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Summary: What's happened to James Patterson?!
Review: Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Cradle and All, some of James Patterson's first books (or least the first ones I read) were all excellent! I was hooked! The character development and believability of his story lines kept me interested and on the edge of my seat. The last few novels, however, have become more and more mundane and lack imagination. The Beach House will be the last book I buy or read. The characters are boring and contrived as is the plot. Actually I find it downright silly! Why is James Patterson writing so poorly these days? What happened?
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Summary: What? Did I just waste three hours of my life reading that?
Review: I agree with the review about kicking the book around after I was finished. You never really care about even the main character, Jack; except for the fact that you felt sorry for him because his brother and subsequently another relative dies.
I am literally thinking of pulling out my hair because I "had" to read the book for a book club I belong to. ARGH!! I'm going to pummel the guy who had us read this junk. I agree, it is very adolescent, and I was rather nauseated when they put the romance in.
Someone earlier, mentioned that the events in this book could happen in real life. Very implausible. But I'm sure that the wealthy do buy their justice for their actions.
Please read something else. Not this book, and definitely, not for a book club.
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Summary: page turner
Review: The suspense builds up more and as you turn each page. You easily stay up all night to see what happens in the end.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: I'm a huge James Patterson fan and I have to say this book falls a bit short. The beginning was very good, but it tends to go downhill a bit afterwards. It's not horrible, but definitely not up to par with his other books. The ending is a bit far fetched. Maybe he wrote the beginning and his co-author wrote the end?
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Summary: What's happened to James Patterson?!
Review: Along Came a Spider, Kiss the Girls, Cradle and All, some of James Patterson's first books (or least the first ones I read) were all excellent! I was hooked! The character development and believability of his story lines kept me interested and on the edge of my seat. The last few novels, however, have become more and more mundane and lack imagination. The Beach House will be the last book I buy or read. The characters are boring and contrived as is the plot. Actually I find it downright silly! Why is James Patterson writing so poorly these days? What happened?
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Summary: VERY Disappointed
Review: I've really enjoyed James Patterson's other books, esp. the Alex Cross series, so I was looking forward to cracking this one open. I am so disappointed. I made myself finish the book, even though I really didn't care what happened to the characters. The book is VERY choppy, the plot is a bit ridiculous, and the ending is... well, I expected better of Mr. Patterson. Maybe because it's jointly written it's not quite as good as his regular stuff. Hoping that the next one I read meets my expectations.
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Summary: The Blech House
Review: This is my first Patterson novel and I will have to say, probably my last. This story could have been written by an aspiring high school writer. The plot is as predictable and formulaic as words in a dictionary and the ending is off the chart ludicrous.
Sigh, that's 3 hours worth of reading I'll never get back.
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Summary: For Patterson fans only
Review: Some close friends of mine gave me very stong reviews of this book and encouraged me to read it. I finally got around to borrowing a copy from the library, and I was excited to get started. By the time I finished, though, I felt very disappointed in what I had expected to be a great book... at best, I'd say this book is AVERAGE.The plot was somewhat unbelievable and overly dramatic; reading it felt like a low-budget tv soap. The characters not very interesting, and the ending was downright stupid. I would go into more detail, but spoilers would negate any remote reason to spend time reading this book. For the Patterson fan--sure. But if you're just trying to kill time (i.e. reading for general entertainment purposes) I'd say pass this one up for something more engaging.
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Summary: Lame
Review: I agree that this book is a total soap opera. There is very little character development and you just really don't care about the characters. It does feel like a contractual obligation. Better luck next time Patterson!
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