Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13) by Janet Evanovich Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13)
Book Review: Another great Plum read.
Summary: 4 Stars
Once again Stephanie Plum has got tangled in trouble that she cant seem to get out of and we love it. Her ex husband Dickie Orr has gone missing and all fingers seem to be pointing at Stephanie. She inlists the help of Ranger since Joe, her on and off again boyfriend, is undercover in police work. The witty lines and situations that Janet create, leaves you laughing out loud at Stephanie and of course the fantastic Lula and Grandma Mazur, who gets a love interest with hilarious results. The reason I didnt give it full stars, was that I didnt think it was as good as Twelve Sharp which was a emotional packed book. In the last book you could see the closer relationship with Ranger. I was hoping that in this book it would step up a notch and the triangle relationship with Steph, Joe and Ranger would develop. Other than that this is another fantastic creation by Janet and I would also recommend her Barnaby series and also the Full series which is co-written with author Charlotte Hughes.Book Review: Classic Stephanie Plum
Summary: 4 Stars
The thirteenth in the series and the formula is still going strong. Although I enjoyed this intallment, it's a long way from being my favourite - very plot driven, it doesn't really advance any of the other characters and the ending is too fast and convenient; I was left at the end thinking "huh - is that it?". Book Review: More of the same
Summary: 2 Stars
13 down, and how many more to go? As stated by previous reviewers this is an unsatisfying formulaic book, heavy on plot and neglectful of character. In and of itself an entertaining read, but one of if not the poorest of the series to date.Book Review: Enough already!
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is very poor in comparision to the others in the series. The character interaction isn't at its wittiest, Ranger just doesn't seem as aloof and mysterious. Stephanie doesn't seem so disastorous and entertaining. The book focuses far too much on the Dicky Orr investigation and not enough on the Ranger/Morreli/Stephanie love triangle. Joe lied to her, she found out...she didn't get that mad. The series is getting too frustrating now. Stephanie loves super heros and fantasy worlds, turning into a Burg housewife isn't her dream in life. Yet still she stays at least a bit involved with Joe. But still lusts after Ranger. Ranger is Batman, The Wizzard to her and probably could make her forget Joe. He wouldn't try and make her quit her job, he'd help her live her dream. He's the one who risks his safety and goes the extra mile to protect n rescue her, not Joe. So jus get on with it and get them together. This book really adds very little to the series, it doesn't move it forward or make the conclusion at least appear any more clear.Book Review: another great fun Jaunt from Jersey's worst Bounty hunter
Summary: 5 Stars
You can never take Stephanie Plum too seriously, this is a great fun light jaunt - a mix of comedy, romance, raunch and mystery. Stephanie Plum, Jersey's (very probably the world's)worst bounty hunter. But very often (or maybe sometimes) she gets her man. It usually involves some kind of catastrophe and the odd car blowing up along the way. Grandma Mazur is usually packing heat, but generally Stephanie muddles through with the minimun of stitches.
Stephanie is after her ex-husband, Dickie Orr - he has gone missing, apparently hauled out of his house in a trail of blood. Unfortunately everyone (well everyone at his office) has fingered Stephanie as the culprit because she was last seen threatening to kill him publically in his office. He is a jerk, who can blame her? Stephanie has to find him to clear her name, even if she hopes he is dead.
At the same time Stephanie is broker than broke, She has to pull in some FTA's so she can buy food. She is down to her last $20 and forced to go home to eat. There are some pretty unsavoury characters to bring in. The guy who is a grave robber with the massive snake, he does tax returns for people as a side line, after all he has to have money to buy food for his kids and rats for his snake. Then there is taxidermist with a penchant for roadkill and meatloaf who does a side line in exploding beavers. Nice.
This a rip roaring good read. Ok, so Stephanie Plum would never survive in the real world, Tony Soprano would have had her whacked years ago, but her good humour and the ripping good yarn Evanovich spins around her keeps me amused and reading. There is the sexual tension between her and Ranger and Morelli ( I still haven't figured out who I wan ther to end up with!). I am glad to see Valerie and her children have disappeared from the scene, and I loved that Big Blue has made it back. Grandma (briefly) gets a real pip of a boyfriend, Elmer.
There seem to be a couple of continuity errors although perhaps I missed something and they don't mean much to the novel, The outstanding one is that Stephanie spends her money and has $10 left for emergencys, only she seems to go on buying food for a while and I couldn't figure out how. Finally Ranger gives her $400 in advance for work.
I would strongly recommend reading the rest of the Plum series before you tackle this one. All you need to know is in here in the form of background information (much of which is hilarious in itself). What I really love about Stephanie is despite her seeming uselessness, and bumbling, she gets the job done, she doesn't wait around to be rescued, she generally does her own rescuing. She has a 'bridget jones-ish' style bumbling appearance, but in actual fact she is bright enough to solve what is going on, and feisty enough to protect herself.
This was a great read, done in a couple of sittings - it was the general good fun style and well worth it. Another great story for the collection