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Summary: I could tell where the commercials would play...
Review: Wow. As I read this disappointing release, I couldn't help thinking that I was reading an only slightly fleshed-out TV Movie of the Week script. I had been expecting the typical Patterson/Alex Cross-ian suspense and character development, and got nothing but a superficial good vs. evil sparring match. Like a previous reviewer, I finished the book only because I had paid $20 for it!...
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Summary: Cradle and All
Review: I read this book because I paid money for it. A complete piece of "fluff" not worthy of James Patterson
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Summary: Alex Cross fans beware!
Review: I bought this book hoping to spend a few hours wrapped in a mystery. I got it alright! It was a mystery to me how James Patterson could get away with writing this! The entertainment of the novel involved only in finding out which girl was the true virgin. It is a very quick read. The number of pages in the book is deceiving as the print is so large I could read it without my glasses. If you are a fan of detective mystery's, dont waste your time or money on this book. If you like John Saul you might enjoy it.
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Summary: Awful Story
Review: The writer has enticed me from his past work to purchase this. Big mistake buying this book. It's weird. It is not a mystery by any means.
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Summary: A New Paterson Fan
Review: Cradle and All is one of the best novels in the Mystery/ Thriller genre.This book holds the reader attention from page 1 until the very end. t will also have you quessing which girl is carry the holy child and which is carry the "devil child"
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Summary: Ooops, a miss!
Review: If your an avid James Patterson fan, as I am, avoid "Cradle And All". It is thouroughly the most disappointing book I have read in a long time. It doesn't come close to the great writing and ploting we expect from a James Patterson mystery. Maybe it's because it is reissue of an earlier, less succesful novel, "Virgin", from a time before he hit his stride and began keeping us on the edge of our seats, but it just doesn't work for me. Yet, everyone is entitled to a bad day, so we will just have to wait for the return of Alex Delaware. If you want to stay a fan, I strongly reccommend you pass on "The Cradle & All" Sorry!
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Summary: "Virgin" Redux
Review: Although an enjoyable novel, Patterson's "new" work, Cradle and All can be experiences by finding an old copy of a 1980 work Virgin in your library. Any so-called reworking is not in evidence. The books are the same. Save yourself the waiting list at the library or the purchase price of a "new" book that isn't.
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Summary: NEXT TIME, JAMES, WRITE UNDER ANOTHER NAME
Review: This book started off REALLY GOOD, but then it went south on me. By page 54, I was no longer reading the book, I was reading the back of my RECEIPT to see if I could return it... or at least exchange it for something more captivating. Like maybe, I don't know, something by Dr. Seuss?Summary: I've read James before and found him interesting. This wasn't James. This was someone else.
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Summary: Really didn't like this book........
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. James Patterson writes books that are interesting to read but Cradle and All was just a take-off on an old black and white movie I saw. I knew what was going to happen throughout the whole book except the very end. Too bad to waste Patterson's talents.
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Summary: Another Great From Patterson
Review: I have read all of Patterson's books, and like When the Wind Blows, this strays from his usual Alex Cross novels. I found I couldn't put this one down and I loved the ending...not something i expected! Based on the ending...I will be awaiting the sequel.
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