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The Big Bad Wolf: A Novel

The Big Bad Wolf: A Novel

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Quick to Start, Slow to Finish
Review: As with all James Patterson novels, I read this one in a day. I was anticpating this novel because Alex Cross has left D.C. police and joined the FBI. I thought the Wolf was pretty terrifying, but not any more than Kyle Craig or Gary Soneji. The book eluded to the fact that this was Cross' toughest case yet, but I don't agree. I was very let down by the ending. I hurried through the book only to find that the Wolf escapes. If the wolf is as dangerous as he sounds, with him on the loose, Cross may be dead before we get to the next book! This book was a page turner (aren't they all) but disappointing to say the least.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Okay
Review: Okay, this is not the best novel Patterson ever wrote, but it's still pretty good. It has his trademarks written all over it with the same characters, violence, and plots, but then, that's why we read him, right?

Would also recommend Roses are Red, 2nd Chance, McCrae's Bark of the Dogwood, and Brown's Angels & Demons.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: An O.K Page turner
Review: i really wanted to like this book

You know I am not a whimp when it comes to reading books based on adult subjects. I like parts of this book but what seemed to happen is that whenever I stated to really get into a section one of three things would happen

Torture
Rape
Random violence

I really got mad at this book, O.K we get it the title is "Big Bad Wolf" meaning the big bad mafia guy can do basically whatever he wants. The author(or the publisher maybe?) isn't just happy with that, no they have to give glaring examples as to HOW "The Big Bad Wolf" gets what he wants.

Overall-The same stuff page after page I put it down about halfway through

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: not the best one, but still a great read
Review: this book was a fun read, but the ending did leave something to be desired.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Disappointed
Review: I was disappointed with this one. kind of got the feeling, it was to keep us going to the book store to buy another James Patterson novel.

I will say that he definitely makes up for it in the "3rd Degree" Awesome reading. I couldn't put it down. I'm here to tell ya, I'm a 330 pound football offical, exterminator by trade, and I got more than one tear stirring up in my eyes reading this one. I got really attached to the charcters. This "3rd Degree" is a MUST read.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Where is the ending?
Review: The Big Bad Wolf to me left me kind of disappointed, since I am a kind of new James Patterson fan, but with The Big Bad Wolf, I was glad to see Alex Cross back in business, he is now in the FBI, and he is given a case where people are being kidnapped and being sold for sex slaves, and one of the main people running this operation is named The Wolf, and he makes a lot of money doing what he does best. So now, he runs this high-secure website, and a 12 year old girl breaks the code to get into the website and into the chat rooms where they make requests for slaves. So Alex takes advantage of this, and he goes after The Wolf, but who is the Wolf? Mr. Patterson does not say, nor do we know why he is doing this...so a lot of questions left unanswered when I finished this book. There is NO ENDING! It just stops, in the middle of the action like there is going to be a sequel, but we dont know. So now....Alex Cross thinks he has got the wolf, but it is not him! it is one of the Wolf's men, but then he gets killed in the end, and that is it! Nothing. The story is great, and it just drags on the end like he wanted to get done with the book so he could start 3rd Chance, and he is coming out with another book like Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (which I thought was just perfect), but we just got to wait and see what Mr. Patterson is going to do with the rest of this unfinished tale.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Alright
Review: Far from his best work but I enjoyed the book. The thought that someone would sell another into slavery pissed me off enough to make me more intreseted in the book then I otherwise would have been. Though, the suprising plot line that pissed me off was the Little Alex story. The thought that that woman comes back to destroy a happily united family really threw me. I mean its one thing if she wanted to share custody but she doesnt she wants to take him back to Seattle with her. What a weak and conniving woman! I really hope Alex gets to keep his son. The fact that the Alex Cross series has now been diverted to "Baby Momma Drama" is ridiculous. I wish Christine would have stayed far away where she belonged.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Not my favorite, but still worth a shot
Review: This is not my favorite Patterson novel, but it's still worth a shot. By far, "Kiss the Girls" and "Roses are Red" are probably his best. BBW was a little long for my taste but I'm still glad I read it. Would also recommend two other books: "Pompeii" and "Bark of the Dogwood."

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: The Big Boring Wolf
Review: 2 1/2 Stars

I have read every one of Mr. Patterson's books and have loved them all. However, The Big Bad Wolf was a bit of a let down for me. It felt as if a lot of the details were left out. I was also very disappointed in the ending. It seems as if there will be a sequel to this book, if there is I hope it's a little more exciting and less predictable.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Mr. Patterson are you running out of ideas?
Review: Before reading this book I read some of the reviews posted here. I was a bit skeptical, so I read the book. The reviews are dead on for the most part.

This book is a quick read (2 days to read), so it does keep you interested, but I believe that Mr. Patterson has used the unknown assiliant idea one time to many. Other than this flaw (won't call it a big flaw or a small flaw) the book is like the usual Patterson novel. Quick, suspenseful and enjoyable to read.

If you want something that wraps up nice and tiddy at the end this is not the book for you.


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