stiricide's review
3.0
I haven't read a mystery/crime.whatever novel in I can't even remember how long, so I doubt I can properly review this. It held my attention, at least, and I liked the writing style, if not the actual plot.
jmeston's review
3.0
Charming for the gift of gab/vocab alone. I liked the first two thirds better than the end but ends are hard. I pulled this off the shelf because I saw the next one in the series: The Albuquerque Turkey. Kinda have to get that one.
fleurette's review
4.0
I don't know how this happens but this is my third book with the thief as the main character that I read this month. LOL. I do not complain, because they are all good and each is to a certain degree different from the others. I really like this one too.
I have a great weakness for all kinds of villains, and thieves in particular. And this book is a very rare example of a story about a heist. I love such movies and I love such books. And this one adds into the bargain a nicely complicated and multi-layered plotline.
I usually start writing reviews with the characters, because usually whether I like the book depends on whether I like the characters. But this time I will start with the storyline, because it is of great importance for the whole book. Radar, our main character, is entangled in a very complicated game among thieves and corrupt law officials. All the time you don’t known who is on whose side, friends and allies turn out to be enemies, enemies become allies, and alliances and agreements change like a kaleidoscope. I enjoy this game very much. It adds more excitement to the whole story. Just like Radar, you are constantly trying to guess who is the enemy and who is the friend and what are the intentions of all those people. And believe me, everyone here has some hidden intentions and nothing is what it looks like.
All these complicated relations between characters form the background for the brilliant plan of financial fraud that is carried out by Radar and his friends (or more they are forced and blackmailed to carry out). Although I'm not sure what part is actually background here, because relationships between team members are sometimes clearly in the foreground. Anyway, the scam and the whole idea is as interesting as the interactions between the characters.
And finally let's get to Radar. Radar is a very strong personality that not every reader may like. As for me, I like him very much. Of course, Radar is overconfident and sometimes disregards others. It is good, however, that he sees these flaws in himself. He is also extremely intelligent and very clever. As I usually don't like first person narration, in this case I don't really mind. Radar has many pretty interesting thoughts. There is also something in him that makes him charming in some way.
This is a very nice story that provides good entertainment. I like these characters. I add another book in this series to my tbr pile.
I have a great weakness for all kinds of villains, and thieves in particular. And this book is a very rare example of a story about a heist. I love such movies and I love such books. And this one adds into the bargain a nicely complicated and multi-layered plotline.
I usually start writing reviews with the characters, because usually whether I like the book depends on whether I like the characters. But this time I will start with the storyline, because it is of great importance for the whole book. Radar, our main character, is entangled in a very complicated game among thieves and corrupt law officials. All the time you don’t known who is on whose side, friends and allies turn out to be enemies, enemies become allies, and alliances and agreements change like a kaleidoscope. I enjoy this game very much. It adds more excitement to the whole story. Just like Radar, you are constantly trying to guess who is the enemy and who is the friend and what are the intentions of all those people. And believe me, everyone here has some hidden intentions and nothing is what it looks like.
All these complicated relations between characters form the background for the brilliant plan of financial fraud that is carried out by Radar and his friends (or more they are forced and blackmailed to carry out). Although I'm not sure what part is actually background here, because relationships between team members are sometimes clearly in the foreground. Anyway, the scam and the whole idea is as interesting as the interactions between the characters.
And finally let's get to Radar. Radar is a very strong personality that not every reader may like. As for me, I like him very much. Of course, Radar is overconfident and sometimes disregards others. It is good, however, that he sees these flaws in himself. He is also extremely intelligent and very clever. As I usually don't like first person narration, in this case I don't really mind. Radar has many pretty interesting thoughts. There is also something in him that makes him charming in some way.
This is a very nice story that provides good entertainment. I like these characters. I add another book in this series to my tbr pile.
akhaito's review
"I don't have much experience with tequila, but I know you've had too much when you go to brush something off your shoulder and it's the floor." That sentence alone is worth the price of the book. John Vorhaus has a way of sucking you in with his twisting story and witty anecdotes.
nkmeyers's review
ridiculous book but oh what fun the author has with language and dialog - and plenty entertaining enough to keep me listening -
almost as if he kept a journal entry for each turn of phrase he ever heard that humored, pleased irritated or charmed him and then invented characters to speak the lines and a plot to hang the script off
- whatever the method this writing gave me more than a smile or two !
almost as if he kept a journal entry for each turn of phrase he ever heard that humored, pleased irritated or charmed him and then invented characters to speak the lines and a plot to hang the script off
- whatever the method this writing gave me more than a smile or two !
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