Lake House, The/Unabridged

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Summary: Wow
Review: As Harry Caray would say, "Holy cow!". This book is simply terrible. It was my first Patterson book and will likely be my last. The plot is laughably bad, but the bigger issue is that the dialogue and internal monologues appear to have been written by a teenager addicted to MTV. That tone is understandable when he's trying to write as the two older kids, but it is completely off-key when the "adults" are talking and thinking like that as well.

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Summary: Awful!!!
Review: I am SO glad I got this from the library instead of buying it. Every so often an author you love goes off on a weird streak and writes the most awful garbage... does anyone remember Patrricia Cornwell's dreadful "Isle of Dogs"? I have stopped reading her, and if this is an example of Patterson's future works, I will stop reaging hin also. A WASTE OF TIME!!!

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Summary: So where's the suspense?
Review: This book has been heavily promoted as the great suspense thriller of the summer. Don't believe it. I had just finished the Da Vinci Codes, which is a true thriller with a strong plot, when I started reading the Lake House. I'd never read anything by Patterson before. I couldn't even finish the book it was so bad. It didn't capture my attention and it was poorly written, on about a sixth grade level. I didn't care about the characters, and the premise of the book -- that these six children are half bird, half human -- is simply ludicrous. I do not recommend that people waste their time reading this book.

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Summary: disappointing
Review: I used to love james patterson's books and i wish he'd go back to his previous type of novel.. this stuff is just a bit over the top for my taste.. flying kids.. yuk

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Summary: I have a theory....
Review: I have a theory.... that this book, like the one before, are actually written by a much younger author... an adolescent or young adult. Patterson's writing in his other books shows him to be a more mature author, with complex characters and many more shades of grey. This book is just too simplistic, the characters are two-dimensional, the plot predictable, with no subtlety or complexity. Not a bad effort for a young author, but nowhere near what we know Patterson is capable of.

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Summary: Not able to "fly" on it's own
Review: I read this without having read "When the Wind Blows" and felt that this was very shallow. I felt confused, out of the loop. After reading "When the Wind Blows" I felt it was a much better book. I like continuing characters. Knowing what happened before made this understandable and much more enjoyable.

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Summary: The worst book I ever read
Review: I buy every James Patterson book in hardback, even though I have felt that the quality of his writing has been on a steady decline. This was the worst book I have ever read, it is an insult, and I am done with James Patterson.

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Summary: How bad can novels get?
Review: Never have I read such drivel. I recently read Beach House, that, while poorly written, at least was readable. This trite nonsense is not. If I could give it 0 stars (or negative stars) I certainly would. What is the readership that this book is addressed to? Some of it is gruesome, and some of it sounds like it's pitched to pre-adolescents. My advise, don't waste your time, even on the beach.

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Summary: The worst!
Review: James Patterson was a very good author. I have read every one of his books in hardcover and have always anxiously awaited his next offering. Until I read "Lake House".
An embarrassement. No redeeming values.
This Patterson is off my list. Permanently (like Sanders and Ludlum).

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Summary: It took me longer to read it than it took to write it!!
Review: I am a Patterson fan, so of course I bought it. I think that it took me longer to read it than it took to write it!!