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Carregando... Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, No. 6) (original: 2000; edição: 2001)de Janet Evanovich
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I usually really like the Stephanie Plum books. They’re fun, quirky, fast reads that definitely don’t take themselves too seriously. This one fell somewhat flat for me, but I still really enjoyed revisiting Stephanie, her crazy friends and family, and all her familiar antics. Although the plot wasn’t stellar, the characters, as always, are what make these books so much fun to read. Between Lula, Grandma Mazur, and whatever ridiculous characters Evanovich thinks up next, there are usually plenty of laughs. Toss in a giant dog that’ll eat anything - and I mean ANYTHING - a couple of inept (but still scary) thugs and two hot guys vying for Stephanie’s attention, and you’re guaranteed there isn’t going to be a dull moment in this book. The key with Hot Six, as with all other Stephanie Plum novels, is not to expect too much. Suspend your disbelief, don’t expect realism - or even a whole lot of logic - and enjoy this novel for what it really is: a wild, fun ride. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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HTML: Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number-one suspect. Ranger is former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He's Stephanie's mentorâ??the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he's more than her friend. Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him...what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in? Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie's apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can't button the top snap on her Levi's. Experience the world of Plumâ??in Janet Evanovich's new thriller. It's surreal, it's frenetic, it's incendiary. Hot Six. It's the best yet Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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All of JE's books (i.e., the two that I've actually read) have a lot of tacky humor, which is part of the appeal (I did enjoy the scene where Stephanie and Lula "steal" a pile of dog poop for the purposes of their prank). Also, characters tend to be more caricatures than dimensional personalities, and said caricatures are frequently made fun of in an unkind way--not the type of humor that everyone will like, but again, I can see the appeal. Unfortunately, this volume features one bad guy henchman who is a Pakistani immigrant, who is casually referred to with negative racial slurs (by his co-henchman who is not a likeable character anyway), and who most unfortunately says horrifically unflattering things about his former job in Pakistan (Chapter 7, p. 149 in this edition). I get that it's "just meant as a joke" and not made in any kind of seriousness or malice (it's hard to take any of these characters seriously, in fact), but there are plenty of other ways to make people laugh without providing fodder for xenophobia and hate that persists as a serious problem in today's world.
I have a lot of respect for JE and I am certain that she can do better, so I'm really hoping that her more recent volumes (35 in this series to date, and counting) can still make her readers laugh without resorting to jokes at the expense of ethnic groups. I'm downgrading the rating for this book because of that, but I think the series overall, especially/hopefully the more recent ones, might be worth checking out.
picked up from a Little Free Library, part of my trying various popular authors I've never read before-- ( )