Comments on: REVIEW: Stop Me by Brenda Novak

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:06:56 +0000

I have an issue with the last name, actually. Fornier is not a very common French(ish) last name, but Fournier IS . . . as in, when I googled ‘Fornier’ to see if I was just crazy, it asked me if I meant ‘Fournier’. (foor-NYAY)

Also, it’s a last name in my family (not my name, though), and if I read the book, it would drive me crazy. That plus the lettuce association? Yikes.

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:41:14 +0000

No, I am glad you corrected me. I am also glad I am not the only one that fixated on the name. Skye, Sheridan, Jasmine, Romain?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:37:14 +0000

Skye was the first heroine. Sheridan will be the third heroine, in the upcoming story. But yeah, Skye, not a great name either. The naming in her Dead trilogy (the one before this one) were a lot better I thought.

And off on my name tangent, lol. The name Romain just kept bringing me out of the story actually.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:35:03 +0000

allison – I thought that some of the scenes on the couch and in the cellar and with the sister were gross. Not a bad gross but definitely gross. Still the suspense part was the best of the book.

I don’t know that names are Novak’s strongpoint. Her first heroine was Sheridan Kohl (I think) and I kept thinking makeup. Romain made me think of lettuce. Sometimes they called Jasmine ‘Jaz’ which did not evoke the image of the heroine. The next heroine’s name is kind of silly as well but it escapes me right now.

By: Willa

Willa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:57:45 +0000

I read a different book with a hero of that name and had exactly the same problem.

By: allison

allison — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:37:09 +0000

I have to agree with the romance angle commentary. It reall did not work for me. It read as unrealistic, rushed and tacked on. It was an extremely fast transition from loner to the man in the epilogue (speaking in generalities so as to avoid spoilers).

I wanted to enjoy this book as much as Trust Me. In the end, the simplistic romance storyline only made the suspense that much more gritty because of the “sunshine and roses” versus “dark and dirty”. For the most part, I didn’t find the details all that squicky.

The suspense was definitely well done and, though I had my suspicions, she kept me guessing throughout the book. That was definitely a nice surprise.

Not my favorite of her writings. I’m hopeful Book 3 is much better.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:34:04 +0000

Romain’s name was the one thing that bothered me too. I rated this more a B/B- for me but the name Romain just bugged me throughout the story.

By: Alice

Alice — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:12:46 +0000

When I read the name, I thought of salads too. :) And got a little hungry.
Do I need to read the first book to get into the series?
Thanks for the review. ^_^ It does give me some nice warnings.
I’m always hesitant to pick up books where extreme violence has occurred, especially in dealing with children. Especially to color a character’s background. Personal issue is all.