When the Wind Blows/ Abridged

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Summary: It's called your "imagination" people...use it!
Review: I've never read a Patterson book before, but I sense from the hateful reviews Alex Cross fans are giving this book that his normal style must be much different...I could care less..I loved this book, couldn't turn the pages fast enough! What a break from reality...and what a mind-opener...people so arrogantly think something like this could never happen...I'd be willing to bet someone out there is getting the last laugh on that one. This book was exciting, beautiful, sad, scary and real all at the same time...sorry kids, cannot disagree more with the slams you are giving it. If I wanted to read about "realistic" crime and "normal" predictable people I would open up a USA Today or turn on CNN...

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Summary: What a wonderful grown-up fantasy!
Review: I had no idea that James Patterson was writing something other than a suspense thriller. What a delight to find a suspense thriller that was an incredible fantasy as well. I loved the book, and found it to be very well written. The characters were well-drawn, especially Max. The ending was very unpredictable. I would love to see more books from Patterson that are as creative as "When the Wind Blows".

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Summary: Less Than Captivating
Review: This was the first book I have ever read by James Patterson, and it will probably be my last. It wasn't that the book was horrible, it just seemed like it took forver to finish. Let's just say I wouldn't make any recommendations for this book:}

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Summary: Is a negative star rating an option?
Review: This is the first and last Patterson book for me. The fanciful plot never gained any substance or picked up steam. It became painful to read this book. The writing was poor, the characters unbelievable. The suspense, unsuspenseful. I kept thinking to myself that it couldn't get any worse, so I would keep reading. But it did. All the way to the epilogue. "So many books, so little time." So please, save your time and pick up a good book.

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Summary: One of Patterson's best!
Review: This was SO different from his other books. There was more fantasy involved here, but interestingly enough, it included some scientific possibilities. A welcome change from Patterson's regular "who dunnit" books. I highly recommend this one to anyone who has "tired" of the Alex Cross stories.

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Summary: Silly premise. Contrived characters.
Review: If one suspends reality and imagines a huge secret project being run by medical geniuses in Colorado that is creating children with wings to fly, and astonishing intelligence, and if one buys into the sale of these creatures to foreign (and unfriendly) countries (for who knows what purpose), and adds mysterious deaths, a lonely but independent beautiful, widowed woman vet, with awareness problems about her late husband and current friends, and the mysterious, handsome, stranger with a secret, you have all the elements of an afternoon soap opera. So, if you like soap operas - go for it.

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Summary: Very intresting & Thought provoking, A fun book for all ages
Review: James Patterson is my favorite auther and though I would not rate this his best, I would say its very enjoyable and fun. The story moves along at a fair pace and will hold your intrest. However this story seems to be so far out in left field that it seems theres no chance of fact or truth. I suggest it for the whole family.

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Summary: Unusual but disappointing with factual errors as well.
Review: What a disappointment, although I did read the entire book. Conceptually, some of it was attractive, but reality checks along the way simply didn't fit. Yelling at a little girl flying around while Frannie is careening along a road in a car and helicopters above--and being heard by the little girl Max. There were many improbabilities similar to this as well as a few factual errors. The use of isoflurine (isofluorethane) on a bird is very accurate - our two birds were anesthetized with the stuff two days ago, but recovery is very rapid. Also further along, the sudden use of military time when they all meet their parents displayed an obvious ignorance: 0200 is 2:00 a.m. and not 2 p.m. as implied. I will look twice at the next Patterson book before I buy it. I suggest that he return to his tried and true mysteries. Those were excellent.

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Summary: interesting
Review: Like James Patterson's works. Prefer Alex Cross, but really enjoyed this atypical Patterson effort. Took a little longer to read than the Alex Cross novels, but not overly long. I love Patterson's short chapters. Only negative was in the last chapter when the children met birth parents. They arrived at the base at 1200 hours and at the general's house at 0200. Don't think so. That would be 14 hours later and 2 a.m. I'm sure Patterson meant 2 p.m. and 1400 hours. A good editor should have caught that.

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Summary: a good time for reading
Review: I liked this book. It was easy to read and it appealed to me to keep reading it. At least the story made sence. But I was a little upset. Bacause I thought it was going to be like his other novels with murderers and cereal killers. But it was still a good book to read.