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Summary: Very good but not the best
Review: I am an advid reader of Patterson's Alex Cross series and have read "1st to Die" and was excited to read this second in the women murder club. It kept my intrest with the twists and turns, but Patterson needs to get some of his facts straight(ie a Glock handgun doesn't have a safety on the side but on the trigger). A litte more research and I think Patterson would have his readers critizing him for misinformation. However I still love to read his work, and wil continue to read his work.
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Summary: Reheated leftovers... And who said that?
Review: While reading 2ND CHANCE, one could get the feeling, "I've read this before." Its title seems oddly appropriate, as if James Patterson was hoping to rework a few of his tales with old literary tools. 2ND CHANCE reads like reheated leftovers - and not the kind that get better the 2nd time around.The pattern of plot and character development is very akin to his tried and true formula (and nearly identical to FOUR BLIND MICE), which left this reader wishing Patterson had shuffled his plot deck at least a little. The story itself is mildly interesting, but there's nothing here you haven't read before, or seen in any run of the mill renegade-killer-suspense movie. This could have been salvaged if there had been interesting prose, location descriptions, or dialogue, but that too, is sorely lacking. The martini-clatch of crime solving heroines hold immense, but sadly untapped potential. They could all be largely interchangeable, as if there were four highly successful female clones having a conversation at a bar with the same voice. There are times when all four ladies are present in a scene, and if Patterson doesn't say "so-and-so said", you wouldn't have the foggiest idea who was talking. Patterson's character development comes more in the form of what's happening to the characters (ie: getting pregnant), rather than what drives the characters to do what they do. I did not feel endeared to any of the heorines, therefore I found it very difficult to care much about them. (I really didn't like that even though one of the group is pregnant, they still insist on meeting regularly in some bar. Weak attempt at a near-beer scene aside, either Patterson doesn't understand women, or he's deliberately making them look insanely irresponsible. Either way, it didn't work for me.) Similarly, the villian is somewhat interesting, but like the rest of this book, is far from compelling or gripping. I would not recommend 2ND CHANCE as your introduction to the work of James Patterson.
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Summary: Disappointed work
Review: This book is disappointing at all. I have read several books from JP and enjoyed some, or many, of them. This one is too slow-paced and with no surprise at all. Alex Cross series is much more interesting. Don't try this one if JP is new to you. Or, borrow it from library like me. Invest your money on other books from JP.
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Summary: Too Easy to Figure Out
Review: This book was no surprise as far as thrillers are concerned. Once her dad popped up on the scene it was clear as day why he was there without any lengthy explanation. I hope he gives up writing from a woman's point of view. Not even close. Jill announces she's going to have a baby while drinking with the girls in a bar? And later, intelligent Jill, pregnant, takes a fake beer to drink? Does not happen (water is choice here). Phone battery dead, no backup, no telling anyone? Lieutenant? Way too sloppy for me.
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Summary: As Good As 1st to Die! Very Engrossing!
Review: The sensational killings that have rocked San Francisco appear to be unrelated except in their brutality. Detective Lindsay Boxer senses that there's some thread connecting them all. She calls her friends in the Women's Murder Club together to see if they can discover what it is. But doing so, involves a lot of risks. Working with Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn,
Lindsay discovers that there is a link. The victims were all of different ages, lived in different locations, and were killed with different weapons. Each seemed to have a close relative in a particular profession, and profession that sends a chill through Lindsay's heart. The partners in the Women's Murder Clun realize that the killer is after something unspeakable, something different than revenge, and that if their not careful, the next target will be one of them for sure. Fast paced and exciting, you wonder what will happen next.
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Summary: Second Chance is definately not second best!
Review: James Patterson recent book 2nd Chance surpasses the first. Even thought this book lacks the love story of the first it still manages to keep the reader on the edge of their seat throughout the entire novel. I enjoyed the suspense and excitement of the novel and I real felt like I connected with the characters, especially Aaron and CIndy.
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Summary: The Ladies hit the Bullseye again!
Review: The Idea of a ladies crime club isn't new but it has been improved on and I can't wait to read more and more.
I thought the Alex Cross books were great this seems to me could be just as good. Thank you for wonderful hours of sleepless nights.
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Summary: Waste of time and money
Review: I'm not a lover of romantic women's fiction and Mr. Patterson seems to have watered down his style to a degree that it has more in common with Mills & Boone than the hard boiled police fiction that I enjoy. Either he isn't acquainted with any successful professional women or he's been reading too much Jilly Cooper. The heroine of the story, asked by her boss to keep a matter confidential, promptly calls up her friends (who include a newspaper reporter), for a kaffee klatch at which she reveals all. This is not the sort of behaviour that I regard as normal among women in responsible positions - nor do they go in for "giddy hugs". Write about men, Mr. Patterson, you know beans about women holding down significant jobs. This book is just plain silly.
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Summary: U will get a 2nd chance to buy it but u should do so now
Review: You should read 1st to die first to get acquainted with Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club before starting on this one. In this book the killer is murdering victims who are extremely close to police officers. Lindsay also has to struggle with issues with her father in this one. Maybe he's the killer? This isn't as good as 1st Chance but still is a good read.
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Summary: excellent, love the girly club
Review: this book made me hope that mr. patterson continues to write about the women's club. the comraderie, all aspects of the crime (perspective: law, police, media) oh, i just love it. a must read.
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