This book was hard to get through. I listened to it on 2x speed just to get through it. I think that everyone must've felt this way since it ended with this book (well except for the graphic novels). I just didn't care if Hooker lost any fingers or whatnot. I think Beans was my favorite character.

I probably would have liked this book better if I actually read it versus the book on tape. I did not care for the narrator at all. Her voices for the different characters were down right goofy. & I feel like I almost should be offended. I have seen many a NASCAR race and interviews and haven't came across anyone that sounded so stupid. Or southern. The narrator tried too hard, I think.

This was just okay. The hijinks were kind of unbeliveable, but it is a work of fiction. But I do think the author did her homework with learning the ends & outs of a racing garage and I was familiar with all the towns mentioned in the book.

I didn't realize this was a series (& this was the second book) until writing this review. I am curious if Evanovich continues on with the NASCAR theme in the series, but I probably wouldn't read (or listen) to them.

One last note - another thing while I have never had Childer's wine, I do like my wine in a gallon box. I guess I am on the low end of redneck afterall.

Classic Evanovich hijinks in a non-Plum world. Just because I'm so burnt out on the Stephanie Plum series, anything Janet writes that isn't set in that world, I find super refreshing and different.

Perfect fluffy action-comedy book!

Motor Mouth would be my first foray into chick lit, and I imagine my enjoyment would be greater during my teenage years based on the humor. That is not to say that I didn’t find it amusing now, just a personal thought.

The pacing is a slog, but the characters are what keeps me reading. The ending felt a bit rushed and too convenient which was what I was worried about throughout reading the book as there was a lot of info dump to explain what was happening.

Enjoyable read

This book is light reading. It’s action-packed and I liked the characters. I dinged stars because the basic premise of this murder-mystery wasn’t credible, neither the murders nor Barnaby’s and Hooker’s willingness to go to the police. I began to wonder who the true outlaws were in this series.

Loved this book! Can't wait to read more about Barney and Hooker. As usual, Janet Evanovich writes characters that quickly become friends.

Lukijana C. J. Critt.
Hulvaton ja vauhdikas tarina, jossa Alex ja Sam joutuvat ties minkälaisiin tilanteisiin. Nauroin monta kertaa ja ei voi kuin ihmetellä kirjailijan mielikuvitusta, niin uskomattomia kirjan tapahtumat olivat. Kaiken kruunasi loistava lukija. Darling, I liked this.

I don't know what happened here. I enjoyed the first book but this one was a nightmare.

Two stars lost for how horrific the character of Hooker is. I'm not sure on what planet any woman wants to read about a woman who still partners with a cheating ex while thinking about how much she's ok with forgiving him. You don't "accidentally" sleep with someone else while "snockered" if you are in a relationship. It's basically every stereotype about cheating men who get away with it because they are good looking and have money, and dippy women who fall for their crap over and over. I just can't condone it. Being that this series was written by a female author, it seems wildly inappropriate for her to encourage her readers to advocate for a man who cheated and was incredibly cavalier about it.

One star lost for it repeating the same scenario. Over. And Over. And Over. The book prattled on for pages but each segment was the same as the last - drive to or from Miami, run into goons, beat up and/or outsmart goons, do something wildly unrealistic that should have been in the hands of police. Even if they didn't actually kill anyone, they did about 100 illegal things that would still land them in jail, regardless of Hooker's NASCAR affiliation.

One star lost for how outrageous it all was. I don't read cozy mysteries because they are completely realistic, but this was over the top. There were just so many stupid scenarios that made the stories beyond implausible that it was borderline unreadable. Single handedly dissecting cars, burying and digging up bodies, the timeline in general, the saran wrapping bodies, the ease of a celebrity evading the law, you get the point.

There's a certain sense in these turning into graphic novels in the next installment. My first thought is "that makes sense, these read like unillustrated and extremely long graphic novels." My second thought is "well, there were only 2 graphic novels before they got canned, so they were probably garbage too."

This is my second Evanovich book, the first being Hot Six. And true to form, it has the same wit and charm and zinging one-liners. There is a lot of stuff on NASCAR racing which required a good knowledge of the subject, and which I appreciated up to a point. There are a lot of parallels with Hot Six, that seem to be formulaic.

Amusing Dog - in this one it's a St. Bernard, Beans. (Bob the retriever was in Hot Six)
Horny Man trying to get into heroines panties - in this one it's Sam Hooker, who endeared me with his breezy, Devil May Care attitude.
Going round and round again - in this book, our heros are constantly returning to parking lots of various restaurants and such.
Heroine - Alex Baraby, the heroine in this one, seems exactly like Stephanie Plum, no difference I could tell, so that the both of them are just Evanovich herself.
Crazy supporting cast - in this one, two notables: Felicia and Rosa, the tough Cuban fruit store ladies.

Some of the humor was a bit puerile, like Three Stooges slapstick, notably with the dog. That whole scene about poop was idiotic and not necessary.

Still, overall Motor Mouth does entertain.

First I have to say that I am a HUGE Janet fan. I have all her books and have read and re-read them a zillion times. When Metro Girl came out I was excited... I was not thrilled with Metro Girl, but I liked it. I felt like it was a rushed book, not the greatest but good. Then she started Motor Mouth and kept pushing back the release date so I thought she was really taking her time with this one and it was going to be better. I was wrong! My sister and I bought the book on it's release date. My sister called me later that day to say she disliked it so much she wasn't even going to finish it. It usually takes me no longer than a day to read her books because I can't put them down. This one took several days because I had to put it down, several times. The plot is so unbeleivable and ridiculous and gets more so as it goes on. The dialogue and humor is forced... Everything seems to be recycled from her previous books, right down to the dog, another version of Bob from the Plum series. It is revealed early in the story that Hooker, the hero, has cheated on Alexandra, the heroine of the story. He is so nonchalant about the whole thing you want to deck him... But Alex is just as nonchalant... It just isn't realistic. I wont be rereading this one... And I wont be rushing out to buy the next in the series.

Cherise Everhard, October 2006

The usual fast-paced, rollicking madcap adventure by Janet Evanovich, this time in the car-racing industry, chasing murderers and microchips in Florida. Not as funny as the Stephanie Plum series but still a chuckle.

One of the weakest (if not THE weakest) Janet Evanovich books I've read (and I've read most of them.) There is a reason this series only has a few installments. Save your book money, go read a Stephanie Plum or even a Fox and O'Hare book instead.