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Summary: Big Bad Wolf
Review: I loved this book until the last 20 pages. That's when I suspected Patterson DID NOT WRITE AN ENDING! Then, I reread the book jacket and final pages searching for a clue as to whether this will be continued in his next book(s). Nothing! Alex Cross does not solve the crime and his personal life is a mess. I recommend NOT buying or reading this book until the ending is written. Then you will be able to enjoy Pattersons twists & turns.
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Summary: Page Burner for Cross Fans
Review: Alex Cross outdoes himself as the FNG at the FBI. Disdaining the bureacracy of the fibbies, he uses his street smarts to undo a white slavery ring. Patterson provides another great read in the Alex Cross series. I always envision Morgsan Freeman as Cross since his lead in the Spider film.
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Summary: Love Alex and it's a good read, BUT...
Review: I think Patterson must be getting a wee bit greedy. This book was left totally unresolved on two major fronts. You're not getting me to buy another one, Mr. Patterson - your next book, I'll be checking out from the library! Other than a complete lack of resolution, it was a good, very fast read, but SO not worth almost $30! I'm force fed reality tv if I want to watch network tv (which I don't, since it's mostly moron tv, if you ask me); I will not stand for it in a book in which I want to escape. I realize many things in "real life" are not neatly wrapped up, like they USUALLY are in books, but this was ridiculous. It's like Patterson NEEDS us to buy the next book to find out what happens next. Thank goodness for JK Rowling, who I'm going back to next!
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Summary: Good at first, but majorly disappointing over all
Review: This book started off so well-- i couldn't put it down and couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. Without giving anything away, I would just like to say that the ending was a HUGE disappointment and I felt as if nothing was ever solved. It just ended. Nothing was believable, you have no idea why the things that happened were happening and so many other story lines are left totally unsolved. I am so frustrated with this novel that i had to write a review :(
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Summary: What a Waste
Review: I normally would not take the time to write a review but in this case, this book is so bad I felt compelled to write.This may be the worst audio book I have ever listened to. I dozed off for a couple of hours in the middle of the book and didn't miss a bit of the non-plot. I can't believe I spent that much time actually listening to the whole thing. This is one of those performances that makes absolute silence sound pleasant. Patterson seems to have become a soap opera writer. I've been a big fan of the Alex Cross series and have read every one. I would have never imagined that I'd be buying into a B, no, a C class soap opera script. While nominally a detective story about his fight againts the Red Maffia after joining the FBI, most of the time was spent describing all of Alex's personal problems, ranging from his self-doubt about joining the Bureau to NannaMamma's lecturing to his problem with his ex-girlfriend and her lawyers. Meanwhile the detective plot rambled all over the place and lacked any credibility. The antagonists could seemingly move from coast to coast in an instant (chapter) without any interference from law enforcement even though they were wanted. What happened to all that security (SIC) at the airports? They could sneak in and out of federal SuperMAX prisons at will. They could set up a sniping nest on the grounds of Quantico. Someone's imagination gone wild. Possible spoiler, if this book could be spoiled anymore. The worst part, if I can pick a worst part from all the bad, they don't even catch the bad guy and most of the good guys get killed or injured. To go along with the horrible book is the awful audio production. This one had all the fad components that is making me start to dislike audio books. Multiple, boring performers, bad sound effects, and playhouse music - just like a cheap soap opera. There are some hugely skilled performers out there that can make a plot come alive. None were present here. Maybe Time-Warner realized this book was a dog and called in the B team. The more I think about this book the more I wonder if Patterson even wrote it. It just doesn't fit his style. I wonder if he had some flunky employee ghost-write it for him? In any event, this one was so bad that I'll never waste any more time nor money on Patterson.
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Summary: Going downhill
Review: I truly cant understand what has happened to this author. This book is so bad in every way; a simple plot, poor characterizations and dialogue filled with cliches. I cant even remember why his early books were considered good and why I enjoyed them so much because none of that remains. People who like books fast and simple should be able to breeze through this in a few hours, if that is what they want. Certainly his characters and writing style will make that easy, but not enjoyable.
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Summary: Comic Book fodder
Review: If we were to rank this effort against the great Alex Cross Novels it wouldn't even be in the same ballpark. The Villian, "The Wolf" is totally unbelievable and in my opinion Comic book fodder. No intensity like "Along Came A Spider" and "Kiss The Girls" and I found myself shaking my head with disappointment at the end of many chapters.Patterson is throwing out lightweight drivel and expecting us to buy it. I guess I did "buy the book" but this is more like Sidney Sheldon, soap opera junk.Where have you gone "James Patterson?"
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Summary: Patterson has now become a B author !
Review: Maybe success has now shifted him to crank out more books for a revenue stream.His latest book "The big bad wolf" is a mishmash of sub plots that seem to have had no logical order for in depth thrillers.After his last Alex Cross bomb (Four blind mice) has now reached the nadir of hack writing. Seems that he has done to Alex Cross,what hollywood has done to "Jaws", sequil it to Ad nauseum.I would now rather wait for a yearly publication of a Daniel Silva work than a bimonthly offering from patterson!
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Summary: A one star rating is too high.
Review: I should by have paid attention to the rating 'What A Waste Of Time, by A reader from Vancouver' this book was not only a waste of time but a total waste of money. The 'no-ending' is so terrible that it leaves you sick because you know that it is about the author writing and you buying another book to figure out...James Patterson what happened to you? You were a favorite....less then one star...sad James, sad.
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Summary: Patterson still keeps me up late reading
Review: Although this entry in the Cross series may not be one of Patterson's strongest, the suspenseful flow of the text still keeps me wanting to turn pages. Patterson did a good job of building the "Wolf" into a formidable adversary, and gave a solid plot foundation for Cross to do his thing. I appreciated the new environment for Cross....I liked the integration and introduction of Cross in the FBI and welcomed new character developments, although many of these were weak in some cases. I look forward to seeing these develop more in future releases. I was not dissapointed in the lack of a solid conclusion, rather, I am looking forward to see where all these leads. Bring on the sequel!
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