jnt7w2's review against another edition
4.0
real page turner. Great characterization and interesting twists. I am a fan of a show and really enjoyed this book
sweetkalechip's review against another edition
1.0
DNF at ~33%
I really wanted to like this after being so disappointed by The Zoo Job. I have fond memories of The Con Job, and was hoping for another fun read.
But it was so badly written, and the romance was annoying. Harper was written so badly, and so were Eliot and Sophie.
After giving it a good 100 pages, the plot didn't even hook me enough to put up with the writing. It just couldn't make me care.
I really wanted to like this after being so disappointed by The Zoo Job. I have fond memories of The Con Job, and was hoping for another fun read.
But it was so badly written, and the romance was annoying. Harper was written so badly, and so were Eliot and Sophie.
After giving it a good 100 pages, the plot didn't even hook me enough to put up with the writing. It just couldn't make me care.
bonnysweetrobin's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't have much hope, as tie-in books are rarely worth it, but I love and miss this show, so I figured why not try out the "official" fan fiction. Because lets be honest, that's what this is. You could practically see the author sitting back in his chair and patting himself on the back after writing certain lines. ("Second thoughts strafed him like sniper fire...") and character descriptions could be downright purple at times ("...aware of her exposed saffron tresses"). Parker is portrayed as an idiot (a common problem even with the show writers at times) and the author has an obvious hard-on for Elliot, but Hardison is pretty spot on (I for one liked all the Star Trek references, but it almost felt like that was the only area that the author knew about/spent the time to google, and it was laid on a little thick in the last bit.)
It was hardly the worst tie-in book I have read, and I got through it, which says something. But I will not be rereading it.
It was hardly the worst tie-in book I have read, and I got through it, which says something. But I will not be rereading it.
lindzee's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Decent, but much more predictable than any episode of Leverage
wondertwinc's review against another edition
4.0
Nice
Better than the first two, but I felt like it was missing the normal banter that I love between our five main characters. Still, really good.
Better than the first two, but I felt like it was missing the normal banter that I love between our five main characters. Still, really good.
liriel27's review against another edition
2.0
1. MASSIVE continuity issue - if this is after The Radio Job (references the time machine), but still in Boston, shouldn't we be having vengeful, self-destructive Nate? And if it's after The Last Dam Job, how are they still in Boston? IT BOTHERS ME.
2. Since when has Eliot ever had a (not for a con disguise) goatee? Did I blank it from my memory somehow?
3. Ugh for awkward and overwordy descriptions. More in-character than The Con Job, less than The Zoo Job. In fact, this kind of makes me want to go give The Zoo Job an extra star. It seems like only one of these authors was a fan of/bothered to watch the show.
But! Better than The Con Job, and it had a couple of funny moments. It also had more than a couple bad-fanfiction-description moments, though, and the "twist" is...not really unexpected if you have half a brain cell to be working with.
2. Since when has Eliot ever had a (not for a con disguise) goatee? Did I blank it from my memory somehow?
3. Ugh for awkward and overwordy descriptions. More in-character than The Con Job, less than The Zoo Job. In fact, this kind of makes me want to go give The Zoo Job an extra star. It seems like only one of these authors was a fan of/bothered to watch the show.
But! Better than The Con Job, and it had a couple of funny moments. It also had more than a couple bad-fanfiction-description moments, though, and the "twist" is...not really unexpected if you have half a brain cell to be working with.
lmspencer's review against another edition
3.0
It was OK.
This one was harder to get through then the rest. I had trouble staying with it. As strange as it sounds there were parts of it that were just too descriptive.
This one was harder to get through then the rest. I had trouble staying with it. As strange as it sounds there were parts of it that were just too descriptive.
hailandwellread's review against another edition
3.0
3 STARS
Still a fun romp with a strong handle on the team’s voices, The Bestseller Job gets this rating because I ultimately enjoyed it. I love the team, I love the sheer level of trickery they get up to, and most of all, I love the clever twists they rely on to get out of tight spots. It’s deeply satisfying to watch it all pull together, and for it to be in character to boot.
That said, this installment bummed me out. While it was more Eliot-centric than the other two, it didn’t do anything with his character that excited me so much as it played a very old song: Eliot hooks up with the only woman outside the Leverage team. And since this seems to be set somewhere in S4 by my best guess, it’s…an outdated approach at best.
(I could probably write an essay on how this is the time the OT3 is developing into something concrete, and the fact that Eliot’s hook-ups are basically no longer mentioned on-screen at this point in the show, but we won’t dive that deep today, or this will stop being a mini review.)
Plus, a major part of the book relies on the Leverage team writing an entire book in about 48 hours. As a group. And slamming it through an ally acting as editor still in that time frame. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, even for the Leverage crew, and this one…broke me.
Still a fun romp with a strong handle on the team’s voices, The Bestseller Job gets this rating because I ultimately enjoyed it. I love the team, I love the sheer level of trickery they get up to, and most of all, I love the clever twists they rely on to get out of tight spots. It’s deeply satisfying to watch it all pull together, and for it to be in character to boot.
That said, this installment bummed me out. While it was more Eliot-centric than the other two, it didn’t do anything with his character that excited me so much as it played a very old song: Eliot hooks up with the only woman outside the Leverage team. And since this seems to be set somewhere in S4 by my best guess, it’s…an outdated approach at best.
(I could probably write an essay on how this is the time the OT3 is developing into something concrete, and the fact that Eliot’s hook-ups are basically no longer mentioned on-screen at this point in the show, but we won’t dive that deep today, or this will stop being a mini review.)
Plus, a major part of the book relies on the Leverage team writing an entire book in about 48 hours. As a group. And slamming it through an ally acting as editor still in that time frame. Suspension of disbelief only goes so far, even for the Leverage crew, and this one…broke me.
eliwray's review against another edition
4.0
Very enjoyable outing that matches the storytelling style of the series to a delightful degree. The characterization wavered a bit for me here and there, but the bulk of the characters' actions and internal monologue felt satisfyingly true to me.
I'd be glad to see more Leverage stories from this author.
I'd be glad to see more Leverage stories from this author.