Fictional book by Stephenie Meyer

Average rating at Goodreads 3.87 avg rating, 388,529 ratings, 55,228 reviews

Average rating at Amazon 4 stars, 4896 reviews

 

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Fictional book by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro

Average rating at Amazon 3 1/2 stars (153 reviews)

Average rating at Goodread 3.74 (3,402 ratings, 482 reviews)

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

 

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Main characters:  Lindsay Boxer – San Francisco detective, Cindy Thomas – reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, Claire Washburn – Chief Medical Examiner, and Yuki Castellano – district attorney

 

Summary:  This is the 8th book in the Women’s Murder Club series and is based in San Francisco with the main characters.  There are several different stories evolving during this book and each one has a fun/unique twist.  One plot revolves around the murders of the rich that baffles the detectives, another plot is the murder of a homeless man, and of course there is always a bit of love intertwined.  One of the best parts of the book is not knowing if all the plots will come together or if they are all separate stories.

 

My opinion:  I really enjoy the Women’s Murder Club series in general – I have enjoyed the first seven books and this one did not disappoint.  The story was interesting and the characters always seem real to me.  If you haven’t read the first seven it would not be a problem – each book can stand on its own.  I will definitely read The 9th Judgment.

 

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Average rating at Amazon:  2 1/2 stars (116 ratings)

Average rating at Goodreads:  3.58 ( 839 ratings)

 

Main characters:  Adam Montgomery – millionaire, businessman . . . .  Darci Monroe – Young woman with the gift of “true persuasion”

Summary:  This is a basic story of two people coming together (at first, believing by chance) to fight an evil “witch”.  There is suspense, family turmoil, silliness, and of course, the element of love.

 

my opinion:  I didn’t find the book either interesting or not – it was an easy read that didn’t get too deep.  There were times throughout the story that I found the characters too unbelievable and I had to force myself to continue.  I think the plot had potential but wasn’t executed well.  I may read the next in the series, Forever and Always, just to give the author another try.

 

     Disappointed!

The book, Forever, is marked as a  romance and suspense novel and was written by a New York Times Best Selling Author, Jude Deveraux.   I am not sure I would agree with any of these descriptions.

    The plot of the story revolves around a millionaire, businessman, Adam Montgomery, and a woman he hires, Darci Monroe, as his personal assistant.  Both characters have overcome rough childhoods that have pushed them into this situation of witchcraft/murder/child abductions/ and more.  Darci, who has the gift of “true persuasion” is hired by Adam as a personal assistant in order to help find out what happened to his parents when he was a child.  The story continues to deepen by the idea that there could be love between the two, who are both trying to prove who they are and who they are not.

 

My opinion:  I didn’t find the book either interesting or not – it was an easy read that didn’t get too deep.  There were times in the story that I found the characters to unbelievable and I had to force myself to continue.  I think the plot had potential but wasn’t executed well.

After reading other reviews, I will definitely try Summerhouse but may not be able to read anymore of the Forever series – only time will tell.

 

Available through:  Amazon

 

Today was our day to take a trip to the library and it made me wonder . . . how others choose books?  I have always been random about what books I pick up for the week until recently.

A couple years ago I discover a wonderful resource online called Goodreads.com.  I absolutely love this site because of the vast resources it has to offer.  Not only does it have thousands of books to browse, it also has reviews, groups, friends, trivia, and a great way to keep track of all the books I have read.

Once I started browsing this site I was able to find so many more titles worth reading through friends and groups.

 

So how do you choose books????

James Patterson is an excellent author and I have enjoyed many of his books. However, The Midnight Club is not one of them. I have enjoyed all the Alex Cross books and most of The Women’s Murder Club series. I typically enjoy Patterson’s books because of the hunt, excitement and drama involved in each case.

I enjoy that the characters are fully developed and I have followed the main characters throughout several books. The Midnight Club seems to lack the excitement I am accustom to with Alex Cross and his adventures. There is also so many characters and each one gets washed out because of so many characters to describe and keep up with throughout the story.

I did like the main character – the officer – because he is the only character that I felt was developed. He was a believable officer with somewhat believable disabilities. The love interest was a boring, divorced woman who had more involvement in the murder investigations than I thought believable.

All in all, it was an easy read but lacked the excitement I like when reading a James Patterson book.

Buy:  The Midnight Club at Amazon.com