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carolyn0613's review against another edition
4.0
A very funny book with a great central character. I loved this adventure. Super light read. More please!
coleycole's review against another edition
2.0
Ugggg bad writing! At first I was like, the main character is clearly a sociopath because she has no feelings and acts like a robot - and then some clunky revealing of interior life and dialogue with friends, and I was like, "Nope! Just bad writing!"
The main character can "magically blend in" to fancy rich neighborhoods because she's a pretty jogger with expensive sneakers per the author. Hint: it's really because she's white! But race is not a part of this universe at all.
I will say it's clear that the author did a lot of research about security and robbery and art. But uggg.
The main character can "magically blend in" to fancy rich neighborhoods because she's a pretty jogger with expensive sneakers per the author. Hint: it's really because she's white! But race is not a part of this universe at all.
I will say it's clear that the author did a lot of research about security and robbery and art. But uggg.
labunnywtf's review against another edition
2.0
Received via Netgalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
Elle is a professional burglar. She cases rich neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, under the guise of a run of the mill jogger. She's smart and resourceful, and knows how to get what she needs to live a not-too-lavish lifestyle.
Then she breaks into the wrong house, sees the wrong thing, and gets on the bad side of the wrong people.
One of my all-time favorite books is [b: If Tomorrow Comes|14554|If Tomorrow Comes (Tracy Whitney, #1)|Sidney Sheldon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1387733550s/14554.jpg|1742291], by Sidney Sheldon. That book features a woman not unlike Elle, a professional thief who uses her skill and intelligence to get what she wants in life. I can read that book 10 times in a row and not get tired of it.
When we first start this book, I had hope this was going to lead me down the same path of enjoyment. I love reading stories where people commit burglaries and heists. It's less fun when it happens to you, but fictionally, it's fantastic.
And Elle is a good burglar. She explains what she knows and how she knows it, she's incredibly savvy and even explains what people do wrong. I.e, when you hear a noise, DON'T wait to see if the noise gets repeated, just get out. Go back out the same door you entered in, to avoid getting hung up. Such promise to this story.
Sadly, this book is severely lacking in follow through. Severely. She does a phenomenal job evading the bad guys, though she spends entirely too long trying to figure out if they are cops or hired killers. Waaaaaaaay too long, to the point where it made her seem extremely stupid.
And then when we finally find out the why, it makes such little sense as to be PAINFUL. And her choices end up being so poor, it's to almost make you want to DNF, or to make you want her to get caught.
Much promise, little follow through.
I'm not winning at the Thriller genre lately, and I have a lot more lined up to read. I'm getting nervous.
Elle is a professional burglar. She cases rich neighborhoods in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, under the guise of a run of the mill jogger. She's smart and resourceful, and knows how to get what she needs to live a not-too-lavish lifestyle.
Then she breaks into the wrong house, sees the wrong thing, and gets on the bad side of the wrong people.
One of my all-time favorite books is [b: If Tomorrow Comes|14554|If Tomorrow Comes (Tracy Whitney, #1)|Sidney Sheldon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1387733550s/14554.jpg|1742291], by Sidney Sheldon. That book features a woman not unlike Elle, a professional thief who uses her skill and intelligence to get what she wants in life. I can read that book 10 times in a row and not get tired of it.
When we first start this book, I had hope this was going to lead me down the same path of enjoyment. I love reading stories where people commit burglaries and heists. It's less fun when it happens to you, but fictionally, it's fantastic.
And Elle is a good burglar. She explains what she knows and how she knows it, she's incredibly savvy and even explains what people do wrong. I.e, when you hear a noise, DON'T wait to see if the noise gets repeated, just get out. Go back out the same door you entered in, to avoid getting hung up. Such promise to this story.
Sadly, this book is severely lacking in follow through. Severely. She does a phenomenal job evading the bad guys, though she spends entirely too long trying to figure out if they are cops or hired killers. Waaaaaaaay too long, to the point where it made her seem extremely stupid.
And then when we finally find out the why, it makes such little sense as to be PAINFUL. And her choices end up being so poor, it's to almost make you want to DNF, or to make you want her to get caught.
Much promise, little follow through.
I'm not winning at the Thriller genre lately, and I have a lot more lined up to read. I'm getting nervous.
msalexisshea's review against another edition
3.0
I really enjoyed the main character but the story just didn’t pay off in the way I wanted. The ending felt very rushed.
papidoc's review against another edition
4.0
Good writer, good plot, but didn't grab me the way a Lee Child or John Sandford does. I'm sure he will appeal more to others...different strokes for different folks.
nikeg27's review against another edition
3.0
Decent book, honestly. The plot kept me interested, and I really wanted to know the reason behind the murders throughout the whole story. Elle was interesting, although hard to relate to. The only thing really detracting from the story was a lot of technical description in the last forty pages or so. I pretty much skimmed, if I’m being honest. It had a satisfying conclusion to both the plot and Elle’s character arc.
emckeon1002's review against another edition
3.0
Perry takes an intriguing premise - a burglar who discovers something she shouldn't have in the process of burgling a house - and an interesting character - a female burglar who is intelligent, beautiful and an amazing athlete - and delivers three quarters of a really good read. Spoiled by 30 pages of painfully detailed exposition in which "the mystery" is revealed (an not very satisfactorily).
jen286's review against another edition
2.0
This started off well, but as the story went on the main character became so stupid. Like the things that happened became more and more unrealistic - what person, especially a woman, when they know killers are after them just goes off with random dude who singled you out and won't take no for an answer and is always there when you are? Like your best friend was just murdered, you know people are after you and yet you do not for one second think this random dude who is way too desperate to hang out with you might be in on it? okay. And how long she went on thinking the people in the black SUV's were cops...even after it was incredibly obvious they were not at all cops...it was so dumb. Then one of the last chapters is just this data dump to have one character say to another character everything that happened in order so that we know what happened. Like sure, knowing everything is great, but the way the author went about it? Not good. I might give another of his books a try as I was enjoying it at first and I did think maybe he just cannot write women well...we shall see.
joestewart's review against another edition
4.0
This is my first Perry book. Writing is decent, but the vocabulary is simple, too simple for my taste. Complicated plot (had me going to the end) and an interesting narration technique: there’s a primary character who has some dialog nut most of the story is conveyed by a narrator who writes she did this this then that....
dotorsojak's review against another edition
3.0
3 starts firm
This is a pretty solid thriller from TP. I've read all his books, or nearly all, and I'd say this is one of the better ones.
There's a fair amount of murder here, but our heroine, Elle, does none of it. One of the things I really like is the implication that there will be a trial and that a bunch of people will go to jail. Often in books like this the justice is much rougher.
A fun little book.
This is a pretty solid thriller from TP. I've read all his books, or nearly all, and I'd say this is one of the better ones.
There's a fair amount of murder here, but our heroine, Elle, does none of it. One of the things I really like is the implication that there will be a trial and that a bunch of people will go to jail. Often in books like this the justice is much rougher.
A fun little book.