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Summary: Great read
Review: If you are looking for "classic Patterson" this isn't it but it is one of the best books I have read in months (maybe years).
Warning:::::it is very hard to put down!
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Summary: A beach read
Review: This ain't Shakespeare, folks. This is what you want if you are sitting poolside in Rancho Mirage in the middle of the summer and just want to take your mind off the heat. No heavy meaning here, just simple good guy vs. bad guy stuff. Easy, fast and (dare I say it?) fun. The tone is just a little on the wise-guy side...just enough to let you know this is, as Graham Greene called some of his books, an "entertainment." Reviewers compare it to Grisham...I found it a lot more like recent Robert B. Parker.
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Summary: You'll love the surprise ending!
Review: I love mysteries and surprise endings. This book will give you both. Great for summer reading! Another great summer read is In-Law Drama.
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Summary: James Patterson's best yet!
Review: As all of James Patterson's books, I could not put it down. It was excellent. I believe it is his best one yet. I ran the gamit of emotions all through the book. I can't wait to share the book and will be anxiously waiting for the next one. Meanwhile, I will definitely catch up on the few I haven't read and continue to cook dinner with James Patterson in one hand and a spacula in the other.
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Summary: Another Hit for Patterson
Review: This story is just another wonderful work from a brilliant mind. I really enjoyed how once again he gets you to feel for his charters with emotion or hatered. Any book that makes you feel anything is a sure win for me. He really makes you feel for the young lawyer in this story. I think some of his supporting charters could be a little stronger like his love interest. Just when you think you get to know them he cuts away from thier story. This is a very good, fast read and you can see why James Patterson is on the Bestseller list book after book.
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Summary: How dare they
Review: The book was trite, superficial and a truly hard to believe story. Characters were totally unbelievable. The worst book I have read in a long time!
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Summary: Pretty bad
Review: James Patterson's books started out with bang and have slowly ended up totally flat. Bad - waste of time.
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Summary: Hated that it had to end
Review: James Patterson did it again. The Beach House had me at the edge of my seat wanting more. I was so sad when I had finished the book I wanted more. I only wish he could write faster and get new novels out quicker. I can hardly wait for the next one.
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Summary: Could have been better....
Review: James Patterson has churned out another thriller, this time with a co-author. To me, the co-author neither adds or detracts from the story. I couldn't tell either way where this De Jonge guy contributed. Patterson has such a great reputation that from previous quality work that it is hard to judge the Beach House alone on its merits.Barry and Campion Neubarger are mega rich snobs who live on the Hamptons and are used to getting their way. When Peter Mullen is killed at their house at a party, Jack Mullen tries to get to the bottom of the death, which is first ruled a suicide. The story is predictible in that the Neubaurs use their money and power to intimadate witnesses and buy justice. The story is a fast read and entertaining and the plot is somewhat predictable. I greeted each new plot twist with a "that makes sense" acceptance. Even the "stunning" trial at the end is rather lame. The characters seem to be cardboard cutouts with Patterson throwing in details (like Pauline's tattoo of the Chrysler building on her arm) to add a personal touch. Maybe I'm wrong, but Patterson wasted a good opportunity that could have added a lot to the plot and characters of the story. At the beginning, Jack is dating Neubauer's daughter Dana. Patterson has Jack, who is the narrator, in glowing terms and you really feel that Jack and Dana have something and their relationship could possibly last. Then when Jack's brother is found dead, Dana is their to console Jack a few times then basically she just disappears. Dana appears a few more times and Patterson hits that Dana was being forced to leave Jack because of her father, but Patterson never explores this possibility. Patterson also hints at Dana being abused and being part of the problems that killed Peter. But again he never finishes these thoughts. I don't know if it was missed because of the 2 authors or what, but as with most of Patterson's recent novels, he goes easy on the details. Beach House would have been better if Dana and Jack had stayed together while at the same time Jack tried to prove Dana's family was involved with Peter's death. This would have added depth to Jack. Instead we are left with the rich versus poor conflict to hang our hat on. All the above details about Dana are not spoilers because Patterson drops Dana early in the book as a character after making the reader care about her early on. I hoped she would be mentioned again and her role clarified but it never was. So, Beach House is a good book that could have been better. It seems like that's the case with most of Patterson's efforts lately.
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Summary: Boring
Review: This book was very boring and slow moving.
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