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Summary: What dreck!
Review: How did the publisher let Patterson get away with marketing this one for adults? This book is such a waste of time!!! I may hand it over to my 7 year old nephew to teach him how to read - while teaching him how NOT to write a bad novel...
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Summary: Writen for fuzzy thinkers
Review: Sorry, I could not finish this book! Even a fantasy needs to have some credibility, and this book falls far short. First we are asked to believe that an eleven-year-old cliché of a wood nymph can fly. A white pelican weighs 15 lbs. and needs a wing span of 9 feet to fly, so a child weighing, say 60 lbs. would need a wing span of 36 feet to fly. This would make running through the woods rather cumbersome.All right, it's a fantasy, I was willing to suspend belief for sake of the story. But, then we find out that Frannie, the animal loving vet, feeds a colony of feral cats. That was it! Anyone who knows and loves wild animals would never condone feeding feral cats. I have seen to many of these sorry cats first-hand to think that cat colonies are anything but cruel. I have also spent time in wildlife rehabilitation centers and seen scores of animals maimed by cats. I suppose if you are gullible enough to believe that humans can fly, you will be gullible enough to believe that maintaining a cat colony is the act of an intelligent, compassionate person, but I can not.
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Summary: "Watchers" only with humans -- Very Cool!!!
Review: This is one of the best books that I have read in a while. Very similary to Dean Koontz's "Watchers", but with humans, specifically a genetically enhanced 12 year old girl. The scene in the school was both fascinating and frightenting, reminicent of "Alien Resurection".
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Summary: Ridiculous
Review: I should begin by saying that I've given this author a couple of chances to "grab" my interest. He has failed. This book takes the cake. Children with wings who fly? Come on, now. Even in the realm of fantasy this book falls flat on its face. The story line is totally unbelievable. We are whisked through it as if blown by wind (perhaps that's where the title comes from). Total tripe.
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Summary: Loved it, plain and simple!
Review: I was totally engrossed in this book. Sure some of the premises seemed a bit far fetched, but isn't that what a vivid imagination is. I could not put down the book! Loved the characters and felt everything that they did. This is the first book that I have read by Mr. Patterson, but I can assure you that it will not be the last!
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: James Patterson is capable of writing so much more believable novels. I've read all he's written and this is the biggest disappointment - too unbelievable. If you have other books to read, put this one on the BOTTOM of the stack!
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Summary: VERY poor writing coupled with an implausible story
Review: I firmly believe this manuscript should never have seen a printing press. Not even a fantastic editor could have saved this one. I've read all but two of Patterson's other books. They were, by and large, interesting and gripping novels. THIS novel didn't even seem like it was written by the same author. The writing was very stilted, awkward, and childish. Half the time I had to re-read certain paragraphs, just so I could catch the enormous leaps that the story would take. The story itself was terribly illogical, inconsistent, and made little sense overall. Patterson's use of Hardy-Boys-style "cliffhangers" at the end of certain chapters was annoying and an insult to the reader's intelligence. The sad thing is, it could have been a GREAT story if it had been written better. "Along Came a Spider" was good. "Kiss the Girls" was good. "When the Wind Blows" is just plain awful.
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Summary: Excellent book, with it's own distinctive flavor
Review: Yes, this book is a bit different in subject matter than his others--he combines a little bit of fantasy (and who knows if it could ever become reality--we're already cloning animals, aren't we?) as well as intrigue and mystery, and I think a little change never hurt. Those of you who obviously aren't open-minded and cannot deal with a little change just need to CHILL...James Patterson is an excellent writer no matter what he writes. Open your mind and enjoy the fantasy--sometimes we need that once in a while in the "real" world of disbelievers....
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Summary: Not worth reading
Review: I read the book and enjoyed it while I was reading it, but after it was over I just realized how much time I wasted. I truly hate James Patterson's narrative and writing style. I think his books are aimed at a generation that hates to read. Everyone enjoys his short chapters, but to me they are a cop out. If you put all of the paragraphs together and the chapters were longer, the books would be dime novels.
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Summary: Unbelievability prevents plot from taking off
Review: I have read several other Patterson books, and this one was quite a change. I like Patterson's writing style; the short chapters, fast moving story-line, and different narrative perspectives with the changing chapters. However the premise of a genetically altered human, perfectly adapted for flight was too much. Maybe someday medical science would be able to achieve this type of structural modifications, but even if they could, why would they? While we'd all love to fly,(as I often do in my dreams...it's very hard work) no one would agree to the permanent alterations necessary to make it happen. It's too far out there to be believable. I wasn't able to suspend belief. And that was too much to overcome for the story to work.
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