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Summary: Disappointed, at best
Review: I am a great Plum fan having read one thru nine and eagerly anticipating number 10. Full Speed story line was too weak to be a soap story, the characters too predictable, the dialogue mundane and trite. I pride myself in finishing every book started but this one really was an effort. Evanovich's characters (Stephanie Plum, Joe, Ranger, LuLu, Connie, Grandma) scream off the page. I have been looked at severely on my train commute because I find myself laughing out loud, actually howling at times. Max and Jamie didn't stir anything in me. Yes, I loved Fleas, the dog. The sex wasn't steamy more highschoolish. Sorry, give me more PLUM!!
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Summary: Couldn't Put it Down
Review: I bought and read the book yesterday. My only problem with it was it ended. When I finished I thought "Ok when does the next one come out?" I very much enjoyed the characters and the plot. It was exciting and suspensful but still light hearted. One of my favorite characters from the last book was Muffin and I wish that she was around more in this book. I think I am going to go read it again because it was such a page turner that I probably missed out on some stuff. I cant wait for the next one to come out.
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Summary: Not my idea of fun
Review: I devoured all eight of the paperback Stephanie Plum series and recommended them to others, so when I was hard up for reading material one evening I picked up "Full Speed" from the 24 hour pharmacy. Serves me right for not checking Amazon first. Not only does the story include a computer with fully human abilities despite being set in present time, but the only character they give a Jewish name to is the used car salesman. The protagonist is having a "very bad day", and I guess his name is supposed to telegraph how hard it's going to be for her to get a good deal. How offensive is that?As for the quality of the plotting and writing see the other reviews and steer clear.
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Summary: don't waste your time
Review: I enjoyed "Full Tilt," although not as much as I do the books in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. However, I knew it would be unfair to hold Max and Jamie to such a high standard. At any rate, I liked millionnaire (or is it billionnaire?) Max Holt and small-time newspaper publisher Jamie Swift enough to hurry and order the sequel, "Full Speed."
I tried to like it. I really, really did. But Max's and Jamie's behavior becomes so outlandishly stupid and the Elmer Gantry-style preacher who figures as the villain is so cartoonish that I simply got halfway through and quit in disgust. Why does sensible Jamie suddenly starting taking idiotic risks? Why does sweet-natured Max suddenly become so arrogant and controlling? It was all out of character.
By all means, enjoy "Full Speed." And then make a full stop. Don't bother with the sequel.
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Summary: I want my two hours back!
Review: I have always enjoyed Evanovich's books - I even read (and mostly liked) _Full House_, even though it was essentially a romance novel, and lacked a lot of the spark I've come to expect from her. This, though...this...was simply abysmal. Horrid. No good. To be avoided. Awful. Unforgiveable. It isn't even mental bubblegum - it's mental flatulence. I'm no intellectual snob - I absolutely love good, silly stuff, but this isn't at all that kind of bad. _Full Speed_ focuses a character who vaguely resembles Stephanie Plum (a popular Evanovich character,) only without her wit, charm, or charisma. Then it tosses in a handsome, dashing, wealthy-beyond-human-measure man that is supposed to make us all fall immediately in love with him and go weak in the knees. The trouble is, he's far too cliche, far too "perfect." The book throws these two characters into ludicrous situations, from which they (of course) manage to extract themselves, and oh, did I mention the car? Do you remember "Knight Rider?" Replace the annoying voice of KITT with the computer voice of a control freak woman going through menopause, who experiences emotions and has access to pretty much anything technological on the planet. Insert a lot of badly-done high-tech hijinks, and oh my but hilarity fails to ensue! There are the too-usual pseudo-sex scenes that are always interrupted, and there are the predictable "aw, isn't the doggie cute and nearly human" scenes (I'm a total dog freak, but the way the authors treat the bloodhound in the book nearly made me gag.) There are the moments when one might kind of say "heh" in a nearly amused way...but that's all. The plot is weak, the bad guys are superficial, the humor is nigh-undetectable...[sigh] I'm hugely disappointed. I'll continue to read (and very likely enjoy hugely) Evanovich's Plum series, but I won't touch another _Full_ book. Ever. I want my two hours back!
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Summary: Did I read the same book?????
Review: I have read so many negative reviews about Full Speed and I have to ask this question. Maybe its a question of taste and what readers prefer. I am a diehard romantic who prefers to read books with romantic banter, that include mystery and adventure, and the full series fits the bill. I have read Plum and in all honesty I got tired of it half way through the eighth book, guess its not my cup of tea, although, I know that many do like it, to each his own. However, for me I prefer the Full Series and Full Speed is a great installment to this series. Some have complained that there were too many interrupted romantic interludes between Max and Jamie in this one, but I think their relationship is right on course, after all this is only the second book, I hear things heat up in the third installment, I can't wait. Frankly, it comes down to this if you like a romantic mystery with a little quirkiness the Full series is for you, however, if you prefer a whole lot of quirkiness, a whole lot of mishaps, more mystery and a little romance thrown in for good measure then you would probably prefer the Plum series, these series are very different and should not be compared to each other even if they are written by the same author. Personally I prefer the Full Series and Full Speed was a great installment for this series.
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Summary: Every bit as lackluster as its predecessor.
Review: I thought the last book ('Full Tilt') from these two authors was drivel but I also thought it was just a bad bump in the road of good reading. After three outings (I'm a slow learner) I now see that I cannot expect better things to come from this series of books. I remain a fan of Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series, but the 'Full' series is uninspired, unoriginal, and downright uninteresting. This is the last of them that'll vacuum the currency out of my wallet.
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Summary: Not typical evanovich -- in fact, not evanovich at all
Review: I would like to suggest that Evanovich did not write any of these "Full" series books. I can't honestly do that, but I would bet that while she may have used an editorial blue pencil once in a while, and tossed in a para or two, she didn't have much to do with any of them. The characters are typical of those imagined by a teen-ager dreaming of a rich knight in shining half-million dollar automobiles and of being the gorgeous girl who finally traps this knight. The plots are clumsily contrived, the humor amateurish and the series overall is definitely not worthy of having her authorship. Evanovich is a skilled humorist who reminds me a great deal of the wonderful writer-humorist Thorne Smith. Smith wrote the Topper novels, Turnabout, and several others which, like Janet's, could crack the reader up with their ridiculous hilarity. There's no sign of that here. Janet Evanovich has her name associated with some of the cleverest and funniest books I've ever read. This was not one of them
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Summary: Not typical evanovich -- in fact, not evanovich at all
Review: I would like to suggest that Evanovich did not write any of these "Full" series books. I can't honestly do that, but I would bet that while she may have used an editorial blue pencil once in a while, and tossed in a para or two, she didn't have much to do with any of them. The characters are typical of those imagined by a teen-ager dreaming of a rich knight in shining half-million dollar automobiles and of being the gorgeous girl who finally traps this knight. The plots are clumsily contrived, the humor amateurish and the series overall is definitely not worthy of having her authorship. Evanovich is a skilled humorist who reminds me a great deal of the wonderful writer-humorist Thorne Smith. Smith wrote the Topper novels, Turnabout, and several others which, like Janet's, could crack the reader up with their ridiculous hilarity. There's no sign of that here. Janet Evanovich has her name associated with some of the cleverest and funniest books I've ever read. This was not one of them
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Summary: It's not a Stephanie Plum book...
Review: I, too, am an avid reader of the Stephanie Plum (SP) novels. Janet Evanovich (JE) can't write them fast enough for me. As another reader mentioned, I was having a JE reading withdrawl, so I bought Full Speed. I didn't expect it to be like SP, but I expected it to be just as funny. Not quite... I have to say that I hated "Muffin" in this book. As unbelieveable as some of the things JE writes about are, Muffin was going overboard! The main characters somewhat reminded me of a SP/Joe Morelli/Ranger type of attraction, but didn't come close to exuding the same energy or attraction. The book was somewhat entertaining. It had its slow parts. I thought the last 100 pages were probably the best since the story started to really come together. Go buy the 1-9 Stephanie Plum novels instead. Guaranteed you will NOT be disappointed in those!
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