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kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
Code-breaking, 1
NOTHING that you might expect. Games-playing fans will especially like this action-packed, intense scavenger hunt.
NOTHING that you might expect. Games-playing fans will especially like this action-packed, intense scavenger hunt.
sofivm's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book more that a decade before and I was delighted. I re-read it now and I must say I'm deeply disappointed with the superficiality of the writing, the story, and the characters.
amdkemp's review against another edition
4.0
Fun read especially if you enjoyed the code breaking of the DaVinci code.
mamap's review against another edition
1.0
sorry i wasted my time. a cross between a harlequin romance and a grisham movie with just a hint of the tv show 24. live assassin game.
leland_hw's review against another edition
3.0
I liked it. 3.5 stars.
Melanie Prescott, graduate student and fashion junkie is on the run from an assassin. She's being protected by handsome stranger and former Marine Matthew Striker. They are all playing a real life version of an online computer game called 'Play Survive Win'. She must solve obscure codes and clues and reach the end of the game or she dies. My mother always said that video games were bad for you.
So it's like The Da Vinci code minus the religion part with lots of sex thrown in for good measure. Not bad really.
Melanie Prescott, graduate student and fashion junkie is on the run from an assassin. She's being protected by handsome stranger and former Marine Matthew Striker. They are all playing a real life version of an online computer game called 'Play Survive Win'. She must solve obscure codes and clues and reach the end of the game or she dies. My mother always said that video games were bad for you.
So it's like The Da Vinci code minus the religion part with lots of sex thrown in for good measure. Not bad really.
lberestecki's review against another edition
4.0
A fun read. I would recommend this to women who like mysteries and are looking for a good summer beach read.
ubalstecha's review against another edition
3.0
Julie Kenner is one of my favourite authors. She of the "Good Ghouls Do" series and the "Demon Hunting Soccer Mom" series, her writing is usually full of humour and zany actions. The Givenchy Code follows in this tradition, except it is missing the supernatural elements.
This novel finds out heroine, Melanie Prescott, stuck in another series of dead-end jobs. She is studying math and history at university and is a wizard at codes. Suddenly she is sucked into a live-action version of a on-line video game she used to play.
Hunted through the streets of New York by a mad man, Melanie must trust, Matthew Stryker, a complete (and very handsome) stranger, to help her solve the puzzles and make it through the experience alive.
This book is a nice tour of New York and run through math puzlles and theories. It was a fun read. Not going to change your life, but like most of Kenner`s work, fun.
This novel finds out heroine, Melanie Prescott, stuck in another series of dead-end jobs. She is studying math and history at university and is a wizard at codes. Suddenly she is sucked into a live-action version of a on-line video game she used to play.
Hunted through the streets of New York by a mad man, Melanie must trust, Matthew Stryker, a complete (and very handsome) stranger, to help her solve the puzzles and make it through the experience alive.
This book is a nice tour of New York and run through math puzlles and theories. It was a fun read. Not going to change your life, but like most of Kenner`s work, fun.
ubalstecha's review against another edition
Julie Kenner is one of my favourite authors. She of the "Good Ghouls Do" series and the "Demon Hunting Soccer Mom" series, her writing is usually full of humour and zany actions. The Givenchy Code follows in this tradition, except it is missing the supernatural elements.
This novel finds out heroine, Melanie Prescott, stuck in another series of dead-end jobs. She is studying math and history at university and is a wizard at codes. Suddenly she is sucked into a live-action version of a on-line video game she used to play.
Hunted through the streets of New York by a mad man, Melanie must trust, Matthew Stryker, a complete (and very handsome) stranger, to help her solve the puzzles and make it through the experience alive.
This book is a nice tour of New York and run through math puzlles and theories. It was a fun read. Not going to change your life, but like most of Kenner`s work, fun.
This novel finds out heroine, Melanie Prescott, stuck in another series of dead-end jobs. She is studying math and history at university and is a wizard at codes. Suddenly she is sucked into a live-action version of a on-line video game she used to play.
Hunted through the streets of New York by a mad man, Melanie must trust, Matthew Stryker, a complete (and very handsome) stranger, to help her solve the puzzles and make it through the experience alive.
This book is a nice tour of New York and run through math puzlles and theories. It was a fun read. Not going to change your life, but like most of Kenner`s work, fun.
mlcarl's review against another edition
3.0
There are two things Mel Prescott absolutely adores: cryptography and designer clothing. When an online assassin game gets implemented into the real world with Mel as the target, she has to put all of her knowledge about both to good use in order to solve a series of codes and puzzles that will keep her alive. The highlight of her terrifying adventure is the man assigned to be her protector, Matthew Stryker. Together they have to figure out the clues and outrun Mel's would-be assassin before time runs out.
Was this book some sort of literary genius? Absolutely not. But it was ridiculously entertaining and compelling. The first couple chapters were on the slow side, but by the time I got into the mystery of it, I was hooked and didn't want to put the book down. I'm a huge sucker for treasure hunt mysteries, and this one included math clues AND designer shoes, so I was completely enthralled. Despite being a fun, fluffy book, Kenner still managed to write smart, amusing characters I quickly fell in love with.
Was this book some sort of literary genius? Absolutely not. But it was ridiculously entertaining and compelling. The first couple chapters were on the slow side, but by the time I got into the mystery of it, I was hooked and didn't want to put the book down. I'm a huge sucker for treasure hunt mysteries, and this one included math clues AND designer shoes, so I was completely enthralled. Despite being a fun, fluffy book, Kenner still managed to write smart, amusing characters I quickly fell in love with.