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Summary: Unbelievable. Literally.
Review: Mr. Patterson, what happened??? James Patterson is one of my favorite writers but this doesn't even seem to be HIS work. Who is the co-author DeJonge? Wife? Child? It's as if someone else wrote the book but James Patterson put his name (and image) on it to get it to sell. Or, more likely, James Patterson wrote the first half of the book and let someone else write the second half. The writing is that ... disjointed. The Beach House starts with interesting characters and (I'm assuming) the intention of weaving them into an interesting plot. However, midpoint, the book's writing slowly coasts into implausible events led by one-dimensional characters and concludes with an even more implausible ending. Yes it was short, easy read but I was left staring at the last page, thinking, "What in the world was THAT?" James Patterson, stick to writing solo. For your fans. PLEASE!
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Summary: Book Review
Review: The Beach House
By James Patterson This book was about a man named Jack Mullen, a law student, who is trying to find out how and why his brother was killed. His brother, Peter Mullen, a High School drop out who parks cars for wealthy residents of the Hamptons, was found washed up ashore after a Memorial Day Weekend party he vale-parked for. The police and the residents insisted that he drowned, and left the case as a homicide. But when Jack goes to see his brother's corpse, he knows that there is more to the story when he sees bruises and other signs of beatings on him. Plus, Peter knew how to swim. The Mullen's had grown up on the beaches of the Hamptons, and Jack knew just as well as his grandfather Mack, that Peter could swim through any weather. Mullen is determined to find out what really happened to his brother and why the case was closed so soon. Jack uncovers startling evidence on the case, with the help of his new friend and his grandfather Mack, and discovers shocking details about his brother's secret life. Evidence leads Jack right to where this murder took place, and shows him how differently the wealthy live. Now Jack is more determined then ever to seek revenge for his brother's murder. I believe that this book would be good for someone who enjoys mysteries and the law, because this book is full of debating, researching, and identifying clues. This book will leave you unable to put it down. Patterson describes the scenes and the tones so precise and so beautifully, your own heart starts to race. I think this book was an excellent book. I am usually not a reader who would sit down and read a mystery, but Patterson left me in such shock and suspense that I didn't want to put the book down. This is one of my favorite books. I love the way Patterson described the tone of a scene so precisely and so perfectly that I actually felt the suspense and immense intensity of the passage urging me to turn the page. I would definitely recommend this book to readers who enjoy mysteries and the law, because this book involves both very greatly. This book will leave you in utmost suspense until the very end- and will leave you with a shocking chill that will make you want to read it over and over again.
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Summary: needed a shower after reading it
Review: there's bad trash and good trash. this book is refuse. do your brain a favor and read the phone book instead.
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Summary: better safe than sorry
Review: This is my second novel by James Patterson. The Beach House was a enjoyable book. A very quick read but enjoyable none the less. The only thing I found strange in this book was the fact that Jack never express a concern that he maybe HIV positive. I dont want to go into it because other people may not have read the book, but i thought it was strange that after Dr. Davis told him about Peter being positive and knowing they had been with the same partner he would be more concern. Other than that i thought the book ended pretty good.
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Summary: Ok, but the end is kind of unbelievable
Review: Now don't get me wrong, this is a page turner, and twists and turns come, but the end is kind of unbelievable.... A good read if you are going on a long airplane trip, and just a good rent from the library. Not really worth buying.
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Summary: Good airplane book
Review: I just read this book on an overseas flight from Germany and it was a perfect read for my trip. Rather mindless, but it kept me from boredom while buckled in my seat.
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Summary: Not even a howler.
Review: I waited to read this book after seeing it on the best seller lists, and expected a pretty good story. Wrong. It is dull and plodding and has little suspense. I also don't understand how James Patterson could put his name on this unless he was in debt to loansharks. It is as if someone else wrote it, someone with no experience. This is a real stinker.
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Summary: A Great Book!
Review: I have just started to read the James Patterson books. I liked "1st to Die" and "2nd Chance" alot. I thought "The Jester" was really good as well. I thought "Cradle and All" was alright. But this book is by far my favorite one in his set of books. After writing over twenty books this book is great and engrossing. I finshed the last two hundred pages in one day. Mabye even more, I couldn't count. It wasn't a mystery with a dectective looking for a killer, or a serial killer. Only one murder and the family of the dead person, who are all regular people, go off to avenge his death. With Patterson's trademark two through five page chapters, this book is a swift read at 356 pages. I waited over a year to wait for this to come to paperback and in the end it was worth the wait. The murder is towards Peter Mullen also known as "Peter Rabbit." He works at the Neubauer family's beach house in the Hamptons. He works there as a valet. When his brother Jack comes home from work over the weekend he finds his father, grandfather, and girlfriend waiting for him at the station. He then learns that his brother was dead. The cops say it was sucicide but Jack knows that he couldn't have killed himself. He was leading a happy life and he wouldn't have gone out for a swim and drowned. It was the end of May and it was too cold that night to swim. Jack tries to deal with the death of his brother, untill he comes home to find his father dead. All that is left is him and his grandfather Macklyn. They decide to avenge Peter's death, because they both know that he was murdered. But with everybody claiming that Peter killed himself, it turns out that whoever killed Peter bought the cops and the judges and whoever can open a case to Peter's murder. Also with all the trouble between Peter's family and Detective Frank Volpi, it's going to be a very hard quest. "The Beach House" was a great book because it kept you engrossed enough to keep reading on. I find it hard to find books like that because in most books there is always a section where it's a little boring or uninteresting. In this book that only happened in the beginning where you are still trying to get into it. But you get into it very quickly, and when you do, you'll be very glad that you didn't give up on it. The wording in this book is so simple. It's not hard to understand at all and it pretty much classifed as a page turner. The book does not include a high action packed scene at the end, but an ending where you'll be amazed at when they do indeed find out the killer of Peter Rabbit. The plan to unmask the killer is also unexpected and the scenes leading up to that are so entertaining where you need to keep reading to see what they are going to do. Pick up your paperback copy of "The Beach House" today. ENJOY!
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Summary: The book isn't ALWAYS better than the movie...
Review: Hopefully, the old maxim that the book is always better than the movie will NOT hold true in this case. I picked it up from my wife (my reading is usually a bit more refined). What a mish-mash of weak plots, cardboard characters and daunting implausibilities! But he lost me when he quoted one character as singing an Allman Brothers song, when in fact it was Canned Heat. Do they not have editors any more? I'm sure it will be a movie. Here's my cry: GET ME REWRITE!!
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Summary: Kept Me On The Edge Of My Beach Chair
Review: This was my first James Patterson novel. I thought it was really great. The story moves relatively quickly and kept me interested. Already passed my copy to two friends. One loved it, the other is still reading.
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