This book demonstrates an explosive and brilliantly comical story.Stephanie Plum. Bounty hunter.I checked my pocketbook to make sure I had the essentials…beeper, tissues, hair spray, flashlight, cuffs, lipstick, gun with bullets, recharged cell phone, recharged stun gun, hairbrush, gum, pepper spray nail file. Was I a kick-ass bounty hunter, or what?That about sums her up. She’s hilarious. She’s brave and bold. She’s a woman on the edge. I don’t know who should be more frightened, Joe Morelli or the criminals she’s searching for.As the books continue, the inevitable character progression always fascinates me. I expect nothing less of the characters in the Stephanie Plum series.Grandma Mazur holds a special place in my heart. I always picture my momma as Mazur and me as Stephanie. My sister has the personality of Lula, but we won’t tell her that!In Three to get Deadly, Mazur steps on the edge and takes some interesting chances. Why not find a man of her own?“How was church?” I asked.“Boring,” she said. “A big waste of time. We got a bunch of duds in that congregation. Nobody hot to trot. I’m gonna try the bingo hall tonight. I hear they got some live lookers coming to bingo.”And that’s just the beginning. I love Grandma Mazur and look forward to reading more of her!Lula. My momma always says she wants to be Mazur or Lula. The character is totally rockin’ awesome! In this book, her character plays a more integrated role, and with the books to come, she will not disappoint you. Wise ass, daring and sexy, Lula will force a smile upon your face even if you’re fighting it.“I want a triple-decker burger,” Lula yelled at the box. “I want bacon and cheese and special sauce. I want a large fries, and I want lots of them little ketchup packets. And I want a large chocolate milkshake.” Dickie. Ex-husband sleazebag. He shows up a little in this book, and the verbal sparring matches between Stephanie and Dickie are priceless.“Bitch,” Dickie said.“Dickhead.”His eyes narrowed. “Slut.”“Asshole.”“Fat cow.”“Listen,” I said. “I don’t have to take this. I got a divorce.”This book took some interesting and gruesome turns.Stephanie, as always, forces her chin up and remains strong. With people shooting at her, torturing her and leaving her as a suspect in a homicide, she perseveres with grace.I blink back the threat of tears, swiped at my nose and narrowed my eyes. “Listen to me, you two bags of monkey shit, “I yelled. “I am not in a good mood. My car keeps stalling. The day before yesterday I threw up on Joe Morelli. I was called a fat cow by my ex-husband. And if that isn’t enough…my hair is ORANGE! ORANGE, FOR CHrISSAKE! And now you have the gall to force yourself into my home and threaten my hamster. Well, you have gone too far. You have crossed the line.”As always, a double thumbs up for this book! There is moderate violence and a few sex moments scattered periodically throughout the book. I would not recommend this book to children or immature young adults. I will most definitely recommend this book to anyone looking for a great night of laughter!Happy reading!
Buddy read con Annaaaa <3(È stato fantastico, grazie :3)Questa donna mi farà morire. Morire dalle risate.Non bastavano i primi due libri vero? No. E questo è tentato omicidio per mancanza di respirazione durante la lettura causa risate improvvise e continue u.uIo AMO questa serie.Stavolta ho trovato meno emozionante il caso di MA, mi sono piaciuti molto di più i primi due; ma in quanto alle vicende posso dire che la Evanovich non si smentisce mai. Qualsiasi cosa Stephanie faccia è sicuro che andrà male in qualche modo. Non si sa quando sia successo, non si sa come caspita sia successo, eppure Stephanie si ritrova minacciata con diverse pistole e lanciamissili; il suo pick-up portato mille volte dal meccanico ancora non funziona e quando finalmente va dal meccanico giusto qualcuno glielo fa esplodere; i cadaveri le piovono letteralmente addosso; quando cerca di spiare Morelli appaiono cani da guardia; va dal parrucchiere per farsi rossa e diventa arancione; le scappano polli da sotto il naso; l'avvocato dell'MA che sta cercando è per caso proprio il suo ex marito.Apriamo completamente un altro capitolo nominando Morelli. Stephanie è completamente pazza. Come fai a evitare un uomo del genere? Ce la vuole proprio far sudare eh? u.uE adesso, grazie a quel finale, non so quanto aspetterò prima di leggere il quarto libro. Probabilmente molto poco.E non mentiamo, perché il finale non è l'unico motivo. Il motivo principale infatti è che Stephanie mi risolleva qualsiasi giornata. Sempre.«Allora, perché non ti va questa visita di cortesia?»«Lascia perdere».«È per via dei capelli, vero?»«Non sono i capelli».«Ti sei sposato in segreto?»«Non mi sono sposato in segreto».«Allora cosa c'è? Che cosa?»«Sei tu. Sei un disastro ambulante. Un uomo deve essere un masochista totale per interessarsi a te».«Okay. Forse mi faccio un altro schnapps».Lui ne versò due. Li bevemmo in un sorso. Stavolta era più facile: meno fiamme, più tepore.«Non sono un disastro ambulante» mi giustificai. «Non riesco a immaginare perché tu lo abbia pensato».«Tutte le volte che socializziamo mi ritrovo da solo, nudo in mezzo alla strada».Alzai gli occhi al cielo. «È successo solo una volta... e non eri nudo. Avevi camicia e calzini».«Parlavo in senso figurato. Se vogliamo entrare nei dettagli, cosa dici della volta che mi hai chiuso a chiave in un frigorifero con tre cadaveri? Per non parlare di quando mi sei venuta addosso con la Buick?»Alzai le mani. «Sì, certo, tira fuori la Buick».Lui scosse la testa, in un cenno di disgusto. «Sei impossibile. Non vali lo sforzo».Lo presi per la camicia e lo attirai a me. «Non immagini nemmeno quanto posso essere impossibile».
What do You think about Three To Get Deadly (1998)?
This one wasn't all that great. Don't get me wrong, there were parts where I was riproaring with laughter, especially when she teams up with Lula, an ex-ho that has Crohns'-induced stress problems, and dead body parts flying every where, but the plot itself was kind of weak.It was like she took a hiatus from actually finding Uncle Mo, and had too many of her own problems to focus on being a bounty hunter. I was sick of hearing about her showering, sleeping, waking up and then mooching off her parents. It was like get to the point! I want to know about your bounty hunter skills, not how much pizza you can scarf down.The love interest of Morelli IS picking up, but it's a snail's crawl.Too bad we didn't learn anymore about Ranger, he could be really interesting.Lula cracks me up, but she's definitely NOT reliable in a jam or with anything pertaining to cops.Easy read, but I was able to read a few books while reading this. So I guess my rating is lower than the others because it didn't hold my interest. Yeah, Stephanie has car problems, but that shouldn't be the whole book.Then the mystery was solved and wrapped up with a pretty bow at the end within the last two chapters. Man, I should've just skipped ahead and read those and been done with it. Too much blabber in this one about nothing.
—Michelle♥
Another ingenious book, I laughed a lot with this one. The craziest stuff ever happens to Stephanie and Lula. It´s fast paced and hilarious. This time around Uncle Mo is MIA, he sells ice-cream and everybody loves him so when the community finds out Stephanie wants to bring him in trouble appears...One of my favorite quotes is "She looks like the energizer rabbit on steroids", Stephanie is referring to Lula when they take up running the mornings with yummy Ranger...It´s not my usual read, but I´m really enjoying it!I highly recommend this saga!!
—Marulett
I've read the Stephanie Plum series up to book fifteen, including the in-between-the-numbers books. I wasn't absolutely crazy about the series at first. Stephanie and the rest of the characters in the 'Burg started to grow on me, however, and I was hooked by book three. Since it has been a while since my first visit to the 'Burg, I thought I'd revisit by listening the audio books. This one, like the first two, was read by C. J. Critt. Though I didn't care for Critt's reading at first (Stephanie, Morelli, and Ranger read much differently in my mind), she too is starting to grow on me and I'm looking forward to listening to book four. I loved it when Ranger tried to get Stephanie in shape, too funny! I think this was the book that helped me climb aboard Team Ranger. Lula, Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's mother... love 'em, and Critt's reading is spot on with their characters!
—Amy
