Season of the Machete

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Summary: One of the best endings ever
Review: After reading Patterson's Alex Cross novels I decided to read his earlier works. This book is the best he has written before Along Came a Spider. Unlike the others that have written here I understood the ending and loved it. Finally a good ending and you can see where Patterson gets his double villain themes from. I would definately recommend this book over "See How They Run", "Hide and Seek" or "The Thomas Berryman". Number

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Summary: NO, I DID NOT WASTE MY TIME AND MONEY TO READ THIS BOOK?!!!
Review: After reading The Alex Cross series and liking them, I decided to read another book by Mr. Patterson and what I mistake. I agree with the other on-line reviewers, this book was boring and too confusing. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!

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Summary: This was a big disappointment
Review: Appreciating the work of this author very much, I was extremely disappointed with this book. It was full of unsubstantiated violence and it was an uncomfortable read with a lousy ending

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Summary: From Patterson's early "proving ground" years!
Review: As a dedicated fan of James Patterson, I realized that this was the one book of his that I had not yet read. Considering myself somewhat of a "completeist" when it comes to authors and musicians, I felt compelled to find a copy even though many, many Amazon reviewers recommended otherwise. Well, I guess I should have listened to the reviewers! This is not the James Patterson who wrote the great "Alex Cross" series (or even lesser works like "Thomas Berryman...", "Virgin", or "Black Market"). The character development is almost non-existent and the plot is so jumbled and rambling, it's like a runaway stagecoach.

Oh, don't get me wrong, there's plenty of action and numerous gory murders, but the set-up for the book is wafer-thin and it's really hard to fight your way through it. Like an earlier reviewer stated, I defy any reader to really tell me what the heck is going on through most of this book.

If you're a fan of Patterson's, stick with the Cross novels and his other later works. "Season of the Machete" was obviously a very early effort by Patterson and has about as much substance as some of my last-minute, weekend term papers from college. It's hard for me to give any Patterson book "one star" but when you compare this novel to his later books, this reviewer cannot do otherwise.

Stick to his good stuff and avoid this "Season"!

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Summary: From Patterson's early "proving ground" years!
Review: As a dedicated fan of James Patterson, I realized that this was the one book of his that I had not yet read. Considering myself somewhat of a "completeist" when it comes to authors and musicians, I felt compelled to find a copy even though many, many Amazon reviewers recommended otherwise. Well, I guess I should have listened to the reviewers! This is not the James Patterson who wrote the great "Alex Cross" series (or even lesser works like "Thomas Berryman...", "Virgin", or "Black Market"). The character development is almost non-existent and the plot is so jumbled and rambling, it's like a runaway stagecoach.

Oh, don't get me wrong, there's plenty of action and numerous gory murders, but the set-up for the book is wafer-thin and it's really hard to fight your way through it. Like an earlier reviewer stated, I defy any reader to really tell me what the heck is going on through most of this book.

If you're a fan of Patterson's, stick with the Cross novels and his other later works. "Season of the Machete" was obviously a very early effort by Patterson and has about as much substance as some of my last-minute, weekend term papers from college. It's hard for me to give any Patterson book "one star" but when you compare this novel to his later books, this reviewer cannot do otherwise.

Stick to his good stuff and avoid this "Season"!

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Summary: From Patterson's early "proving ground" years!
Review: As a dedicated fan of James Patterson, I realized that this was the one book of his that I had not yet read. Considering myself somewhat of a "completeist" when it comes to authors and musicians, I felt compelled to find a copy even though many, many Amazon reviewers recommended otherwise. Well, I guess I should have listened to the reviewers! This is not the James Patterson who wrote the great "Alex Cross" series (or even lesser works like "Thomas Berryman...", "Virgin", or "Black Market"). The character development is almost non-existent and the plot is so jumbled and rambling, it's like a runaway stagecoach.

Oh, don't get me wrong, there's plenty of action and numerous gory murders, but the set-up for the book is wafer-thin and it's really hard to fight your way through it. Like an earlier reviewer stated, I defy any reader to really tell me what the heck is going on through most of this book.

If you're a fan of Patterson's, stick with the Cross novels and his other later works. "Season of the Machete" was obviously a very early effort by Patterson and has about as much substance as some of my last-minute, weekend term papers from college. It's hard for me to give any Patterson book "one star" but when you compare this novel to his later books, this reviewer cannot do otherwise.

Stick to his good stuff and avoid this "Season"!

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Summary: Not the Patterson I know!
Review: Being a huge fan of the Alex Cross series of novels, I picked up this book with high expectations. I don't want to drag Patterson's name, because I love his other books (Alex Cross series, See How They Run, etc.), but I was truly not satisfied at the end of this book. I found it incredibly tedious. The only reason I stayed with it until the end was because of the fact that the prologue left a little mystery. The problem is, that mystery is never explained. One of the characters in that prologue (dated 1980) dies towards the end of the book (dated 1979). I was expecting some great story twist to explain this and didn't get it. I can't recommend this book. However, I would recommend his series starting with Along Came a Spider very highly. I understand that Patterson is planning a release of a new Alex Cross novel. I can't wait. I'm keeping the faith that it will be as good as the others, and I will forget that I even read Season of the Machete.

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Summary: Very good ending
Review: Don't get me wrong, Season of the Machete is no masterpiece. But for James Patterson's second book it's not all that bad. Throughout the whole book I really didn't get bored with it. There were times when it moved a little slow but I think Patterson had to add in a story that wasn't just people getting chopped up by Machetes. There were a lot of killings and details in this book that probably didn't have to go into it, but Patterson had a story line that he wanted to do and he stuck to it. I do have to say though that sometimes the sentences did not make any sense. I found myself re-reading lines because I didn't know what the heck they were talking about or doing. But I think that is how Patterson has developed over the years. This book doesn't have snappy dialogue and short suspenseful chapters but it holds your interest. The ending though is definitely the best and most intriguing part of the book. The old saying "the end justifies the means" applies to this book in a huge way. Overall, Season of the Machete is not perfect literature but it is still worthy of a read. 3 Stars

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Summary: Disappointment
Review: Have loved all the other James Patterson books I have read. This one was a huge disappointment. Don't bother reading it. He has plenty of other great ones.

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Summary: AWFUL! don't bother with it!
Review: huge disappointment. contrived. boring. dull. did i mention contrived? don't bother.