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Avg. Rating: 3.82
Plum Crazy
I just finished Book 7 having read 1,4,5,and 6. While i did think that the plot was a tad tired, I just love the bizarro world Evanovich has created for these bigger than life characters to inhabit. It is our world on steroids... or worse. She doesnt take herself too seriously or worry overly about little things like reality or the need to have her characters "grow". She simply makes them hilarious. Bigger, badder and twisted to the tune of Trenton. This series is fun. End of story. "Light" reading at its finest. If u are looking for a deep introspective read, look elsewhere. The characters border on cartoonish, the situations unbelievable, and the car thing-- OMG!
Even with all that-- I still laugh out loud at least once a chapter. That alone makes this a worthwhile read. Stephanie is everything I wish I could be and everything I'm glad im not, all rolled into one neurotic bimbo. Grandma, Lula and all the other wacky people that inhabit the "burg" universe make me giggle. The Ranger/Morelli thing is just a hoot. The Tag-team romantic life Steph leads is just her style.
I found this,and all the Plum series, vastly entertaining. Are they going to change my life, cause me to have monumental insights into my character or even cause me to think overmuch about what Evanovich was trying to say? No. What they will do, however, is put a grin on my face as i close the cover.
Rate the book not the Reader ?
Well, I thought about this a couple of times... How to review a book I loved. Okay, I loved the book in Hardcover. Stephanie is evolving and her life is it's usual topsy turvy roller coaster. The tension is great between Stephanie, Ranger and Joe Morelli. Maybe the story is typical in the sense that Stephanie is searching for someone she can't find so easily and bumbles around trying to catch the guy, so what, I love her for it. Janet writes them well enough that like it or not I can imagine myself there in the scene as it is happening. However, this AUDIO VERSION with TANYA EBY was a pitiful audio production of a book that deserved much more from an audio performance. Tanya Eby's performance took so much away from this book. Janet Evanovich's previous books have been read by a variety of readers from Lori Petty (abridged), Debi Mazar (abridged), Lorelie King(unabridged) and CJ Critt (unabridged through Recordedbooks.com). Out of the three CJ CRITT is fantastic and has my vote for any future performances of the Stephanie Plum series. I can not say enough about how disappointed I was in Tanya Eby's performance of this book, but don't let that stop you from reading this book because the series is a great deal of fun and SEVEN UP is one of my favorites and hopefully you'll enjoy it as well. I'll tell you I was so desperate to find out if I was in a nightmare in regards to the narrator I wrote the Brilliance Audio who produced the book. The answer I got from them was that No they weren't going to re-record the book that unlike me many people enjoyed the audio version. Not me my ears were bleeding afterwards. I wish as fans we had some say in who recorded the books CJ would be my choice, but anyone other than Tanya Eby would be a step up. It only proves that these companies no longer care about the quality, but how fast they can get it out and sold. I'd rather wait for Recorded Books quality version than the poor substitute I was sold.
Disappointing to say the least
The writing is as weak as the plot in this book. There are a few moments of humor found within and those are the only saving grace. Very disappointed in this book from cover to cover.
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