but hey all relationships have to start somewhere.
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Summary: enjoyable read
Review: My thoughts on this book was that the editor obviously took a vacation because I kept finding grammatical errors in it, and it really doesn't seem to be all that well written. In spite of that, I have not been able to put the book down because the characters are so fun and enjoyable. So I just skim past the poorly written stuff. As others have said, this is not the same level as the Stephanie Plum novels, but on the other hand this book and the three that follow are fun easy reads. Perfect beach books.
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Summary: Stupid
Review: I adore the Stephanie Plum series so I thought I'd try the Full series. The first one was so-so, but this one, the second, is just plain stupid. I especially hated Muffin, the talking computer.
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Summary: Don't waste your time!
Review: It's hard to believe this dreck is written by the same brilliant author who brought us Stephanie Plum. Hughes must know where Evanovich buried the bodies -- I can't imagine any other reason Evanovich would attach her name to something so bad. Evanovich's Plum series has everything this one lacks, including a plot that holds together, humor and creativity. Take a pass on this series & invest in a Plum -- you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Not Plum
Review: Not as good as the Plum novels. I bought this book because I was waiting for the next Stephanie Plum book to come out and needed something to read. It's ok, but doesn't come close to the Plum series.
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Summary: Too Little Too Late
Review: My friends and even my mom love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books. At Christmastime, I read my first Evanovich book--her "Christmas" Stephanie Plum novelette--and loved it. I picked up Full Tilt and expected the same quality, but no. I read half way through the book and put it down. There was no hook, only meagre characterizations and "been there, done that" storyline. My advice to Janet E.--write books on your own and save your friends for shopping and lunching out.
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Summary: Fully awful
Review: A longtime addict of the Stephanie Plum series, I was sucked into buying this by the Evanovich name. This proved to be one of the most unreadable books I've ever picked up; if I hadn't been in a foreign country, with days worth of rain and no other books in English available, I never would have finished it. As it was, I was sometimes tempted to set the book aside just to watch paint peel; it was that bad. I suspect that Janet Evanovich didn't write a word of this drivel; the style and voice were completely unlike her. I'm willing to bet that she lent her name to the book to help her wildly untalented friend Charlotte get a book in print. Best used for starting fires, which is what I did with it at the end.
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Summary: Not up to Plum
Review: Full Tilt is a mildly entertaining read. You'll get a couple of chuckles, but thats it. Janet evanovich's Stefanie Plum books are much better. I love the Plum Books and so I picked up Full Tilt, thinking it had to be great, I was very disappointed. there is not much in the romance department, And not much in the mystery department. The charachters are pretty flat and one sided and the whole novel seems to fall on its face. Don't be fooled by Evanovichs name on the title. Full Tilt is definitly not up to Plum.
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