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Summary: A delightful ride
Review: I may be a novice at guessing the endings to this type of book but this one really kept my attention. I enjoyed the camraderie among the women and found it realistic. The book, with its many twists and turns, was a delightful ride.
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Summary: 2ND CHANCE and I don't want a 3rd!
Review: I purchased 2ND CHANCE because I had read or listened to several of James Patterson's books. This was the first one I have listened to regarding the Women's Murder Club. What a joke! The voice of Ms. Leo is not one that I want to listen to again, her voices as the "most intelligent" women Lindsay knows sound like blond bimbo's, not intelligent women. This book was almost totally predictable and I was glad when it was over. Sorry Mr. Patterson, but you missed it completely. This audio did not keep me on the edge of my seat, nor did I mind turning off the cassette player.
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Summary: Definitely wait for the paperback
Review: I will let the others review the plot and I will tackle the lack of words. I would not recommend spending money on the hardbound version. The author had chapters that were one and two pages long which means that words were only printed on half of the pages. The format actually interrupted the flow of the story.
Any English teacher would give back a paper submitted like this and would ask the 300 odd pages to be condensed to 200 pages.Don't spend extra money on the hardbound book.
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Summary: Nice try but try harder
Review: I have read almost all of your books and have found them well written, however this one was far from it. The writing was sloppy, poorly researched and the dialogue intended to be cute, more often than not, wasn't. James, write solo. More is not always better. I also think your editor let you down. Take your time and let's have the old James back again and in rare form for your next book. Hey, no one wins all the time.
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Summary: A good read
Review: Not great, but good. I enjoy Patterson's books, but I can't say I wait for his next publication on tenter hooks -- like I do with Dennis Lehane and Michael Connolly.
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Summary: Save your money!
Review: I bought the audio tape. Save your money! Not only is the plot predictable, it is unbelievable.(Policewoman who is investigating a "monster" chases him with no backup/ dead cell phone (obviously no car charger) then takes on 6 guys.) Also, readers were bad! Female reader pronounced the opera Aida (eyeeeeda) aaaaadeeeah! Male reader trying to sound threatening sounded like a high school kid. This was my first Patterson - I guess I haven't missed anything!
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Summary: No 3rd chance for me
Review: I purchased the unabridged tape. I found the readers, both female and male, to be very irritating. The lady cop was Wonder Woman out of costume with a foul mouth. The other women just too superior for words. The woman's murder club is just too too politically correct for me. I tried book one and should have known better, but bought this one because I thought it had to be better. It wasn't.
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Summary: Poor read
Review: This was a bad read. It was so much the worse becuase I appreciate the author's potential. I usually enjoy Mr. Paterson's work, but this one will have me second guessing the decision to purchase another by him.
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Summary: Patterson was snoozing when he "wrote" this one...
Review: Yes, I jumped on the bandwagon to read another James Patterson novel. This is my first with his new crimesolvers, the Women's Murder Club. And although there were some twists and turns in the plot that kept me going until the last page, I found this book to be pedestrian at best. I don't know who Andrew Gross is, but Patterson should lose him. It was difficult to decide which was worse - - the sloppy editing or writing. For example, has anyone heard of Xena the Warrior Woman? FYI, she's the warrior princess. Lindsey spun that Explorer around more than once on the same page. What designer jacket is Jill going to toss aside next? And how does one see a tattoo amidst the a shootout's aftermath where the bullets hit the intended target? If this book was written with longer chapters and a smaller font, it would have been only about 150 pages.
I have avidly read and anticipate Patterson's books, especially his Alex Cross novels. And I applaud the idea of the Women's Murder Club. However, the women are nowhere as strong or likeable as Alex Cross, at least not yet. Hopefully they'll improve. If not, there are so many other books and so little time to read them.
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Summary: ok ......
Review: I must agree with almost everyone else that this was not up to James Patterson's norm. I usually like to short chapters because it makes it easier to break away but mid way through the book it really started to irritate me, is he trying to break a record for most chapters in a novel???? This did not have the same suspense as '1st to die', I certainly hope the next is better or I may start putting my name on the library waiting list.
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