Rating: Summary: 3 Days Review: It only took me 3 days to read the whole book. This was the first book of James Patterson that I read, and it is not going to be the last. I have recently bought Cradle And All and I have not been able to get into it much because of my school work. I am looking forward to reading this book whenever I have a break.
Rating: Summary: Patterson Invades Koontz Territory Review: If you're used to JP's "Alex Cross" series, you'll swear you were reading a mis-labled Dean Koontz book. Boy and girl with tragic pasts meet and fight evil scientists/government/supernatural phenomenon and fall in love in the process. Sound familiar, Koontz fans?Having said that, I'll admit it's a fairly entertaining read. If you're willing to suspend a LOT of disbelief and don't mind a sloppy ending, this book will pass the time.
Rating: Summary: One of the genre's worst written books Review: James Patterson has come up with some decent plots before, but both the plot and the writing in When the Wind Blows are unbearable. A government scheme to create kids who can fly sounds like a bad X-files episode, but the writing is downright atroicious. More than 100 chapters of 1 or 2 pages each, multiple points of view, and some of the stupidest scenarios you could ever see in a horror book. Patterson obviously wanted to come up with a plot that's similar to John Saul's works, but he doesn't pull it off with anywhere near the finesse that Saul does (most of the time.) Complete garbage.
Rating: Summary: 1ST TIME READER OF PATTERSON Review: This story wasnt to bad, kinda fun actually. I havent read any books by Patterson before and happened to find this complete story on CD. It was a pretty entertaining story about some mad scientist doing some crazy experiments on humans so that they could fly and be superior to other humans. Everything was going alright until a couple of the 'guinea pigs' escaped from the compound and reveal themselves to the local vet who just happens to have a husband that mysteriously died a few yrs back. From there the story takes off on all kinds of twists and turns that kept me interested in this story. I will be looking at reading other Patterson books after being entertained by this story.
Rating: Summary: My first Patterson novel Review: The editorial review did a great job of describing the plot, so I'll skip over that here and just give my impression. People who don't like suspending their disbelief will not have an easy time with the plausability of the story. It is a fast-paced story though, and the protagonists are very likable. I'm probably nit-picking here, but my main problem with the book was the repetition of names. For example: there was a Francis and a Frances; a man whose last name was Thomas, a man whose first name was Thomas; at least four Michael's (minor characters, it's true, but still annoying). This was the first Patterson novel I have read, and I think I will give him at least one more chance since from what I've read about him he usually sticks to more plausible plots.
Rating: Summary: The best yet! Review: James Patterson took a totally different writing style. It was almost a mix of TJ McGregor and Dean Koontz. An excellent combination. "When the Wind Blows" is the best I've seen Patterson do. A story of a lovely girl with a strange yet beautiful gift that has put her and everyone she comes into contact with in danger's way. Desperation, fear, confusion and love make up the best book I've read in quite a while. If you like action, you must read it.
Rating: Summary: Had me interested Review: A fan of the authors series with Alex Cross, I tried this one and enjoyed it. Flying girl? Kind of hard to believe. But that combined with the trials and tribulations of Frannie and Tom Brennan, make for an interesting read. The School people, the Doctors, Frannies so called friends, all play a role. Tom, let down before by the Bureau, is on his own here. With the help of Frannie, Max and the others school kids they come out in decent shape. Mr. Patterson had me going during this one. Give it a shot.
Rating: Summary: Perfect for the beach Review: "WHEN THE WIND BLOWS" is a nice break fromPatterson's Detective Cross novels, but it still didn't quite satisfymy reading hunger. The story, about a top-secret project thatinvolves mutating children into the next step of human evolution, isvery reminiscent of Dean Koontz with all of it's governmentconspiracy, flying children and silly dialogue. The chapters areshort (very common for the author), making the novel an easy and fastread. However, I also felt like there could have been more to thisstory that wasn't explored (i.e. why was the FBI mixed up in theexperiments? or what was Frannie's life with her first husband like?or what other investigations was Kit involved with prior to the"Flight School" that turned him into such a failure?). Inany case, "WHEN THE WIND BLOWS" is a light, entertainingread without all the Crichton-like medical jargon.
Rating: Summary: Great Story, but Hard to Grasp Review: James Patterson is a great author, and I'm a big fan of his Alex Cross mysteries. Although, this isn't one of them, it still is a good read. Once I started reading it, I found it extremely hard to put down. All though the whole idea of children with wings is a little hard to grasp, you soon get used to it. It just seems like realy far "out there" at first, but the further you read, the more it seems to work. The women in this story seemed to play a larger, and more in depth role that was a tad different, compared to the Alex Cross series. It is a very exciting book, and I would definitely suggest it!
Rating: Summary: One of James Patterson's worst Review: I became a James Patterson Fan starting with "ROSES ARE RED." I found it to be a good book. But after reading "When the Wind Blows," it was one of the worst I've read. Next is that, I still think James Patterson should stick to Mystery. As far as I'm concerned Fantasy doesn't work well with Mr. Patterson. Kids fly and people run around kidnapping babies. I didn't like it too much at all.
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