Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312383329
ISBN: 0312383320
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date: 2009-01-06
Studio: St. Martin's Press

Customer Rating:
Summary: Plum Spooky is a "Magical" Delight
Comment: "Plum Spooky" is a magical delight for Stephanie Plum fans. I have not been a fan of her past novellas and Fearless 14, but I found myself laughing out loud for many parts. I was skeptical of a Halloween theme in mid January, but instead of focusing on Halloween, it focused around mysterious and "spooky" happenings during her Bond trailing. Diesel (for once) is charming and the monkey adds a little humor. Although, since this was a bigger novella than her other ones I would have liked more Morelli and Ranger. (go Ranger)

So why do I give it 4-Stars? This series has no growth and no character development. It continues to be a fun and interesting read but nothing ever changes, not even the plot developments. Different skips, same plot outline. And 14+ books into the series and Stephanie is still nowhere closer to choosing a man. I know Janet is only contracted through 16 books and is considering more, but I say let a good thing go and stop at 16.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing, Again
Comment: Janet seems to have lost her touch with the past two books. I am not a big fan of the in between books but Plum Spooky was better than Fearless Fourteen. I was attracted to the Stephanie Plum books for the humor which seems to have disappeared. Can three goregous men really want Stephanie? I doubt it. Disappointing.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I agree...this is more silly than funny.
Comment: I have enjoyed the Plum seiries over the years. I am not expecting much, light entertainment, a good beach read. The books have always kept me laughing, the sharp humor is what I most enjoy. Plum Spooky however, just did not work for me, it came off as silly with no real suspense. For now I'll just chalk this up to one bad outing, but I might check the next book a little closer before I buy. Speaking of good beach reads do check out the cult classic thriller A Tourist In The Yucatan.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Great Read
Comment: This book is funny as hell! I admit it's not quite up yo par with the usual "number" novels, but definently a trip to read.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: More silly nonsense....
Comment: With a sticker price of almost $29 and even with a discount price of almost $16, Plum Spooky is another waste of money. At 309 pages, it is the first full length, between the numbers, book featuring Diesel and the world of Plum.

The Plum series used to be fun books. Wonderful to read. Deserved to be read many times. They were purchased. They were keepers. I loved them. This series of books had many dog-eared pages from being lovingly read many times.

To me, Plum used to represent a book filled with wonderful characters, heart pounding fear, laugh out loud till I cried moments, fantastic one-liners from Stephanie, Lula, Ranger, Grandma Mazure, Vinnie, Connie, and Morelli. Words like edgy, sexy, funny, witty, sharp, thrilling, and emotional filled my mind as I read.

This book is another episode of the three stooges, running amok in the world of Plum.

Well, on with my difficult-to-write review. Synopsis: It is a sad, sad day when an author who gave us the Plum series has to issue a book filled with monkeys and characters that revel in gross bodily functions.

This book takes place in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. It should be very scary. It's not. The characters that live in the Pine Barrens should be scary. They are not. E. Bunny (retired Easter Bunny), Sasquatch (retired something) and, good grief, there is Elmer The Fire Farter! They are not scary. They are ridiculous. The villain is Gerwulf Grimoire. He is supposed to be scary. He's not.

There is a lot of Lula and Tank in this book. But who are They???? Tank lives in a cute little old lady bungalow, has three cats, carries their pictures in his wallet and Tank sweats a lot. Lula sneezes and farts throughout the book.

Of course, Carl the Monkey is back. He's not alone. There are a lot more monkeys. Wearing helmets with antenna's. Morelli? Yup, he's in there. He's babysitting his loser, cheating, brother Anthony. Ellen/Helen Plum's in there. Drinking whiskey disguised as ice tea. Connie and Vinnie are in there.

Ranger. He's in there. I'm assuming that when he told Janet he wanted to pass on being in this book, she didn't listen. He should have begged.

It goes without saying that Stephanie Plum is in there. She is apparently in an on-again with Morelli, sleeps in bed every night with Diesel (no sex, of course) and yet still relies completely on Ranger to always find her and keep her safe.

Diesel. Diesel is cute, sexy and funny. He needs his own world. Janet should have argued more with her publisher on this. Quite honestly, Plum does not need a third alpha male.

I have a suggestion for you, Janet Evanovich. Take your old Plum books off the shelf. Starting with One for The Money - read them. Then go back into your office and write.

When the next Plum book is released and I take it off the bookstore shelf, I want the pages between the front and back cover to be filled with the great Plum writing that I loved. The stuff that earned you that best selling status. I want a great book.

Plum Spooky is silly, slapstick nonsense. It might appeal to a lot of readers. If you like silly slapstick, the three stooges and stuff like pull my finger jokes, you will love this.

But is it the Plum that I have know and loved for years? No it is not. Doesn't even come close. It's juvenile and drivel.

Simply put, this was the last Plum book I will read until I get to read reviews that tell me that the nonsense and slapstick is over and the World of Plum as I knew and loved it is back.

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