jayvall reviewed Be careful what you wish for by Jeffrey Archer (The Clifton chronicles -- v. 4)
Review of 'Be careful what you wish for' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Based on some of the other reviews here, I think you either enjoy Archer's books or are annoyed by them (which I think begs the question of why bother reading something you know you're not going to enjoy?) I'm in the camp that thinks these books are enjoyable. They're silly and simple in some ways but the ultimate in easy reading. I like to call these Danielle Steel for men. It's all people being catty to each other, villains vowing to destroy the heroes, Mary Sue/Stu territory, but I find it fun. This is clearly not literature but I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
My only issue with this installment in the Clifton saga is after Jessica dies, and they have the meeting with Cedric about finally banding together to bring down Don Pedro, Giles suggests Bob the Fish Paste King to be the outsider and says he …
Based on some of the other reviews here, I think you either enjoy Archer's books or are annoyed by them (which I think begs the question of why bother reading something you know you're not going to enjoy?) I'm in the camp that thinks these books are enjoyable. They're silly and simple in some ways but the ultimate in easy reading. I like to call these Danielle Steel for men. It's all people being catty to each other, villains vowing to destroy the heroes, Mary Sue/Stu territory, but I find it fun. This is clearly not literature but I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
My only issue with this installment in the Clifton saga is after Jessica dies, and they have the meeting with Cedric about finally banding together to bring down Don Pedro, Giles suggests Bob the Fish Paste King to be the outsider and says he suggested him because he was the most upset stranger at Jessica's funeral, but it's never explained how FishPaste knew Don Pedro was involved in Jessica's death to account for him wanting to take revenge against DP.