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I thought this was the worst book ever.I considered not giving any stars. I think Mr. Woods needs toget back to telling a good story and quit fantazing about a sex life!!Pure drivel!! I'm usually considerate of an author's work, but this just struck me as "what was his editor thinking?"
I almost gave this two stars because some of it didn't make sense and even though I guess Herbie is supposed to be funny, I found his stupidity extremely annoying, not amusing. But the parts I was confused about mostly came together in the end, Herbie somewhat redeemed himself, Stone's sexcapades were somewhat toned down, and there was no stupid Arrington.
An entertaining, but typical Stone Barrington novel that brings back two previous characters, Herbie Fisher and Dame Felicity, both needing his assistance. As usual, Stone takes on both cases, with Felicity's case involving British agents and revenge by people in power. Herbie's case involves needing protection, mostly from Herbie himself! Just another adventure for Stone and Dino!
I picked this up at a free library there was a lot by this author. I thought the title was interesting but truthfully it was a waste of time.
Sept 2021` yes a fav...August 2019. Still a favorite... I have been dieting in earnest and all the restaurant food, all the wine, all the booze. That's why we call this FICTION!!!!!March 2017 Turns out, this has become one of my favorite Stuart Woods stories. I just upped the stars to FIVE.5-13-2015 as a book.... still amazes me as to the liquor consumption and the nightly dinners in restaurants. I liked seeing that I read this 5 years ago on a plane from Moline Ill.Feb 2014 book on tape. I forg...
I'll be the first to admit that the recent Stone Barrington novels have fallen short of the earlier work of their author...but darn if this one doesn't miss the mark almost entirely.Stone is himself: He eats a lot of expensive food, drinks a lot of expensive liquor, gets harped on by his secretary about his expensive habits, flies an expensive plane, yada yada yada ad nauseum. The women get younger/more brazen/more powerful even as Stone gets older and less interesting, and yet nobody ever turns...
Thank you, Delta. You gave me enough time this past Friday afternoon and evening waiting in ATL or on the tarmac for my canceled-re-booked-weather-delayed flight to read this latest addition to the Stuart Woods oeuvre. You also gave me enough time to play several games of free cell and boggle on my iphone, but that just sounds like sour grapes.Using "oeuvre" to refer to a Stone Barrington novel is as presumptuous as Stone's continuing to order a Knob Creek instead of whiskey at Elaine's. But hey...
This is the last stone Barrington novel. Getting annoyed with his plots. Same thing in the last three books.
The Stone Barrington books are like potato chips--terrible for you, you can't eat just one, and very salty.Once again, Stone gets into trouble as he tries to figure a way out of trouble for a client. Dino Bacchetti is back as Stone's sidekick. The fabulous British secret agent, Felicity, makes another appearance here. The mysterious Dolce is lurking in the background, always a danger. (How she is organized enough to get three other ladies dressed just like her to take off for three other distant...
quick read
I picked up Lucid Intervals, Stuart Woods' eighteenth entry in the Stone Barrington series, because I remembered enjoying the Barrington books, years ago.I also enjoyed cotton candy, once upon a time, but I no longer do.The analogy, in my opinion, is apt: the Stone Barrington novels are the cotton candy of the private-eye genre. They are attractive to the eye and appear to be more substantial than they actually are. Colorful, sweet, sticky, and ultimately not very good for you.As is the case wit...
Stone has two people from the past pop back into his life. Felicity Devonshire, British, high in their government, and Herbie Fisher, goofball who Stone had once got out of a murder charge.Felicity wants to hire him to find a British subject that had dropped out of sight twelve years before and Herbie wants to hire him to find someone trying to kill him.Felicity offers him a good salary and Herbie offers up a better one. He'd won the lottery and his girl friend had a big purse with two million i...
I've read and generally loved all the previous Stone Barrington books by Stuart Woods, but this one is mis-titled. It should be Occasionally Lucid Intervals. They are always leisurely reads, but as I read this one, I kept asking myself "There's got to be a plot in here somewhere." Between the dinners at Elaine's, learning how to fly a jet, the obligatory sex scenes (even these are very half-hearted and lacking in any detail) and all-too-familiar. warmed-over, visits by Dolce and Herbie, I was re...
Stone Barrington #18. One of the better ones recently. Herbie Fisher wins the lottery and retains Stone with a large retainer, helping Stone to pay mounting bills -- of course, Herbie manages to get into massive trouble. Meanwhile, in the main story line, Dame Felicity Devonshire (head of MI6) hires Stone to help her find a supposedly rogue agent, but together they manage to uncover the real rogues and their agenda.
I know last time I complained about the gratuitous sex but now we have gratuitous flying. Woods clearly has another hard-on altogether for aviation as it's lovingly described here. These books have gotten more and more rote and I've long viewed them as pallate cleansers. But this one is so hum drum I may be done with old Stone after all. Okay to pass the time but it's time for a real book.
Too many loose ends and discrepancies in Wood's books lately. Getting tired of Stone's one-night stand relationships and how much they wear him out. Also, his willingness to tell women he hardly knows all kinds of classified information is getting old -- of course, he does swear them all to secrecy so I guess it's ok.
