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Summary: Exciting and very entertaining
Review: This was one of the best books that I have ever read. It was exciting throughout and very entertaining. I couldn't recommend it more. You will not be disappointed with this read.
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Summary: Great Book, Wonderful Plot, Fantastic Read
Review: I read the prequel, along came a spider in one sitting, awsome book! This book is not an expception. Great characther development!
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Summary: A Brutal Edge of Your Seat Thriller!
Review: But that's what we expect with James Patterson's thrillers. I listened to the condensed version and because it was condensed it made the story more action-packed than usual. The tension builds and builds until the final explosive scene. Patterson has a real knack for crafting really malicious villains, and this book is actually one up on that because there appears to be two such viscious killers out there - one in North Carolina and one in Las Angelas. Girls have been going missing for 13 years around North Carolina, and Patterson's anti-hero Alex Cross is brought into this because one of the missing girls is his beautiful and successful niece. There is a lot of graphic violence in this, but it is certainly an attention-grabber. Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth do a superb job of reading this thriller.
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Summary: Kiss this book good bye
Review: James Patterson's "Kiss the Girls" is the second in the Alex Cross series. In it Cross travels to Chapel Hill, NC to try to find his missing niece. While on the case, he discovers that it is actually only the latest in a series of kidnapings, rapes and murders both in North Carolina and in Los Angeles. It turns out that there are two killers (one called the Gentleman Caller, the other Cassanova) working together, or more accuratly they are competing. Finally there is a break in the case when one of Cassanova's victims escapes. There is the usual Patterson elements in this book; the chapters are super short (making a very fast read), the heros are too good to be true, the villians are so over the top it's hard to believe in them, and brutal graphic violence. But this one adds a new element; near snuff level sexual violence. Now I like disturbing violence, but the things these guys do with a huge black snake is pretty revolting. The killers taps into the darkest, most sexist attitudes of men, and it's most deep seeded fear of women. It was the battle of the sexes kicked up to sadistic levels. Another thing I have a problem with is that after awhile, all of Patterson's novels seem much the same. I would highly recomend that you wait a long time between readings of Alex Cross novels. I have to admit though that I really liked the idea of the two killers working together, that was fairly unique.
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Summary: His best- it will haunt you
Review: Kiss The Girls was my favorite James Patterson novel! I read this book a few years ago and still vividly remember the haunting story of a saddistic killer...This book got me hooked on Alex Cross, a detective I found very likable and whose life I became interested in. In this book his niece is one of the victims he's trying to save from an insane psychopath that is abducting girls. Alex is on a race against time to see if he can save her. For those who say that the characters in this book are not believable, I totally disagree. And as for the plot, I read approximately 100 books a year, and only remember the full plot of very few, and this is one of them- That tells me the story is memorable. It might not be deep-thinking, Pulitzer prize worthy, but most crime thrillers are not, that's not why people read them, they're for entertainment value. After reading this I picked up every Patterson book I could find...and I'm still a fan today- if that's not a recommendation for you, I don't know what is!
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