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Summary: Loved it
Review: James Patterson does it again! From the first page to the last page this book leaves you sitting at the edge of your seat wondering what's going to happen next. Alex Cross truly is a star cop...I enjoy reading about both his career and his personal life challenges. I'll be one of the first to read the next book in the Alex Cross "series".
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Summary: I liked it!
Review: This was the firstime I have read something by this author and even tho I don't know much about Alex Cross (series) before this one, I still liked it. I will read more book by James Patterson because I think his story plots are interesting.
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Summary: Alex Cross Seems to be Losing Steam
Review: I love the Alex Cross character, but in this book, he seems to be losing ground - or is not as interesting as he once was. I see this happening with more and more bestselling authors - their work goes from excellent to mundane at best. Come on, Mr. Patterson, give us the old Alex Cross. The plot was good, but it's been done before.
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Summary: O.K, But Not Spectacular
Review: Mr. Patterson's in a tough place. He's developed a pretty good lead character in Alex Cross and used him effectively in a number of books. Unfortunately, it seems like Mr. Patterson's bag of tricks to make Alex Cross interesting are getting thin. He may have joined the FBI, but the change of scenery doesn't change the dynamic very much.As a result, the main thing that differentiates one Patterson book from the next Patterson book is the quality of the villian that Alex Cross is determined to outwit. Some of the villians, like the couple in "Jack and Jill" are good. Others, like the vampire killers in "Violets are Blue" are just silly. In this case, I would give the "Wolf" a "B." Although the idea of a Russian mob mastermind is a new twist, Patterson has already used a kidnapping/murder theme before. This book is O.K., but doesn't add anything particularly new or memorable to Mr. Patterson's collection.
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Summary: Give Alex Cross a VACATION
Review: As a long time fan of James Patterson. I am extremely disappointed. While I have enjoyed his last few novels that DID NOT involve Alex Cross, I am having to say that I wish he would give Alex Cross a much needed vacation. If he can't come up with a better story plot than what this Big Bad Wolf book had, then maybe James Patterson should take a vacation also. The book ended horribly, obviously leaving it open for another book but I will not be rushing out to buy or borrow the next "wolf" book which will inevitably be on the book shelves before we can blink. I have one thing to say.. BIG BAD BOOK!
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Summary: What a rambling mess.
Review: I think Patterson's point to this novel is that some stories don't have a resolution and you don't always win. Personally, I prefer the conflicts I read about to come to a conclusion. Any conclusion would be good.
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Summary: Patterson keeps readers turning the pages
Review: Big Bad Wolf is the second Alex Cross novel that I've read from Patterson. Hence, my point of reference is not the same as that of long-time Patterson readers, many of whom speak disparagingly of his latest effort. From my perspective, the Big Bad Wolf had the makings of a good detective novel - an evil antagonist, a growing list of unsolved abductions, and a cerebral detective who remains relentlessly in pursuit. For me, the pages went quickly. Nothing in this book will keep me from picking up future works (and continuing to go back to earlier efforts that I have not yet read.
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Summary: WHY?!?! WHY DID IT HAVE TO END THAT WAY?!
Review: I invested my time and energy into this book. I spent 3 days reading it from cover to cover. I was into it....and then at the last line of the book...I don't think I've ever screamed in horror before like I did yesterday. Why?! Why did it have to end that way?!
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Summary: Painfully disappointing and written DOWN to the reader.
Review: James Patterson has gotten lazy, and worse, disrespectful of his readers. Stephen King - infamous for treating his own readers like undeserving children - described the Alex Cross series as "dopey" and after choking down "Big Bad Wolf" I have to concur; it continues the downward spiral of the last few additions. It's almost as though Patterson is coming up with titles to match his nursery rhyme-themed series and then feels trapped into writing a story that will - sort of - match it. As a bedtime reader not looking for deep spiritual fulfillment or intellectual stimulation, I appreciate Patterson's one-and-a-half page chapters, but I can't support the fact that he no longer writes in complete sentences, only in staggering bursts of phrase which wear one down and reverberate in a "buh-buh-BUMP" pattern in one's head. A couple of books back when Christine gave birth while held prisoner in an island cave, I rolled my eyes. When she conveniently left the baby behind to "find herself" and because Alex's job was too dangerous (huh??), I snorted derisively. Now she sweeps back in and reclaims the child as though she'd never left, and the courts says, Yeah, that sounds right. Alex is no longer - as far as this book is concerned, a psychologist, and his new status as an FBI agent has him alternately treated like a newbie grunt and then suddenly he's in charge of every operation without finishing his orientation. The "Wolf" is described so inconsistently and with such comic book immortality that he is surely one of those escaped villains from Krypton in the "Superman" movie. If you are able to finish this novel - it'll only take a couple of hours - you'll be astounded with all the loose ends and the unabashed corruption of Alex Cross's once-high morality. He doesn't get laid in this book. Maybe he'd behave better if he did.
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Summary: Good, but probably not his best..
Review: While I am trying to get caught up on my technical book reviews, I haven't given up recreational reading. And I just finished one that I enjoyed... The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson. This is part of his Alex Cross series, where the main character is a cop going head-to-head with some nasty killers. This latest installment has Cross training to become an FBI agent, wondering if he made a mistake by leaving the DC police force. His reputation precedes him, and he ends up on a case involving kidnappings for possible slave trading. The mastermind of the ring is a Russian Mafia leader nicknamed the Wolf, and Cross has to hunt him down before more people are kidnapped and killed, including members of the FBI trying to bring the criminal to justice. And just to keep the character development going, the mother of his youngest child shows up in his life seeking to get custody back. Perhaps not the best Cross novel that Patterson has done, but enjoyable nonetheless. The ending is a little less than satisfactory, in that there's not the resolution you would expect. I'm expecting a sequel titled something like "Blow Your House Down" in a year or so...
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