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cadbury's review against another edition
5.0
I really like this series considering I love the show. You can hear the characters voices in your brain practically while you are reading this which is awesome.
Shaun and Gus are requested by his father to take a present to his friends bachelor party....at the fortress of magic. They see a big green giant perform the dissolving man trick. Which results in the martian missing, and a dead man floating in the tank where the martian once was. Shaun and Gus are hired by the martians boss Benny Fleck. They are invited to Vegas to investigate the martians apartment when Shaun comes to the idea the Martian is not real. Who killed this guy in the tank? How did it happen when the martian was just in there? Who is this dead guy anyways?
Shaun and Gus are requested by his father to take a present to his friends bachelor party....at the fortress of magic. They see a big green giant perform the dissolving man trick. Which results in the martian missing, and a dead man floating in the tank where the martian once was. Shaun and Gus are hired by the martians boss Benny Fleck. They are invited to Vegas to investigate the martians apartment when Shaun comes to the idea the Martian is not real. Who killed this guy in the tank? How did it happen when the martian was just in there? Who is this dead guy anyways?
jrobles76's review against another edition
4.0
part of my guilty pleasure reading. I have a soft spot for media tie-ins. It all started with Star Trek.
bulfinch2's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sumoresler's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
theplantlady's review against another edition
1.0
I am now on page 186, Chapter 16. This book is all over the place, the plot and storyline is so unrealistic. I was hoping to fall in love with this series, however the characters are over the top. You have Gus who has no spine and lets people walk all over him, so you have no regard for this character. Then you have Spencer who is so conceited, so self-centered you hate his character. I have never watched the show and maybe I should start there. I will not continue with the series. The author narrative is babbling on and on about situations that have no meaning to the plot, and I find myself have to go back and re-read to figure out the language. It is so obvious that the two characters are fake and phony in their psychic abilities which makes the storyline even weaker.
I assumed Spencer would be like a Monk, who could come on a crime scene and immediately solve it, however I don't see this in the book and feel very disappointed.
So I finally finished this book in hope it would turn around, however my feelings have not changed. I try my hardest not to abandon books because I want to give the author a chance, however this book left me confused, it tried to pull in through the climax of Spencer solving the murders, but his intense babbling is so annoying that you find it hard to focus on the storyline. I will probably not read book #2 because I really did not even find this book to be a true mystery crime solver. I could not get into the characters at all, not one character held my interest through out the whole book!
I assumed Spencer would be like a Monk, who could come on a crime scene and immediately solve it, however I don't see this in the book and feel very disappointed.
So I finally finished this book in hope it would turn around, however my feelings have not changed. I try my hardest not to abandon books because I want to give the author a chance, however this book left me confused, it tried to pull in through the climax of Spencer solving the murders, but his intense babbling is so annoying that you find it hard to focus on the storyline. I will probably not read book #2 because I really did not even find this book to be a true mystery crime solver. I could not get into the characters at all, not one character held my interest through out the whole book!
jmutrickster's review against another edition
2.0
Anything I'd want to note is in Perry's review. I enjoyed having a new Psych story, but the writing is pretty subpar, and the characters are written as juveniles.
misskitty14's review against another edition
2.0
The mysteries were fine enough, but the characters were exaggerated versions of themselves. Shawn's recap of the crime was far grander and more annoying than usual (Typically I enjoy his prolongation of the summary, but in the book it was tedious).
My biggest complaint was the amount of misogyny. Shawn, Gus, and show more generally don't objectify women. Sure they fight over a girl or make a few comments here and there, but in this novel there was some very overt (borderline offensive) oogling and sexualization of female characters that made the men in the book creepy. And poor Jules was reduced to a side-kick who forgave Shawn after he spouted out some random, memorized feminist rant.
Overall, not a great representation of the show.
My biggest complaint was the amount of misogyny. Shawn, Gus, and show more generally don't objectify women. Sure they fight over a girl or make a few comments here and there, but in this novel there was some very overt (borderline offensive) oogling and sexualization of female characters that made the men in the book creepy. And poor Jules was reduced to a side-kick who forgave Shawn after he spouted out some random, memorized feminist rant.
Overall, not a great representation of the show.
ryanjamesburt's review against another edition
4.0
If you like Psych you will probably like this book. It isnt super deep but then neither is the show. Fun spin off of the series.
cryptidsandcoffee's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75