When the Wind Blows/ Abridged

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Summary: Well, they can't all be good
Review: This read like a bad, bad Koontz nove

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Summary: People with wings. Great!
Review: As a geneticist, I am pleased with the scientific rigor Patterson brings to this work. I'm absolutely sure that blending bird and human genes would result in an elegant combination of bird and human traits with no deleterious effects. Without a doubt, we're only days away from a world of babies with wings and nippleless women who lay eggs.

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Summary: People with wings. Great!
Review: As a geneticist, I am pleased with the scientific rigor Patterson brings to this work. I'm absolutely sure that blending bird and human genes would result in an elegant blending of bird and human traits with no deleterious effects. Without a doubt, we're only days away from a world of babies with wings and nippleless women who lay eggs.

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Summary: silliest book I've read in years
Review: What a waste of my time and Patterson's talent. Totally unbeleivable, sophmoric writing. If Paterson needs money that bad, lets take up a collection. The blurbs on the book cover did not give a hint that this was science fantasy. Wish I had bought it through amazon.com so I would have read the reader reviews.

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Summary: I thought Alex Cross would show up at my house.
Review: I love James Patterson, but this was the most painful read. I found it almost impossible to get through this book. Please, Alex is your forte' and we love him.

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Summary: BRILLIANT !!!
Review: I, too, read this book in less than 24 hours. I had to keep turning the pages. This was my 1st James Patterson novel, but I have since read Jack and Jill. I have found James Patterson to be a very suspenseful writer and have loved both books.

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Summary: Based on reality with a touch of futurism
Review: As a genetic biologist myself i was interested to see how this book would build on the facts and was pleasantly surprised to see that Patterson's research was substantial and phenomonological. I have read the other reviews here and would like to see those who scoff in roughly ten to fifteen years time.

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Summary: Read in less than 24 hours
Review: Started it in bed one night. Finished it the next morning. I'm not a speed reader, I just couldn't put it down. If I hadn't fallen asleep it would have been the first book I ever read in one sitting. I loved it!!

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Summary: Not up to James Patterson Usual Standards
Review: I am an avid reader of James Patterson's books. When I've finished one, I always feel sad and can't wait for his next book. I enjoy his ability to surprise me at every turn. "When The Wind Blows" was a hugh disappointment. The book was far too predictable and too sci-fi for my taste.

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Summary: The main thing that Blows is this book.
Review: I bought this for a long airplane ride, but I think I would have been better off with the bad in-flight movie. This guy is a best-selling author? With that third grade vocabulary? And if his heroine is so bright, why doesn't she figure out that her (murdered) husband was in on the experiments? These "bird kids" are so valuable? Then why did the scientists leave two of them to starve in the compound? That's when I stuffed the book where it belonged, in my "air sickness" bag.