| Title | : | Vendetta (Sisterhood, #3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0821778773 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780821778777 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2005 |
Vendetta (Sisterhood, #3) Reviews
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The girls are off on another caper that this time takes some of them out of the country. Myra takes off on a crazy trucking expedition, that is so out of her realm that it becomes quite funny and unexpected. The ole gal proves to her pomp and circumstance self that she still has it. As I have said before, these books would be cozy's if not for some brutality that is needed to keep the series true to itself as a revenge story. I will definitely be revisiting this series and wonderful characters soon. Again, Laural Merlington's excellent voice brings the adventure and all of these eclectic characters to life.
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After Myra Rutledge's daughter is killed in a hit and run, she assembles a team of women who aim to get revenge outside the law against those who have wronged them. In this book, it is Myra'a turn to exact retribution on the driver who killed Barbara.
This book was again a fast read, though it lacked the shock factor of the first two books. For that, I didn't like it quite as much. I did think the writing was somewhat better this time, though, and I enjoyed the juxtaposition between holiday cozyness and the horror of the revenge. -
Third in the Sisterhood suspense series which is focused on righting the wrongs done each of the seven women.
The Story
It's Myra's turn for justice and Charles and the Sisterhood plot to kidnap John Chai, the diplomat's playboy son who ran Barbara down, from Hong Kong. The ladies aren't into killing anyone and, I must say, they do find a particularly nasty way of punishing Mr. Chai that is very much in keeping with his vanity and his and his father's viewpoints.
The Characters
I like the ladies for the most part. Charles is amazing…I want him cooking in my kitchen! But Michaels keeps slipping shoddy writing in that makes them too stupid for words. There are times I just want to smack Myra for being such a doddering old woman! The worst of it is that Michaels could write them so much better instead of slacking through their actions/speech.
Julia Webster is doing much better on her experimental HIV treatment in Switzerland.
Jack Emery has quit his district attorney job and Mark Lane has quit his FBI job and together they've opened up their own business, the Justice Agency. Jack is intent on proving that Nikki and her friends are up to no good and has posted spies up in the trees at Myra's farmhouse.
My Take
I love the concept of Michaels' story and that justice can be possible. I don't love Michaels' writing. Her treatment of her characters' actions and reactions is so juvenile—I have to wonder what her editor is thinking! Sometimes the ladies come across as a troupe of children. Sometimes I wonder where their wits have gone wandering. And other times, they actually come across as adults. At all times, I never doubt how much they care about each other. I suspect it's this friendship and the homey settings that Michaels crafts that are part of what pulls me in—besides the satisfaction I get from their brand of justice!
One of Myra's temper tantrums:"…to think I would be content to sit here on…on…my ass while you all do my dirty work is unthinkable. Do not make me angry, Charles. I'm not a nice person when I'm angry. Did you hear me? I'm going and that's final. Girls, tell him I'm going!"
Charles' response is to remind her that she must stay at the farm to keep Jack Emery off-balance. So, naturally, Myra takes off for almost a week to help Kathryn deliver Christmas trees. Leaving the farm wide open to all sorts of mischief on Jack's part. Nor has she considered that no one will be able to contact her while she's on the road. Stupid. Selfish. And childish.
When they're about to arrive at Mr. Li's home outside Hong Kong, Nikki is wondering if she'll only be able to get tea after their flight. What? She grew up in Washington D.C. virtually as a daughter to Myra who has friends in very high places and has never absorbed anything about the world??? Just how insular is Nikki?
Then there's the scene where they encounter Chai and their disgustingly immature and obnoxious behavior. Sure, I realize the idea is to piss off or intrigue Chai into making himself vulnerable for the kidnapping, but, c'mon… I was embarrassed just reading it. Nikki, Alexis, and Yoko acted more like drunken, stuck-up, snotty, stupid college girls with a huge sense of entitlement.
I realize that exaggeration tends to make for more interesting reading, but, there is a line. One scene in particular was when the three girls come bouncing and somersaulting into the room in their slut clothes…yes, I'm serious, somersaulting like the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders…to finish setting the scene for Chai's incapacitation.
The entire scene where the girls confront Chai is so lame. You'd think that Myra/Michaels would have come up with something better than unprepared children with schoolyard taunts. Exaggerations on the most juvenile levels…jeezus… As for Chai's punishment. Yeah, I think it was very appropriate but still. It was so brutal that I cannot imagine that the ladies could get past it so easily. Just not believable.
OK, then there's the break-out scene…here's Charles, the supposedly super spy who lets the bad guy get the drop on him??? In this situation? Give me a break...
The Cover
The cover continues the theme of the previous covers in this series with its peacefulness. This one a gorgeous maple blazing in its orange glory behind a white picket fence. I haven't a clue how the title, Vendetta, fits this story. "Vengeance" would have been so much more appropriate. -
The ladies strike again. This vengeance wasn't as I expected. It's still a good read that displays the prowess of this group of women. They're a unit of seven women that functions as one and can scheme with the best of them. How far they're willing to go to extract retribution. It's funny in some scenarios, thrilling in others and downright sad in others.
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These books are stupid. I have no idea how Fern Michaels got so popular.
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Sometime I wonder why I am reading this series. I thought it went a bit to far with the caning. I understand wanting revenge but think there could be a better way to do it. I did like what happened at the end with the mirror. Still I want to read the rest of these books.
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These Sisterhood books are easy, quick reads. My stomach still turns at the gruesome vengeance tactics used by the "sisters" but somehow I keep on turning the pages!
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Myra Rutledge, founder of the Sisterhood, finally has her chance to get revenge against the young man who hit and killed her pregnant daughter. The gentleman had diplomatic immunity and was taken back to China. The sisterhood takes some pretty risky steps to get Myra’s revenge.
This mission sure was a tough one. The girls had to go to China and get this horrible man back to the USA. It was a fun ride, though. This group of women keep me laughing and in awe by their skills throughout the book. Martin has some fantastic abilities and connections. The things he is able to do to help the mission are unbelievable. It makes me wonder if people in rea life have the same connections once they leave MI6. Book 4 in the series is on my list for next month and I can’t wait. -
Okay, so I've read the first two in the series pretty quickly but have to admit this book was a little harder to stomach. The women don't really have much depth to them and to see them deal the physical punishment in this one I lost a little bit more respect and interest in them. I might take a break from this series for a bit, but will still return.
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Revisting the Sisterhood always makes my day!
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A quick read with a little bit of espionage and a lot of revenge.
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The ladies almost got caught.
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Fern Michael's just keeps getting better and better. I want to say this was my Sisterhood book but there are more to come and I think I will say that a lot.
This one really added to my loathe for Jack. But in the end you can't help but feel for Nikki. Another must read. Definitely recommend. -
It isn't easy to root for the vindictive women in Michaels's Revenge of the Sisterhood series. Sure, they're loyal and fearless, and they look good in eveningwear ("We're stunning," lawyer Nikki says. "We sizzle and we look sensual"). But in this third installment of the payback saga, the six women commit a morally repugnant act likely to leave readers cold. Myra and her longtime lover, retired MI6 agent Charles, finally discover the whereabouts of John Chai, the man who killed their daughter in a hit-and-run accident five years earlier and fled to China. So Charles and three of the "girls" fly Myra's Gulfstream to Hong Kong, where they drug "greasy, oily, unctuous" Chai, disguise him as a sick old man and sneak him back to Myra's Virginia estate. Back home, Charles makes the women banana-and-macadamia-nut pancakes, and they frolic outdoors with their new snowmobiles. Then they retire to rat-infested underground tunnels where they don hooded robes and proceed to torture Chai in "a ceremony of sorts." Other than this wildly improbable scenario, there's not a lot going on. Michaels nips the subplots before they have a chance to create any tension, and her indistinguishable characters, unfazed by their sadistic conduct, have little to do besides eat well and cheer each other on.
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This will be my last in the Sisterhood series for a while. While I totally understand the need for revenge, the graphic quality of what the group does to the man that killed Myra's daughter just turned my stomach and made me sick.
In addition, after the things they have put Jack and his friend through, I find it beyond belief that he would even consider not continuing to try and find a way to stop them. If the books were less graphic, or more about the women finding ways to prove people's guilt, or trap them into confessing, I think this would be a far better series.
I will continue to read Fern Michaels' Christmas and holiday books. They are so much different than this series. Perhaps I will come back some day and see if the Sisterhood takes a new direction. -
The third in this series, and they continue to get away with their vigilante justice. This one was a little more far fetched as they travel across countries to capture the man that ruined Myra's life. They do find fitting justice for him, but not really convinced it would have all worked out so good.
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I felt this book was a bit violent for my taste, but given the story line, the revenge provided seemed appropriate. These are really light reading, but provide a break from all the issues of the day, COVID, economy, political situation, racism, hurricanes. I even have my husband reading them and we laugh about the escapades. We all need a break now and then.
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The saga of the sisterhood feces on. Can't wait to start #4 The Jury. Happy reading to me!!
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**This review is for the audiobook on Audible.**
Vendetta: Revenge of the Sisterhood #3 by Fern Michaels, narrated by Laural Merlington is another winner in this highly rated series! I am 100% hooked, engaged, and completely into the planning, process, and outcome of each woman's story. The series follows a group of women who have gone from mostly strangers to a close-knit, loving, and caring family. How? By working toward a common goal...seeking revenge on those who have taken away the happy lives they once led. Complete with unlimited funding, high-level resources, world travel, and plans to out-smart the cops, each book focuses on a different character's story from start to finish. As the group of women work together to ensure a successful follow-through of each case, I cannot help but root them on! Because the personality, background, motive, and personal story of each woman is unique to the others, all readers will find this series appealing. I feel like I know the characters on a personal level, and I even feel like I am part of their team! Not only have I developed an understanding for why these women want revenge, but I can also see why it is absolutely necessary for them to make peace with each situation before moving on with the rest of their lives. The bond they have developed is one that will last a lifetime, one that only the truest of sisters understand. :-)
Laural Merlington is the narrator of the Revenge of the Sisterhood series. Although I felt she did an awesome job in books 1 & 2, and I gave her a very deserving 5-stars, it didn't fully click in my mind until book 3 that this is really only one single person I'm hearing! I am amazed at her flawless ability to play SO MANY different characters, complete with their own voice, tone, accent...males and females...all within the same scene! I'm sure this book is good to read, but Laural Merlington's performance turns this entire series into a must-listen! I cannot find even one thing to criticize. She is award-winning amazing, and definitely one of the best narrators I've ever listened to!
Vendetta: Revenge of the Sisterhood #3 by Fern Michaels, narrated by Laural Merlington deserves 5 out of 5 stars across the board. There is no doubt in my mind that you will enjoy this series!! I recommend you start at the beginning with book 1, so you can see how and why the group formed orignally. You will also be introduced to the characters and everyone that is involved in the planning and execution of each woman's revenge, along with the decision process of how the group chooses whose revenge is up next! You will adore these women and be inspired by what they each bring to the table. You will laugh with them, feel their pain, and rejoice in their success. You will see a bit of yourself in each of them and use their strength and individual talents to help you see and find your own. Most rewarding, though, will be the feeling you have as you become part of one another's lives, sharing in the wonderful, unbreakable sisterhood bond you have all formed together! Enjoy!
Thank you for reading my review. I hope it was helpful. :-) -
I have been really enjoying this series. And this book was, "Brilliant and at some times squirm worthy." The squirmy part of the feelings came in when I read what the women did as his punishment. Ouch, painful. Cunning, well planned but brutal and life-long in its effects. The details could have been worse, I guess and I'm just glad that they weren't more detailed. The rest of the story, critical planning of the mission, the relationships were close and very well written. It was good to see the "ladies" of the sisterhood back together, both personally and as a team. Even Jack, the ex-fiancee of Nikki's was a good part of the story. He was relentless and very tunnel visioned when it came to trying to catch the sisterhood. He was diving others around him crazy with his bull dog tenacity. He had theories, which while they sounded wild to others, they were often so CLOSE to the truth it was almost scary. He had gut feelings about these things and he was pretty good at connecting the dots. He just couldn't seem to get his hands on any real proof. His partner in their new detective business tries to talk him into being reasonable but most of the time can't slow him down. So of course Mark gets drawn into the craziness too. I think Jack did have it pegged as the group being Vigilantes. Although they do try to make sure no one dies, they do mete out justice. Rough justice.
In this story, it was said that this was their most dangerous, intricate mission because part of it involved going into another country, China.
The only thing that I wasn't as keen on was the ghost(?) of Myra's daughter Barbara "talking" with Myra and sometimes Nikki. -
Oh sweet heaven, it is Myra's turn! She wants the guy who killed her daughter and unborn child to suffer. He had diplomatic immunity. So that is hard in the US to get any kind of closure.
As the sisterhood decides on what the mission will be and who does what. They still need to worry about Jack. Yeah still not liking him. I'd like to toss him a river somewhere.
As the sisters and Charles go about the first step of Myra's revenge. The house is left with no one there. Jack sees this as his chance to find evidence that the ladies are breaking the law. Like I said, I'd like to toss him in a river.
Myra she goes out with Kathryn on a run in her rig. Yeah Myra thought it would be fun. She had fun alright, and even helped Kathryn not loose money.
While they are doing that the other ladies are in China, trying to smuggle out the guy who was responsible for Barbara's death.
The punishment for this man was wow! Then everyone got a lick in, and most the time he is screaming "you can't do this to me" "do you know who I am". I really have privileged people who think they can get away with anything. The sisterhood sure did show him. Goes to show don't mess with woman and a mother who lost her child. -
The third book in the Sisterhood series. The Sisterhood being women of various ages and circumstances, each being wrongfully hurt or affected by life. They join together to plan revenge, or in some way right their wrongs.
Myra and her partner, Charles are the two who have brought this group together. Myra with her fortune underwriting all costs, and Charles, a retired MI6 operative, with his tech knowledge and immense experience planning the escapades.
This time, Myra lost her pregnant daughter to a hit n run driver with diplomatic immunity. His family sent him back to China to make any revenge near impossible. Will they have any luck getting him back to America? What can be done? Add in an ex-lover of one of the ladies trying to uncover their groups activities and everyone is watching them
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Books 1 and 2 were ok, just about, but this book pushes the boundaries of reality further than ever, and into the realms of the absurd. No matter how well connected someone is, no country is going to risk international relations just to facilitate revenge. The revenge when it came was too brutal and distasteful for me, and I was very disappointed that she was so graphic in her details. I can think of many other ways of getting back at the offender than they way they used, that would have been so much more gratifying. I will probably stop at three, having only read them because they came as a set, on my ereader, and I was on a plane for 8 hours with nothing else to do.
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Myra had been through a lot in the past 5 years, since the son of the Chinese Ambassador, who has Diplomatic Immunity, was involved in the 'hit & run' that killed her daughter and unborn grandchild. Getting revenge for this act was difficult, but it is now in the past. The Sisterhood has completed its "Vendetta" for Myra, but also had to deal with the ever curious Jack Emery and his FBI friend as they get closer to figuring out what the women are doing. Next up to see the Scales of Justice tilted her way is ... Nikki ... will she chose to seek revenge of some sort on Jack Emery?
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Just too violent and even gory...I'm also struggling with the stilted dialogue and the grammatical/editing errors (which come often in every book I have read so far)...and there is absolutely NOTHING to like about Jack Emery...if his character doesn't change soon, I'll be very disappointed (I already don't understand what Nikki sees in him...yuck!)...I really don't want to start a series and then give it up but I sure hope things get better in the next books...or I will not waste my time continuing with the Sisterhood
