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Hot Six

Hot Six

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Loved It! Another Romp with Stephanie Plum
Review: The cliff-hanger ending of "High Five" didn't really impress me, so I was glad that it was resolved very quickly at the beginning of "Hot Six." And then -- we're off to the races! The addition of the new quirky secondary characters -- and they ARE characters -- was the best feature of this book for me. It is "laugh out loud" and "listen to this" funny!

Read them all, read them in order, read this book. A perfect summer read!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Slapstick Rules as Klutzy Criminals Cruise
Review: This book belongs in a new category: Something like comedy that contains crime as a background. Seriously, this book is almost as funny as if The Three Stooges played the criminals and took on The Keystone Kops.

The story has several running gags that are well sustained. Stephanie Plum and those who are attracted to her are very interested in having sexual relations, but are continually stymmied in unpredictable ways. Bob, the dog, comes into Stephanie's life, and one disaster follows another. This dog is the Lucille Ball of animals, and makes a complete farce out of every situation. The criminals in question are so clumsy and stupid that they continually give themselves away, leaving you with virtually no mystery to hold in your hands. Stephanie continually has her efforts to be a bounty hunter turn out poorly, yet somehow she gets out of the worst of what could happen with another hilarious mishap scene. Stephanie's grandmother decides she wants to ride the wild side and moves in with Stephanie. Between her interest in men and snoring, she is driving Stephanie up a wall. There are more such running gags, but you get the idea. Many books make the mistake of overdoing a single running gag. By filling this book to the brim with them, none are overdone.

Few novels feel like they should be a movie, but this is clearly one of them. Each scene is very visceral in its development and humor.

You may not want to read this book right away. It is so funny that you may want to save it for an emergency, like the fire hose in most building hallways. You can be sure you'll laugh your head off whenever you do read it.

By the way, for those who like a synopsis: Stephanie's mentor, Ranger, is video taped in a building moments before the victim is murdered and the building is torched. Ranger is on the lam from the cops, and there's a warrant out for his arrest. Stephanie and others help him keep an eye on things so he can prove his innocence. More murders ensue, and the bad guys are foiled in the end.

Have a ball overcoming your misconception that crime cannot be funny!



Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Side-splitting humor abounds
Review: This is clearly the best of the series to date. It helps if the reader has an understanding of the characters and their relationships to one another from reading a previous book. However, even to a new reader who is being initiated to Janet and Stephanie, it should still provide a lot of laughs. I have read many books this summer and this is the best one to date. I am clearly hooked by Stephanie and look forward to reading about her in Janet's next effort. I can't wait for it to come out, and I can't stop recommending Evanovich to others.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not as good as all the others!
Review: The first chapter included in HOT SHOT didn't even come close to the first chapter released in this book.

I have purchased each of Janet's books the first day they are available. This book was a disappointment from beginning to end. It was not up to Janet's usual standards.

The plot was a little light, it wasn't quite as funny, it didn't flow as quickly, etc. Her next book won't be purchased by me the first day it is available.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A disappointment
Review: Ordinarily, I get a kick out of Evanovichs' Stephanie Plum novels--they are great for a quick fun read. Evanovich's HOT SIX, however, may have taken a good thing too far. The zany characters--especially Grandma and the car disasters--continue to evoke laugh-out-loud laughter in a couple of places, but something falls short in this sixth escapade. Morelli on the fringe does not cut it, nor does the weak plot around Ranger. Somehow the Ranger/Stephanie combo just didn't set right with me. Lagging zip in the story was all to evident; hope the next one is better.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Plum Perfect, Again
Review: Janet Evanovich has created a most hysterical heroine (yet again) in Stephanie Plum in this sixth adventure. Let me just say this about "Hot Six" I bought it 10 minutes after I finished High Five. No joke, I couldn't wait to find out who the lucky man in her life was, and what other FTA's might come her way, and how she will (eventually) get her man. I didn't really think I could ever like someone more than Kinsey Milhone of the Sue Grafton fame, but I do. "Hot Six" should keep you pretty much in stitches, or tears from laughing at the countless shenanigans Stephanie falls victim to. From the dog, to the Dealer and Mooner to her gun carring grandma, Stephanie handles it all with...ease? Oh, and don't let me forget about the two men in her life, Ranger and Morelli. Better yet, don't get me started. It's too good to tell! You'll have to read this book. There are no two ways about it. I would have given this book more than 5 stars on the rating scale, but they don't allow it! Anyway, READ it, LAUGH, and PASS IT ON to your friends and family. I bet a dollar to a doughnut, you'll hardly be able to wait for the next Stephanie Plum adventure!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: good
Review: i always look forward to evanovich's books this one is good not her best but good

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This book is for a "nothing to do day"!
Review: This book is the best one of all her books. Could not put it down all day. Good story line, funny! I laughed out loud in almost every chapter. Love the addition of the dog named Bob. Choked on my coffee when I got to the part about Bob eating the prunes and what he did inside Habib and Mitchell's newly repaired Lincoln.

I am looking forward to Janet Evanovich's next book "Seven_____"

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Evanovich Does It Again
Review: I'll admit that I don't have the most sophisticated tastes, but I know what I like. And what I like is Stephanie Plum and her whole crazy, funny world and its inhabitants. This book resolved the cliffhanger from "High Five" and jumped right into Stephanie's current (and ever present troubles). The characters we all love are back, plus some new folks liven things up a bit. It is interesting to watch Stephanie evolve - she is gradually gaining confidence in her skills. I read this book in 24 hours and now I have a loooooong time to wait for the next one. But I'm sure that book number seven will be worth the wait.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great!
Review: This was a fantastic book. I picked it up and could not put it down until it was all done. It really kept my attention, and definitely made me laugh.. and laugh.


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