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High Five by Janet Evanovich

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mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

There's always a bit of sexism in this series because she's a woman in a male dominated field in the 90s. She's going to have to tolerate it, but this is more than usual. Ranger, her professional mentor,
just lets himself into her apartment? Checks her out AND is blatant about wanting to fuck her?

Absolutely not. She has the
born again
boxer
threatening her with rape and torture AND some mysterious bookie guy letting himself into the apartment too??


How is she not packing up her shit to move?? These guys make Morelli look like a boy scout, and
HES THE ONE SHES DUMPED??
That's another thing, her reasoning for that implies she's looking for a serious commitment
but she's thirsting for Ranger the whole time who is definitely not a commitment.
 

The constant ableist stuff is messed up too. It made me really uncomfortable.

Things ended okay in the end.
The rapist being killed, the Treasury guy who kept stalking her stopped when the case ended, and she didn't have to pay Ranger for any of the cars that he gave her.
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