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Summary: Funny, warm and engaging
Review: Stephanie Plum is sassy, ditzy and has poor choice in men. As might be expected, this makes for a cute and funny main character in this series. I cannot imagine a less likely bounty hunter than Stephanie Plum. But do read this series, I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Summary: Another Winner
Review: I've read all the Stephanie Plum books up to this one--at the time of this review Hot Six is out but I've not yet gotten it. This one, High Five, is top of the line. I especially enjoyed these last two books, Four to Score and High Five. Janet Evanovich has hit her stride with snappy dialogue, whacky characters and hilarious relationships. The plot is a little thin--you kind of wonder why everyone can't see it, given that Stephanie, Joe Morelli, and the Feds are all on the same case here, but then you don't really read these books for the plot. Evanovich gives us a bit of a puzzler at the end--an O. Henry-esque ending that had me laugh out loud. This series is a lot of fun, and I really enjoy it. I hope she gets off some of the running gags, though. The car thing is losing its appeal....how much longer can that go on?
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Summary: Great Book
Review: Janet Evanovich has a way of writing that keeps you glued to the book till the end. Once you start reading, you can't put it down till it's finished.
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Summary: "More Great Hi-Jinks From Ms. Plum"
Review: Another rip-roaring tour through The Garden State seen through the eyes of "The Bombshell Bounty Hunter," Stephanie Plum. In this one she gets involved in a search for her missing cheapskate uncle. But the road has more detours than Route One during construction. She runs into an embezzlement scam, a midget bail jumper and a psycho ex-boxer. Enjoyable book. I though the last one, "Four to Score" was better and funnier, but still I can't complain too much about "High Five." Some really great scenes with Steph taking down the little bail jumper and with her Grandma Mazur, her Dad and a stun gun. Fell on the floor laughing. Like the sexual tension between Steph, Ranger and Morelli. Who to go to bed with? Again Evanovich gave some great insights into Stephanie's fears and insecurities. As a native of the Trenton area, the author was spot on with her descriptions of the city, its atmosphere and its people. Take it from someone who knows.
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Summary: So Much Fun You Don't Want It To End
Review: I approached this book with some trepidation. Although Evanovich is one of my favorite authors, I was disappointed in her previous novel, Four To Score. All the trashy language in that one ruined the rest of the story for me. High Five, however, is great. An excellent plot line told with plenty of wit and humor. I was having so much fun with Stephanie Plum and her friends, I was sorry to see it come to an end.
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Summary: Was it MORELLI or RANGER?
Review: As I write this now, I feel confident to tell you, buy HOT SIX too. High Five has a little cliffhanger in the ending. Poor Stephanie is called to find a missing family member. Uncle Fred was - - well, Uncle Fred wasn't all that warm and cozy. Yet again, Stephanie is cast into the chaos of bounty-hunting, boyfriends, and trying to keep her car from being destroyed. Funny, active, keeps you going from start to finish. How does Janet Evanovich do it? Every one in the series gets better and better. SERIES STARTS: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three To Get Deadly, Four To Score, High Five, Hot Six. ... One had been running for naming book seven.
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Summary: Stephanie Saves the Day!
Review: In this high-powered action mystery, Stephanie Plum (bounty hunter extraordinaire) starts with her life at a low point. She is broke, she has no work to do, she has broken up with her policeman boy friend Joe Morelli, and she has an unwelcome unpaid investigative job to find her annoying cheapskate Uncle Fred. But life does improve by the end, and Stephanie saves the day!If you have not yet read a Stephanie Plum novel, let me explain about her. She is one of the most endearing mystery characters ever developed. Fiercely independent, her attitude is always showing (although she may shake like a leaf afterwards). Tremendously attracted to aggressive men, she plays it coy as much as she possibly can. Prone to disasters, she keeps her chin up and keeps on trucking. Loyal to her family, she is often babysitting her Grandma Mazur when she and her Father are not hitting it off. And she makes her living by bring in people who are out of jail on bail and fail to appear in court. She gets 10 percent of the bail amount when she succeeds. It's a tough way to go for the former lingerie model, but it excites and challenges her to the core. If you already know Stephanie, you will find her at her caring, jealous, lusting, nosy, sneaky, obtuse, hungry, and persistent best. She finds herself more and more attracted to Ranger (her bounty hunting mentor) and to Joe Morelli (her policeman exboy-friend). Yet she wants to be in charge, which sets up a great source of conflicts. To give you a sense of how appealing I find her as a character, whenever she ignores an obvious clue I want to tell her to pay attention. With any other book, I find myself annoyed with the author for making the msytery too transparent. But you will want to read this book for Stephanie, not for the mystery (although it is a perfectly fine one). Before the book is done, you will have experienced explosions, homicidal attacks, lots of gun play, Stephanie will go through a number of vehicles in typical Stephanie fashion, bail jumpers will be brought to justice, deaths will be avenged, Uncle Fred will be found, and you'll go to more viewings as a funeral home than you can imagine. The story is very fast paced and rewarding. Yet all of this is done with consistent humor and balance. So although there is a dark side, it is always overwhelmed by Stephanie's light. The plot is very well developed. You have the main plot of finding Uncle Fred. To that are added important subplots of getting to know Joe Morelli better (even attending a family wedding with him), getting nonbounty-hunting jobs from Ranger, working on her diet, solving her financial problems, having an unwanted roommate, being stalked by a mystery man, and being hunted by a killer with revenge on his mind. Each of the subplots could make a whole novel if more fleshed out. The result is that you get a whole fabric of a life and her relationships here, moving forward and backward in time. This book provides an unusually good balance of plot, character development, and humor. On the humor side, let me mention for those who have not read these books before that Stephanie is a very bawdy person in many ways, and the language and situations can have an overt sexual cast. So if you are offended easily by hearing about how a woman thinks about men sexually, you may not like the book. That's the only drawback I need to warn you about. In fact, this book is so successful that is transcends the normal action mystery genre. Virtually everyone will find this book to be an engaging, uplifiting read. I liked it much better than Hot Six! (which I also recommend that you read) because the mystery, the plotting, and the character developments are much better done and balanced in this one. Overcome your disbelief that women can't make it in a man's world! Let Stephanie save your day by providing you with a wonderful read!
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Summary: Good Beach Read
Review: As advertised, a fun book with a few laughs. Evanovich creates some memorable characters, especially Briggs. The mystery portion is lacking, however. Well, I guess that part is incidental. I won't spoil it for anyone, but when all is said and done, it is pretty flimsy. I like Stephanie Plum and I will read the next in the series eventually.
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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Review: Jersey's favorite bounty hunter is back to solve yet another mystery. What has happened to her Uncle Fred? And why were pictures of a dead body among his possessions?
Once again Stephanie is out to get her man, this time her own uncle. With her stun-gun-toting grandma in tow, an angry little man and two very, very sexy men Stephanie has her work cut out for her. With high hair and an awsome manicure, Stephanie will be sure to nail this case. Highly recommended.
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Summary: My kind of "comfort read"!
Review: Most readers define a "comfort read" as a book by an author who meets their expectations, time after time. Well, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series does exactly that for me -- I know, when I pick up one of the books in these series, that the characters are going to be simultaneously endearing and outrageous, that Stephanie's going to be the cause of something blowing up, and that I'm going to laugh, and laugh, and laugh. Don't expect gritty realism from any of these books -- even though there's something so real about these whacko characters, you feel as if you know them (or would like to). This is sheer slapstick entertainment, but brilliantly executed slapstick. Ms. Evanvich's ability to interweave a thousand plot points and still keep everything straight is nothing short of phenomenal. But her real forte is her top-notch characterization. . .and those who've been keeping up with the series from the beginning can, I'm sure, see just how far some of these characters have come since the beginning. Even though she's impetuous as ever, Stephanie has grown since ONE FOR THE MONEY, as has her lover/nemesis, Joe Morelli. Keeping a concept fresh and the characters evolving and vital is no mean feat through a half-dozen books, but Ms. Evanovich seems to be doing just fine on that score, as far as this reader is concerned. Now to see how long I can hold out before I get the hardback of HOT SIX.
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