Rating: 
Summary: What A Waste Of Time
Review: James Patterson used to write good novels. Then he became
famous and now he forgot how to use the basics of writing.
A good lead in, story and character development and an
ending that is suspenseful and COMES TO A CONCLUSION.The ending in this book reads like his agent phones him
and tells him the proof copy is due at the publishers
in thiry minutes, so get it wrapped up! He brings in characters that are never explained, ends
the book without telling what happens to some of the leads and has no ending--seems he is just setting up
another book to be over-hyped again! We are done with Patterson at our house--waste of time
and money--same as happened to Patricia Cornwell.
Bring on more new writers like Dan Brown and Brian Haig!
B
Rating:
Summary: Way Below Norm
Review: This book reads like Patterson gave little effort to write a novel at the same level of most of his others. If it is possible to "phone in" a writing, he did it. If is as if he faced a deadline for fulfilling a book committment and just slapped this together. Vert disappointing.
Rating: 
Summary: Not quite up to par
Review: James Patterson books are very entertaining trash that is fun and quick to read. Of all the Alex Cross books, this one is probably the worst. Still it is entertaining and the Russian Mafia stuff is pretty cool.
Rating:
Summary: Where Is The Outrage?
Review: At a time when legitimate talents of the genre only make the best seller lists for a few weeks, hack work by Patterson just keep hanging on. First off, forget the Publishers Weekly review (have you ever read a bad review by these shills?). The characters are styrofoam. The plotting is pedestrian. The author continues to reveal himself as a woman-hater in his fiction. If you want great suspense, go for Harlan Coben. If you want clever writing, try Robert Parker. But please, save yourself the time and the money. Skip this piece of nonsense.
Rating:
Summary: Whatever happened to James Patterson
Review: I won't waste my time on this one. Needless to say, this is an author more interested in feeding the apparent insatiable appetite of Alex Cross fans than creating a compelling story. "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls" were novels written by a promising new writer who cared about his craft; wanted to create a character that would live on for years to come. "The Big Bad Wolfe" is so sloppy and unsatisfactory that I had to go back to make sure I hadn't missed something. This one made me sick. See ya Alex. I don't care about you any longer.
Rating: 
Summary: In suspenae
Review: Suspenseful and Intriguing. I want to read the follow-up. This was exciting, but left me wanting more. When will the next one be released? This was enjoyable.
Rating:
Summary: Big Bad Bust
Review: I was very disappointed with Big Bad Wolf. This is the first bad book from Patterson. I only finished it with hopes of it getting better. It picked up towards the end and then it let me down. It was very boring. It was slow moving. The storylines were never finished. This was his worse book ever and it's being advertised as his best. Yeah, right!
Rating: 
Summary: Alex cross and all the gang are back
Review: Alex cross is back again with all the characters you will remember if you have red any of the other alex cross stories by mr. patterson, nana mama the children john sampson and his current love interest jamilla and a surprise return of a past love and the mother of little alex christine johnson.Alex is now working for the fbi and dealing with orientation being taught by a supervisory special agent gordon nooney who has an immeadiate dislike for alex because he is allowed such privleges like getting to go home at night that are not extended to the other recruits.Alex gets one of his first test when the director wants him to go to baltimore when a police man who has taken his family hostage request alex cross there because he is the only one he trust and afraid the local police will kill him.while this is going on a pretty lady the likes of claudia schiffer is being stalked and eventually kidnaped this appears to be related to a man known as the wolf.There had been rumors through police circles that the wolf had gotten into the supermax in florence colorado and killed off an italian mob god father.wolf lokking to take over him himself having tyes to the russian mafia and the kgb.As alex completes the case in baltimore to the satisfaction of the director of the fbi and because of the success of past cases the director turns to alex to help on the kidnaping case (it comes to the interest of the fbi because it involves a federal judges wife).with a little investigation they start to notice there have been other kidnaping like this along with some homosexual males with no ransom notes and the belief that the victims are being sold.see if the big bad wolf is behind this and if alex cross can catch him
Rating:
Summary: Fast-paced, but a let-down ending
Review: 1) Book moves very quickly
2) There are some twists, although nothing new to Alex Cross fans
3) At least he doesn't use a character from previous books as the bad guy.
4) Ending is COMPLETELY unsatisfying...obviously have to buy another book.
5) Still too much family nonsense...author still tries to make Alex a family man, but it's just tear-jerking stuff that has yet to be anything other than a distraction.
Rating:
Summary: The big bad rip-off
Review: Told that this would be the best Alex Cross book, I eagerly plunked down the required money and began to read. At page 164 I felt like I'd been ripped off. James Patterson, I believe, has lost it. He doesn't know who he wants his audience to be. This book might appeal to teenage girls or older women. This is less a thriller than a story about Alex Cross and his troubles as a single father. Boring! This is a slow paced story that finally picks up speed just as the FBI is ready to close-in and close the case. James Pattersons best books were his first, the first Alex Cross book and the two recent books he collaberated on. After reading this I feel he just loaned those two young authors his selling power and stuck his name on their books.
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