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Metro Girl

kdk March 11, 2005
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Let me just start by saying that Metro Girl isn’t a Stephanie Plum

novel. So it’s not really fair to compare Janet Evanovich’s latest non-Plum novel to the

series I’ve come to know and (most of the time) love. But really…how can you not

compare them?



Metro Girl’s heroine is Alexandra “Barney” Barnaby.

Like Plum, she grew up in working-class surroundings—only in Baltimore. One night, she’s

woken up by a phone call from her younger brother, “Wild” Bill, who tells her that he’s

taking off for a few days. He warns her that if anyone calls, she’s not supposed to tell

anyone anything. Then a woman screams in the background, and the line goes dead. Just

like that, Bill disappears. Worried about her often-impulsive, not always law-abiding

brother, Barney catches a plane to Miami to try to bail out her bother once

again.



Once in Miami, she meets NASCAR driver Sam Hooker, whose boat

disappeared the same time Bill did. As Barney starts digging for information—with Hooker

close on her tail—she discovers that Bill’s apartment has been trashed. And when thugs

start threatening her life, Barney realizes that Bill’s gotten himself (and her) into a

serious mess this time.



I tend to handle Janet Evanovich books the

same way that my mom handles a bag of jellybeans—I can’t stay away until there’s nothing

left. And Metro Girl was no exception. I flew through it. It’s a quick, light

read, and the story is pretty interesting (despite the Miami clichés often found in

novels by other Miami authors)—but it’s just missing a bit of the ol’ Stephanie Plum

zing. By the end, I was sick of the frequent references to Barney’s little pink

skirt—and I often wished that Hooker would just cut the manly-man “NASCAR guy”

Neanderthal crap and do something productive.



Again, this isn’t a

Stephanie Plum novel. The characters don’t have the same chemistry or the same quirks.

They often lack Plum-novel flair and wackiness—despite the fact that they’re still

quirkier than the average chick-lit character.



So it’s not necessarily a

bad book. It’s just not as good as others. If you’ve never read a Stephanie Plum

novel, you may just love it. But Plum fans should proceed with caution.

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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it. Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course. As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com). Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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kdk

Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.

Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.

As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).

Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.

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