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Summary: Still Love Alex Cross, this book was a dissapointment tho
Review: What is Alex Cross up to now that Kyle Craig is behind bars? Well he has decided to join the FBI. While he is having a bit of an unorthodox initiation training into the force he is pulled off of a couple of cases.Someone is out there kidnapping housewives and other unsuspecting middle class people without ransom, or any other clues. The person who is behind this is a new "bad guy" in the mix. He is known as the Wolf and he is a very dangerous former Russian who rules with an iron hand. Can Alex find him and those in his organizations and stop the kidnapping before more people are hurt? While this audio was unabridged at times it felt like Patterson had left out some parts. It may be that this book felt like he is setting up a new series and didn't spend as much time on his characters as he normally does. But, it might have just been my impression. Though I still enjoyed the story.
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Summary: Good for a long flight
Review: The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson contains many of the same elements that law-enforcement thrillers frequently include; a brilliant protagonist with a tragic past, a few equally brilliant collaborators, a very bad bad-guy, resistance from within the "system," and well-intentioned but incompetent coworkers. A prolific writer, Patterson's subject matter for this novel, the sexual slave trade, has a high squeamish index. Recent newspaper articles highlighting the enormity of the global slave trade, (estimates put the number at over 1 million women and children) and the proliferation of Internet porn site, (now estimated at 1.3 million sites) make this a timely, if unsettling subject matter. It will get you half-way to San Francisco.
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Summary: J.P. Should Stop Writing Novels and Switch to Comic Books
Review: I have read all of the Alex Cross novels and I can state that this is easily the most unrealistic, poorly written pieces of literature that I have ever read. This is likely one of the three or four worst books I have read in the past ten years. The characters are cardboard thin, there are plot gaps so wide you could drive a truck through it and a complete and utter failure in simple logic by the characters that was maddening and frustrating (*SPOILER WARNING* -- for example, if the CIA operatives could identify the Wolf, and were used by the FBI to eliminate one suspect, why didn't the FBI use those operatives to confirm the identity of other suspects?). My biggest complaint is that Patterson's villains used to be at least marginally grounded in reality (i.e., Soneji). Now, beginning with Kyle Craig and continuing into this novel, his villains are so far beyond the norm that I find them to be more in line with comic book super-villains than interesting characters for a novel (not leastly due to Patterson's infatuation with catchy nomikers, i.e. "the Mastermind," "the Wolf," "the Sphinx," etc.). Without getting into too much detail, it appears that Alex Cross will need to be bitten by a radioactive spider in order to solve this case, since the Wolf is unstoppable by walls, hordes of armed policemen, or armed FBI agents in the middle of a secured facility (all without any explanation of how it was done). Move over, Alex Cross, this is a job for Superman! I cannot stress enough how disappointing this book is. While Cross is still a fine character, that is due to Patterson's much better earlier novels, which I would recommend, but I cannot in good conscience recommend this book to anyone unless you are someone who obsessively must read every book in a series, in which case I at least recommend that you wait for the paperback.
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Summary: Wow!!! Patterson's back with a bang!
Review: I just finished this novel by James Patterson and all I can say is that, Patterson's back! In a few of the more recent novels about his character, Alex Cross, I felt that Mr. Patterson might be beginning to burn out on where to take the character, as some of them seemed to drag a bit. Now Alex is back, with a new job and a whole lot of trouble, personal and professional... In this novel, James Patterson keeps you guessing and artfully weaves his story line through twists and turns that will keep you turning those pages and the coffee pot going. This might be one of the best novels I've read for a while, buy this one - you won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Woof,Woof, the big bad wolf
Review: Well now, he certainly seems to be the big bad wolf. No one can stop him,maybe it will take the 101st Airborne. I found it a good mystery with more to come, it left you with a wonder of who it is and a desire for the next story. A great author and always readable. I look forward always to his next novel.
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Summary: Half a book
Review: Very disappointing compared to Patterson's earlier efforts. One fourth of the book is rehash of earlier stories. Another one fourth is an enjoyable mystery. The remaining one half is missing - still unwritten. Thank goodness I got this one from the public library and didn't purchase. Otherwise I would have felt cheated.
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Summary: Good start, but....
Review: This one started out great. I was excited that Alex transferred to the FBI. The story line was right up his alley, a la "Kiss the Girls". The Wolf is a true psycho. He would pat Casanova on the head with one hand and stab him the back with the other, literally. But I am somewhat disappointed at the end result When I got to the end, all I could say was "What the f**k?" For starters, where the connection between Judge Connelly and the Wolf's Den. Patterson is is known for keeping the reader guessing as to whom the culprit is, but this one just does not make sense. And then, there is this roundabout as to who really is the Wolf. First it was Pasha, and then it was some guy that Kyle Craig informed Alex. What in the hell would Alex ever believe what Kyle Craig says is beyond me. The return of Christine was horribly written, I expected that she wanted custody of little Alex, but the whole storyline was just weak. I practice Family Law and I would never let my client go to a pretrial conference without me. The fact that Alex went alone was borderline malpractice! Also, the fact that Christine got an ex parte order for temporary custody without Alex having the right to a hearing was also ridiculous. I find it hard to believe that a judge would let Christine take Little Alex when she has been an absentee parent. I would think that Little Alex would have placed in foster care until the issue was resolved. All I can say is..James, you?ve got some explaining to do!!!!!
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Summary: Once again, no ending
Review: It seems that James Patterson either has a page quota or a book quota. When he hits the page quota he stops writing, left out the ending or he has a book quota and wants to sell twice to the suckers who would like to find out the ending.
Shame on me for continuing to buy his books when so many of his recent efforts have been so unsatisfying.
Stick to the early works which were outstanding.
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Summary: What a joke!!!
Review: I'm a Patterson fan but was thoroughly disappointed with this book. Who is the Wolf? Who is the FBI mole? Who is Marvel? Was the sniper after Alex? How did Alex know the Wolf was shooting at Lipton? There were so many things unexplained that I felt like I wasted hours in reading this book. Alex was billed as a long wolf himself but he never went after the Wolf by himself. I was getting worried when I was running out of pages with no ending in sight. Sure enough, the pages ran out and what a stupid ending. Chapter 116 through Epilogue needs to be rewritten. What a joke!!!
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Summary: What happend to the ending?
Review: I enjoyed this book but the ending was disappointing...just hanging I felt like i was at the end of the movie and they left it for a sequel.
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