Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Review | Wicked Appetite
by Janet Evanovich
I listened to the audio version, and I can't tell if I would've liked it more or less had I read the book. A couple of the character voices grated me. (No thank you, Glo and Carl.) But had I read this in print, I probably would've quit the book entirely.
The two biggest downfalls is that the plot was much too fluffy and the characters were so shallow. The problem of fluffy plot is due mainly to my tastes. I don't expect all novels have the same level of grit and detail, and even I need a fast-read for diversion once in a while. The problem of shallow characters is why this was not a FUN diversion for me. Turns out, the main characters have roots in Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. It sounds like Lizzy is a blonde copy of Stephanie, and Diesel already appeared in the previous series with very little background revealed in this - his own - series. I think I would've been more satisfied with the Plum series. I not planning to continue the Wicked series. Back to Evanovich's original series I go!
The two biggest downfalls is that the plot was much too fluffy and the characters were so shallow. The problem of fluffy plot is due mainly to my tastes. I don't expect all novels have the same level of grit and detail, and even I need a fast-read for diversion once in a while. The problem of shallow characters is why this was not a FUN diversion for me. Turns out, the main characters have roots in Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. It sounds like Lizzy is a blonde copy of Stephanie, and Diesel already appeared in the previous series with very little background revealed in this - his own - series. I think I would've been more satisfied with the Plum series. I not planning to continue the Wicked series. Back to Evanovich's original series I go!
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