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Title: Full Tilt by Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes ISBN: 0-312-98328-X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.46 (79 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: FULL TILT is FULL of FUN!
Comment: Max Holt the 16 year old boy genius from FULL HOUSE is 20 years older and something of a cross between James Bond and Bill Gates. Frankie the Assassin stays married to Max's wacky sister Dee Dee, and after retiring from wrestling, he decides to run for Mayor. The resulting comic romp is fast and funny.
Death threats to Frankie extend to Max and his silent partner Jamie Swift, who must catch the killer before their time runs out! DeeDee, a former beauty queen, has hot flashes, Max's car has more personality than most modern heroines, while a host of other zany characters make this book super fun to read. The romance between Max and Jamie is reminiscent of the Moonlighting Couple.
Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes are a great team, and while this is more of an adventure than a mystery, the Plum fans will be pleased that this book is something of a page turner/mystery as well. Fans of Ms. Hughes will enjoy her fun and fast pace (especially the second half, where the pace reminds me of her HOT SHOT). I can't wait for the next in the series!
Rating: 3
Summary: maybe I missed something??...maybe not.
Comment: As an avid reader of Janet Evanovich's stephanie plum series I was ecstatic when I saw that she has now decided to resurrect some old romance novels and revamp then in her now famous style.
When I read the first book in this series (Full House), I thought wow - cool - now I don't have to wait til June for the next stephanie plum. But then, unfortunately, I picked up full tilt. What a let down.
Clearly my opinion is not shared by everyone - in fact one of the reviewers that I usually respect - harriett klausner clearly really enjoyed the book. However, I think if you are a fan of romantic suspense and janet evanovich as well, you will be left unfulfilled by her latest novel. Unlike Full House, in which billie and nick drew you in as characters, I found Max to be generally uninteresting and unlikable - which seems like it would be hard to do with a character who is a genius, rich, and comes from a zany yet troubled past.
In addition to a boring (sorry but he is) male character, there is the relatively forgettable female lead, the head of a truly uninspired newspaper (a potentially interesting subplot which was really never explored). There is also Vera, an obnoxious semi-mother figure who really made me yearn for Grandma Mazur, and God help us all, a talking computerized Car - named Muffin. Please make it stop. To all the authors out there (Catherine Coulter this means you too) please stop with the artificial intelligence in anything from a car to a calculator - it is manufactured, unconvincing, and overall - not funny!
I really felt like full tilt had major potential, including characters and locations that could have been creatively utilized, but the story just did not gel - nothing came together. In fact, I practically had to force myself to slog through this sucker. My recommendation - read full house instead and put your seven fifty in a fund towards To the Nines, coming out in June - at least that is what I wish I had done.
Rating: 2
Summary: no Stephanie, but still O.K.
Comment: I've never thought of myself as lowbrow before, but all the scathing reviews of Full Tilt and Full Speed are making me rethink that.
Let's get this out of the way right up front: No, this isn't nearly as good as a Stephanie Plum novel. The tale of weekly newspaper publisher Jamie Swift and dashing tech billionaire Max Holt is much more lightweight and campy, even. Max is as much a caricature as James Bond; the gun-toting, Bible-thumping Vera is a harpy; no woman is as superficial as Deedee (at least I hope not!) and the flaming queen Beanie is an insult to gay men everywhere. Only Jamie is somewhat realistic. But Full Tilt was still fun, especially Muffin the world's most amazing computer. I've definitely read worse.
If you go into it expecting it to be no better than your average sitcom, you won't be disappointed. I have to admit that, as soon as I finished Full Tilt, I ordered Full Speed from the library. Maybe I should consider it a guilty pleasure.
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Title: Full House by Janet Evanovich, Steffie Hall, Charlotte Hughes ISBN: 0312983271 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Full Speed by Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes ISBN: 0312983298 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312265867 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Full Blast by Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes ISBN: 0312983301 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 06 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel by Janet Evanovich ISBN: 0312986343 Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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