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Summary: Engaging, Imaginative...A Winner!
Review: Just when you think you know all about a writer, he goes and amazes you with a totally new kind of book. Don't get me wrong. When the Wind Blows is vintage Patterson. You can't stop reading it once you've started. But the subject - a wicked, but crazily believable, case of human gene manipulation - take Patterson into a whole new direction. Enuf said. I loved it!!
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Summary: An enormous disappointment!
Review: Not worth a lengthy review. Please bring back Alex Cross as soon as possible.
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Summary: Enormously appealing characters, try this book!
Review: I was leery to find this latest was a non-Alex Cross book, but bought and read this in one enjoyable sitting. Patterson creates unforgettable characters you fall in love with instantly. Similar theme as old Koontz stories, such as Watchers, Strangers -- there is something strange going on. It is frightening yet wonderful and ultimately redeeming. Wonderful!
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Summary: This book is HORRIBLE!
Review: I can't believe his publisher allowed this book to be distributed. I kept waiting for a story, it's really just an outline. There is no character development for any of the characters. Reading the book is about as detailed as someone telling you about a book they have read. I only kept reading it because I could not believe it was that bad. I am returning the book to the store for a refund, and will be very cautious about buying his next book.
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Summary: Patterson at his UNIQUE BEST
Review: I was worried when I found out that the novel focused on a bird-girl. I began to read and I could not put the novel down. This is not like anything Mr. Patterson has written before. It has suspense mixed with raw, human emotion.Mr. Patterson makes you love Max. She is the most original character in recent fiction. This novel is James Patterson at his UNIQUE BEST. I would reccommend this to everyone. This novel will make you a fan.
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Summary: Tedious and Boring
Review: A dramatic departure from previous Patterson novels and a sharp disappointment. The Max, bird girl, creation and the poorly developed mystery surrounding the event was tiresome. Hopefully this is not a precursor to Patterson failing as an author, as I truely enjoyed his previous novels.
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Summary: A Big Disappointment
Review: I too read an advance copy of When the Wind Blows and was very disappointed both in the concept and the writing. While I applaud Mr. Patterson for refusing to be caught in a "genre" trap, I felt that the reader was being lured by the promise of a new Alex Cross by the nursery rhyme title. As a suspense novelist, Patterson has few equals, however I wishe he had been wise enough to leave the supernatural-suspense field to Stephen King and Dean Koontz.
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Summary: This book is pathetic!!!
Review: I've tried this J.P.'s new book again like a sucker, and again, I failed to grap why his books would become so popular. The continued research in his popularity is still a myth to me so far. This book, as his others, is so pretentious, unnatural, contrived, forcefully twisted without proper logic. I have to agree with those who gave this book a minimal ratings. The reason I awarded it with 2 star is for his die-trying pretentious attitude, at least he's always trying to write a book with big-screen mind. What can I say? Once one of an novelist's books was bought by Hollywood, he would fantasize that his next one (or the older ones) would hit again by a Hollywood sucker, so he would start writing screenplays instead of the real thing--a decent novel, all he could create with his imagination is to focus on the overly twisted plots, he would only treat his readers as movie goers and couldn't care less. This book is an insult to a qualified reader.
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Summary: The wind? Hell; this BOOK blows!
Review: This is by far the worst written book I have ever read. What's wrong with it? Where oh where do I begin?1) The writing is childish at best. The use of the ! is quite often and annoying. Sentences like ("The glass crashed to the floor!) gave me the sense that a fourth grader was writing the book. 2) The characters are so 1 dimensional it's sad. There was an attempt to create characters that we'd care about, but it just never "took off" <Pardon the pun> 3) The dialogue was so bland and boring that I had trouble finishing the book. 4) The "chapters" are 1-4 pages long, and that seriously affected the pace for me. It seems as if the book were made up as he went along, with little to no thought involved at all. Save your money. This is the 1st Patterson book I've read. If I didn't know that his other books were so talked about, I'd never know the man could write. I'll try "Kiss the Girls" or "Cat and Mouse" and see what all the fuss is about.
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Summary: James Patterson did it again - only better!
Review: James Patterson took a different approach this time but definitely came up with a stunning piece of work - filled with the same suspense. A page turner with a true sensitivity for his characters. You'll fall in love - once again. Can't wait for the next one.
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