Kathy H. (gottabemetoread) reviewed Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, Bk 22) on + 40 more book reviews
And just when I thought she could not get any funnier I busted out so many times reading this my family thought I lost my mind. One of my favorites without a doubt. How does she do it?
I have read most of the Stephanie Plum books and have enjoyed everyone of them. I also enjoyed this one, I had to laugh out loud at some/ of the antic between Stephanie and her partner Lula..If you have never read any of these books please start you will enjoy them immensely.
Susan F. (scoutmomskf) -
Another fun Plum book. Stephanie and her sidekick Lula are assigned to bring in Ken Globovic, but finding him isn't easy. His frat brothers claim they haven't seen him, so Stephanie starts checking with other people around campus. The dean he's accused of attacking wants him found and blames the entire fraternity. The biology professor and frat adviser hasn't seen him, but something about him bugs Stephanie.
Stephanie also gets pulled into a Rangeman operation, helping to provide security for a contractor and his wife. The wife is a piece of work, and when her husband is killed there isn't much grief. There are a couple pretty funny scenes involving her at two funerals. Stephanie' on again/off again boyfriend Joe Morelli is the cop assigned to the investigation. Things get complicated when two more bodies show up, killed with the same gun, and have connections to the Zeta fraternity.
Stephanie and Joe's relationship becomes off again, when Joe is suffering physical symptoms of stress and he decides to cut out everything stress inducing from his life. One of those things is Stephanie. She's hurt and mad and worried about him, but avoiding him is impossible. With Morelli, off again usually doesn't last long and I enjoyed the process in this one.
The ever mysterious and super hot Ranger is also present. With Morelli out right now, will Stephanie give in to Ranger's advances? It's always fun to see Ranger's protectiveness toward her. As happens in most books, Ranger provides cars when she needs one and they are nearly always destroyed, sometimes in unusual ways. This time it's two cars, one involving geese and the other fireworks. There are also two pretty sweet scenes when he takes care of her. I love how he can convey so much with a simple "Babe".
The mystery in this one is pretty convoluted, and offers plenty of chances for Stephanie to get into trouble. I enjoyed her search for Globovic, and what happens when she finds him. His reasons for jumping bail lead Stephanie on another search, ending with a crazy professor, fireworks and fleas. The final confrontation in this one was pretty fun with Stephanie's grandmother, mother and Lula getting in on the action.
Stephanie also gets pulled into a Rangeman operation, helping to provide security for a contractor and his wife. The wife is a piece of work, and when her husband is killed there isn't much grief. There are a couple pretty funny scenes involving her at two funerals. Stephanie' on again/off again boyfriend Joe Morelli is the cop assigned to the investigation. Things get complicated when two more bodies show up, killed with the same gun, and have connections to the Zeta fraternity.
Stephanie and Joe's relationship becomes off again, when Joe is suffering physical symptoms of stress and he decides to cut out everything stress inducing from his life. One of those things is Stephanie. She's hurt and mad and worried about him, but avoiding him is impossible. With Morelli, off again usually doesn't last long and I enjoyed the process in this one.
The ever mysterious and super hot Ranger is also present. With Morelli out right now, will Stephanie give in to Ranger's advances? It's always fun to see Ranger's protectiveness toward her. As happens in most books, Ranger provides cars when she needs one and they are nearly always destroyed, sometimes in unusual ways. This time it's two cars, one involving geese and the other fireworks. There are also two pretty sweet scenes when he takes care of her. I love how he can convey so much with a simple "Babe".
The mystery in this one is pretty convoluted, and offers plenty of chances for Stephanie to get into trouble. I enjoyed her search for Globovic, and what happens when she finds him. His reasons for jumping bail lead Stephanie on another search, ending with a crazy professor, fireworks and fleas. The final confrontation in this one was pretty fun with Stephanie's grandmother, mother and Lula getting in on the action.
Marianne S. (sfc95) -
As usual another great installment in the Stephanie Plum series. This is a quick read, one setting, and a small book, but it is packed full of thrills and has a decent storyline. If you are a fan, this is a must read
I thought it was a great disappointment. It wasn't funny. It was pretty much the same old stuff. The writing style was thin and simplified. It did not seem like Janet Evanovich -- I suspect that for whatever reason she is now having them ghostwritten by someone who has read the books and has a list of the tropes, but doesn't have the energy or female insight of the books that Evanovich did herself. Or maybe a robot is doing it. The first books made me laugh out loud; this one did not. I kept going to see if it got any better, but it never did. I was happy I got it from the swap club and didn't fork over $15 for it in the store, out of misplaced nostalgia for the Stephanie Plum series of yore.
I adore this light hearted series because Evanovich makes me giggle!
The story continues to be the same, but I like funny.
The story continues to be the same, but I like funny.
I always enjoy the adventures of Stephanie, Grandma Mazur, and Lula even though the stories are very similar. Good light reading.
Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, Bk 22) on + 1476 more book reviews
Stephanie and Lula are on the trail again, this time tracking down a wacko college professor who wants to infect the world with bubonic plague. A surprise complicates the ending, when Morelli finally pops the question.
