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laurenguydan's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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? No
3.75
mg_in_md_'s review against another edition
3.0
a fast read...a little TOO much on the historic hollywood/movie stuff but it was pretty good anyway.
heatherg213's review against another edition
4.0
All Tess Monaghan wanted was a morning of sculling. But while rowing at sunrise, she literally runs into the cast and crew of Mann of Steel, a TV show being filmed right there in her beloved Baltimore. After being pulled out of the water, she expects to be scolded for ruining their shot. Instead, she is offered the job of watching their young star, difficult to manage star, Selene. Seems there have been some incidents on the set that lead the producer to believe that someone is trying to get to Selene and stop the production. While Tess is not sure that being babysitter to a spoiled starlet is really her thing, they offer her almost twice what she usually charges. It's not long before Tess is drawn into both the stars personal drama-and a murder. With the help of her best friend Whitney Talbot, and rescued street kid Lloyd Jupiter, Tess finds out what is really going on behind the scenes of Mann of Steel.
In Another Thing to Fall, Laura Lippman has once again provided the perfect popcorn book. The characters are engaging, the action of well-paced, and the mystery provides a small challenge to the brain without too many clues to have to keep straight. She does trot out all of the usual Hollywood cliches about spoiled actresses and almost has-been actors trying to make a come-back and egotistical producers who expect everyone to kowtow to them. But hey, for all I know Hollywood really is like that-it's not like I'm hanging out with the A-Listers! I guess the reason that those cliches gets trotted out is because the rest of us peasants find something amusing/entertaining/comforting in thinking about the stratospherically famous as being not-so-perfect. All in all, this book was a great summer read-very satisfying brain candy!
In Another Thing to Fall, Laura Lippman has once again provided the perfect popcorn book. The characters are engaging, the action of well-paced, and the mystery provides a small challenge to the brain without too many clues to have to keep straight. She does trot out all of the usual Hollywood cliches about spoiled actresses and almost has-been actors trying to make a come-back and egotistical producers who expect everyone to kowtow to them. But hey, for all I know Hollywood really is like that-it's not like I'm hanging out with the A-Listers! I guess the reason that those cliches gets trotted out is because the rest of us peasants find something amusing/entertaining/comforting in thinking about the stratospherically famous as being not-so-perfect. All in all, this book was a great summer read-very satisfying brain candy!
laniedays's review against another edition
4.0
Laura Lippman has become one of my go-to authors. However, I generally prefer to standalone novels to the Tess Monaghan series. This is actually the first full length of the series I've made it through. This book was more like a character study than a mystery in my opinion, but still made a nice read. I found the characters interesting which is always important.
higgbemine's review against another edition
2.0
mystery is not my genre but this was a very easy read- not that that makes this a good book (as you can see by the 2 stars it received). i guess this book disappointed me because it wasn't something you could solve even if you were extra clever. you had to wait for the information to be revealed which doesn't really make it a mystery, right? its more of a story that they tell you how it was solved.
so what's the fun in that? i guess you get to go for a ride with a believable PI into a world that you wouldn't normally experience.
so what's the fun in that? i guess you get to go for a ride with a believable PI into a world that you wouldn't normally experience.
mrsjkamp's review against another edition
3.0
Definitely one of the better Tess novels. Took me a while but I finished it and I'm glad I did. I wish there was more of a conclusion if this was it, but it was a nice ending nonetheless. Tess really goes through a lot, and she's pretty smart. I feel like I might have learned a thing or two about reading people and how to act in order to get more of what I want. Good stuff! I liked the drama with Celine and Johnny. Good book.
bgg616's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't like this as much as I have liked the other Tess Monahan books. The characters and premise of the book were not engaging (to me).