Comments on: Pandora’s Box: About That Night

By: nigger

nigger — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:50:13 +0000

I think some of this content may have been taken from a feed, it’s scattered across the web and various peoples websites, unless you’re the first maker?. Thanks

By: amers

amers — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:03:49 +0000

I gave it a 3 out of 5 on Amazon. She’s still on my auto-buy list, though. I’m hoping that the next book really shines and lives up to all the potential she’s shown to date.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:42:22 +0000

maggie b.: The book does address that. It was a sort of initiation thing the officers were doing to see what she was made of so they deliberately didn’t tell her The test was to see if she would squeal like a girl and say “No Way!: or do what needed to be done and go down the steps. She goes down and earns their respect.

I remember that - but I thought that the initiation was going down the stairs, not that she was going to a crack house. Maggie, I could be wrong, but I thought that she planned to visit the site after court - they just didn't tell her it was in the ground. Since I never visited a crack house I can't be sure - but I thought I read that the cooking smells permeate the whole house - and typically you have to gut it so I just thought if she knew she was going (if I am right about that) then why wasn't she prepared with other clothes. Not a big deal but it brought me out of the story. . as did the fact of oh, look a woman goes down 25 foot stairs - woohoo - she superwoman now. It is like saying most women doing her job wouldn't do it and the men don't expect a woman to do something a man would. That attitude bothered me.

By: Lina

Lina — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:21:31 +0000

ALLL is my all time favorite JJ book but ATN was a close second. I also added Kyle to my fiction crush list. One thing that stands out for me in ATN is that while there is plenty of humor, the emotional growth and connection between the 2 main characters progresses beautifully towards the second half of the book. My only small complaint is that the ending seemed to rushed. I felt the book needed another 20 pages. Of course, I happily would have read another 300 pages of Kyle, Rylann, Jordan, Nick, Cameron, etc. Please write faster JJ! B+/A- read.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:46:35 +0000

I enjoyed the book. I thought it was an inventive and humorous storyline with terrific characterizations. Julie James also does a very good job with portraying legal work in an honorable light. The profession is usually portrayed as one without ethics, but her characters always seek justice. I especially like the secondary characters in JJ’s books. The h/h always have strong friendships based on loyalty and humor.

By: bungluna

bungluna — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:43:09 +0000

Count me on the disappointed side. The set-up of the missed date was handled very well, but in also makes them a story of what-might-have-been, not love rediscovered, imo. They don’t have enough of a history to just assume that they’ll reconnect and presto, fall into a meaningful relationship. For me, there was a lot of sex and banter, but not enough of a real meaningful emotional connection to assure me that they’ll make it. They are poised to maybe make it. I don’t know how else to explain it, but I just didn’t buy their HEA.

By: Tee

Tee — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:07:35 +0000

Leigh: Overall, I was disappointed.

I was, too. Banter was good; story was not. Characters were okay, but nothing special with either of them. The first night she met him was in a bar nine years ago and she never saw him after that, but still had his sweatshirt or sweater or something that she saved. I found that a bit unbelievable, not that it couldn't happen. Overall, just not as interesting and humorous a story when comparing to her previous books.

By: maggie b.

maggie b. — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Leigh: .All I could think about was wait –didn’t she know she was going to do this after court and don’t places like this have an odor that permeates your clothes?So why wasn’t she prepared?

The book does address that. It was a sort of initiation thing the officers were doing to see what she was made of so they deliberately didn't tell her The test was to see if she would squeal like a girl and say "No Way!: or do what needed to be done and go down the steps. She goes down and earns their respect. I get not feeling the love. I just finished a Kristan Higgins "Until There Was You" and while I normally like her and I think she is very talented, it just didn't work for me. The only real positive was that she didn't use crotch in place of a swear world. Bieber was less distracting than crotch but honestly, didn't like the heroine, all that much and just couldn't get into the story. So I can relate to you not feeling this one. Sometimes that connection just isn't there.

By: Jane AAR

Jane AAR — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:03:11 +0000

I loved About That Night. One of my favorite scenes was when he lectured Rylann about her email password… oh, how many times my computer-expert friends have told me that. It was one of those scenes that is minor, but says so much about a character.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:56:19 +0000

It was a C+ for me. No question that Julie James is a talented author but I couldn’t get over that a 32 year old man in a drunken moment thought taking down a web page was good sense. Maybe if it was written more humorously I could have accepted it – because I do suspend belief with humor. But in a nutshell, he was drunk- he took down twitter and now he is moving on with his life and trying to be known for something other than the twitter terrorist.

The romance was so so for me too. More sex scenes – which should make many people happy but I just didn’t buy into the emotional connection. And the problem or conflict is not really elaborated upon – it sort of fades away.

I also was distracted by the constant reference to how rich Kyle and his family are. Romance seems to be equated to how much Kyle spends – like a private dining room, his car.

Rylann – well honestly I didn’t feel the specialness. She supposedly made a name for herself by walking down into a drugged out crack facility 25 feet below ground in her designer clothes. All I could think about was wait – didn’t she know she was going to do this after court and don’t places like this have an odor that permeates your clothes? So why wasn’t she prepared?

Overall, I was disappointed.