Getting worse and worse
350360
Carolina is stupid. She wants to be independent but she is running and hiding from her dad. Supposedly they had a falling out and Titus disowned her. Why would he be looking for her? She is blushing to see Alec naked yet she is buying porn and blushing at it. She has one condom and the one guy who would ruin her in her Dads eye took her out on his boat in the Mediterranean gave her a diner and expecting sex (which she was wanting into devaluing her) she swims to shore and leaves him on the boat. I can't really figure out why Alec just didn't take her when he wanted and she wanted to who cares why she wants to do it? It wasn't as if he was looking for true love and a wife. Janet's books are getting sillier. I don't think they are very romantic any more. The last book when Peg reveals she had her tubes tied obviously not wanting any more kids and she magically gets a child. I was thinking (jokingly) the next book Carolina will have a hysterectomy so she doesn't have to worry about getting pregnant but has one due to the magic. Then Olivia in the book before has a 5 year Birth control inserted so she obviously doesn't want a child and gets one.  I mean really if they don't want children badly enough to get their tubes tied and 5 year birth controls why would their view change almost overnight? Then her father finds her and they beat up Alec who saved her from the kidnappers. He even says to himself "some kind of hero" after he was beaten up trying to save Carolina from her father. Then Titas comes to talk Alec into marrying her and Alec is still arguing against marrying her.
836816
Why? Why do I keep reading these God awful books. Every time I think it cannot get worse... it does. This series is a glorified cookbook at this point. The mysteries are an afterthought and the writing and character development is so bad, that it is not like you even enjoy being with these characters. This book is essentially about... nothing. About Hannah or Michelle cooking and having people over to eat at her house. Not to mention her weird marriage. I wonder if Ms. Fluke is married. Because the marriage is absurd and entirely unrealistic. Hannah is 60. But she isn't! She is in her 30's. Not that you would ever know it given her ineptness. I mean really - how hard is it to google a type of beer? And the cliffhanger... These books are ridiculous. Save your money.
1617444
I have read all the books in this series, and they have been going steadily downhill. In this one, the plot is rather weak, the killer linear, Jacob's involvement rather forced, and most of all, Rina's character has become intolerable. she started being a charming widow, and now comes accross as a nagging, ill-tempered, obssesive, impossible wife. One wonders what keeps Decker married, and the author fails to show it. it was not a satisfactory read; slow, weeeak plot,unsubstantial killer,no interesting side characters (Cindy, Marge,etc) and putting up with Rina on top of all that was TOO much! Change her or eliminate her, please! Maybe the plots will improve then
3083207
These filters have progressively gotten worse. This one barely lets any water through and as a result, doesnt even filter out fur and food leaving the water gross. As a result Im getting rid of my Catit fountain that Ive had for years.
4710193
The downward spiral continues. Check out my review of Vol. 1 for more on this dreary new series.
2472830
this is a huge waste of money. i mean why so much death?! these books are getting worse and worse. the books started out as children's book and are now full of murder. the plot line sucks and the character development is even worse. a complete waste of time and money. if the next book doesnt get better, im done.
4585118
The language is getting fouler, Stephanie is turning into a slut, and the story line just runs in circles for about 70% of the story. It has it's moments of humor, but that's about all that keeps this one from being a complete bore. Ms. Evanovich please do us a favor and end the series, it's getting more stale than last week's bread.
300789
The first two books were OK.  The third was abysmal.  Justin was rude., MEAN but worse he was crude.  All but calling her a whore,  self centered,  manipulative,  a liar and worse.  Not only that he makes most of these accusations multiple times.  To say the author was heavy handed Is an understatement.  The same beach handedness was in the first two books but it's out of control here.  The Fujii lead male is a kero but the lead female is just as bad in other ways.  What 6th grade teacher wears a velvet cocktail dress with an open back and low cleavage with diamonds and emeralds to a middle school Homecoming dance?  Why would she take his insults?  There was nothing appealing about this guy except his looks.  I've only read the first three books but they all use the same formula.  Over bearing arrogant angry men who hate women.  You would think they were the only males to ever lose a mate.  And the fourth book is set up for more of the same.  Another angry male.  I've had enough I really only liked the first novel  so I'm throwing in the towel.
3706659
Cussler has always had some interesting ideas for plots; too bad that the writing is just getting worse and worse. It goes beyond formulaic; it's just plain BAD. Too many parts of this book just made me cringe, and I can't believe that the author spent any more time writing this book than I did reading it. Maybe he just needed some bucks for a new car.
1084384
this book starts out so horrific and gripping.  Written in a child's voice, the pain is palpable.  Then as a teenager, I just had to shake my head and think "she'll grow out of it."  Then as an adult?  I'm just annoyed and tired.  It's like those people who just can't get their s**t together and keep it together.  All I can think of is people in the projects that make bad choice after bad choice.  As an autobiography, I understand it's all about the author's voice, but it's just so "woe is me" and "I've lost everything but I'm climbing my way back".  Over and over and over and over and over again.  At first I sympathized, but after hundreds of pages, I just can't imagine someone would have this much bad luck and have the entire world, every family member, every job, every circumstance be against her.  It's exhausting.  There is no joy or triumph in the high points.
3745197
You have begun the journey and this will begin to take the blinders off.  It is all coming down and evil will have to account  for all the evil it has done.  It hates this, but it is happening!!  Get in touch with the truth inside.  Evil is all around us and deserves all it has inflicted!!
2585629
This was such a sad story. I kept expecting it to get better, but it never really did.  It just kept getting worse!  Not the escape I was looking for.
554741
This is the second time I've ordered the series and this one is worse than the first. So far every episode .....EVERY EPISODE....has had bad spots causing the disc to skip, freeze or jump to the next episode. Not happy at all
1690215
The Stephanie Plum series used to be so much fun to read, but it has been going downhill for quie some time now.  I really haven't enjoyed the last four or five books at all.  This book is a marginally better read then the previous ones, but it still is tough to get through at times.  The book begins with Stephanie getting off a plane in New Jersey, on her way back from a disastrous vacation in Hawaii.  She finds a strange envelope in her bag with a picture of a man on it.  Stephanie doesn't know how she got the picture and she throws it away, and then the mayhem starts.  All of a sudden she's got a whole bunch of people after her with guns, knives and other paraphanalia.  We have the usual with these books.  Cars being stolen, skips getting away and buildings and trailers blowing up.  I really don't know why I keep reading these books, but at least I don't buy them.  I borrow them from the library, so nothing is really lost, just a bit of time.
1494546
The quality of the writing has gone downhill significantly over the last few books. This series was like a 13 course meal, and the final dishes have been bland, under-cooked, and have ruined the meal as a whole. In fact, they seem to have been prepared by a different chef entirely.
It doesn't matter how good the appetizers are when the dessert gives you diarrhea.
1753172
The lead female character in this series is becoming cringe-worthy. Getting tired of the flip-flop, back and forth emotional drama. This series is in need of an ending. FAST!
3257655
I don't know if it's because Meg Cabot has lost her touch (which may be the reason all of Mia's adventures are becoming predictable and overdone) or what, but I was very disappointed by Cabot's 5th installment in this series. The Princess Diaries initially drew me in because I could believe Mia as a real 14-year-old, but as the series is progressing, Mia seems to be regressing. In Princess in Pink, Mia's search for self-actualization (which at this point has slowed to a snail's pace) seems to entail acting like a sheltered sixth grader and involves a tiresome amount of CAPITAL LETTERS and exclamation points (...). The scenes that used to be fresh and funny have become stale and are bordering on the absurd. Mia needs to begin realizing some of her potential or I'm going to begin self-actualizing myself away from this previously charming, and currently pedantic, series.