Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | Lust, Money & Murder (Books 1,2,3) |
| author | Mike Wells |
| ISBN-10 | 1-516-95355-X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-516-95355-4 |
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| date | 2020-Dec-20 |
Elaine Brogan is a young girl, intelligent, beautiful and, above all, determined. In book 1 we see her grow up, go to school and have an experience which influences what she wants to become: a Secret Service agent. In book 2 Elaine decides to pursue a different career. She takes on a very exhausting, but extremely challenging project. Right at the end of the project, some small thing goes not according to plan and there is one small thing Elaine has to do before going on a well-earned vacation. But there is a surprise and she gets a little bit more action than she thought she would. Good to have had some Secret Service training. Yet another "employment" change in book 3. Less stressful, very rewarding, but not really what she wanted to do when she was young. Having once gone through Secret Service training comes in handy once more.
The book(s) are well written, easy to read and follow, a little (too) predictable, even though there are a few surprises sprinkled in, usually when the author suddenly wants to direct the story in a new direction. I do, however, not feel the urge to continue with the next book in the series. What really annoys me, though: officially it's three books. All three books combined are shorter than most other books I read and none of the books is a story or a bigger part of a longer story by itself. The story starts at the beginning of book 1 and finishes at the end of book 3. Stitching the last sentence of book 1 and the first sentence of book 2 together, with not even a new chapter, would feel much more natural. The same for the end of book 2 and the beginning of book 3.
