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Summary: Shocked, bothered by ending
Review: I guess I echo the sentiments of many of the other reviewers. I have become well acquainted with Alex Cross through many readings of Patterson's books, and the ending of Roses are Red, for two reasons, shocked and disappointed. But I cannot help but wonder what direction his next Cross novel will take because of the enormity of the ending. It throws everything out of whack. I am curious to see how the next book in the Alex Cross series fares. I loved the book, until about the fifth to last page.
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Summary: Love James Patterson
Review: Are you kidding me only 3 stars I think this book deserves about 10 stars. I love it I could not believe the ending I had to read it over again....there is nothing more to say except read it and you will not be able to put it down.
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Summary: Thought is was good, until the end
Review: Thought this was a suspenseful, very engaging book but was very disappointed and disturbed by the ending. Patterson could have resolved the ending with the same things left hanging without the last hook. I'm pretty sure a large amount of his readers will feel the same.
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Summary: A Taut, Riveting Experience
Review: Alex Cross is back and DC baddies beware. In this latest installment he is chasing after a demented bankrobber, who seems to have a hidden agenda. After the sub-par Pop Goes the Weasel and horrific Jack and Jill, Patterson and the good doctor needed a hit and they came through. You'll be riveted until the final, shocking twist, which promises to turn this series on it's head
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Summary: What Happened?!
Review: I am an avid James Patterson fan. I was totally shocked and disappointed at the way this book ended. It was as though James Patterson just got tired of writing the story and just quit and let it be published. It reminded me of reading Gone with the Wind and wondering just why I bothered reading just a dynamic book with a stupid ending. I trully hope that this isn't a turn for the worse in his writing style.
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Summary: Cheated
Review: Alex Cross was as great as ever in this latest book, with all he had to endure with Christine and Janine. But when I finished it, it felt very anti-climatic. The end was a surprise but it felt like it was put in there just to have a surprise ending and to make sure you buy the next Alex Cross book. The book was just too short and the main story not meaty enough. Not as fab as his previous.
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Summary: Pretty Good but not the Best
Review: Overall the book was a good book. It had signature action and deduction that i have been accustomed to as a James Patterson fan, however, the book wasn't as fast paced as i am accustomed to, also i found the ending abrupt and was left a little confused. It needed a little more explantion.
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Summary: NEVER DISAPPOINTED
Review: I admit, when I read the other reviews on this latest installment of Alex Cross mysteries I was hesitant about picking up the book. I am so glad I kept an open mind. Once I picked it up I was engrossed until the very end.Personally I enjoyed taking Alex into a new and exciting relationship and was extremely saddened when things didn't work the way I wanted them to. I think we, the reader get to know a different dimension of Alex in this novel and that some of the "tough guy" exterior gets removed during the storyline. I did not know "who dun it" until I got to the very end of the book - that doesn't happen very often; especially with an author that I read frequently. This impressed me. It also left me waiting anxiously for the next in the series. If you have been a follower in the past, don't let the review scare you off - this is a great book and definitely worth reading and passing along to a friend
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Summary: They don't come much worse than this.
Review: This must be the worst thriller I've ever read. If you've read an Alex Cross novel before, you have a damn good chance of working out who the mastermind is, no matter how implausible it may be. This is at least the 3rd Patterson book with the same sort of 'shock' revelation of the bad guy. I resent paying full price for a book when at least 1/4 of the pages are blank due to the number of short chapters - 125!!! It will take a hell of a recommendation for me to go near a James Patterson book again after reading this...
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Summary: What Happened?
Review: I usually enjoy Patterson's novels, but like so many other reviewers, I was left baffled by this one. To me, it seemed as if he had no idea how to end the storyline and just picked the least likely person to be the 'villian.' I was literally trying to figure out if my book was missing a chapter or two or a dozen. Also, shouldn't he come up with a new twist by now? Why any of this is a shock to Alex Cross is beyond me, since everything that happens in this novel has happened to him in the previous novels. In some ways I hope he writes a new Alex Cross novel that explains the mess he made out of this one, but I won't be buying it in hardcover, that's for sure.
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