Private Screening

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Summary: NOT REVIEWED AND NOT SHARED
Review: I never received this book from the used book dealer so I can't rate it or write a review of it.Please remove it from my sharedpurchases. Thank you.

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Summary: Captivating
Review: I read Private Screening before Silent Witness. After reading the first couple of pages I was hooked. Interesting characters that you could associate and feel with. Always wanting to turn the page to see what would happen next and how all these different characters were to come together in the ending. I thought at first with the terrorism thing that we were going somewhere totally different than into a rock stars life, senator's life and lawyers and veteran's life and how they are so much the same and yet so different in their choices. I couldn't wait to read Silent Witness! Would recommend highly, you won't want to put it down!

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: If their was a "0" rating, I would give it.

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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: If their was a "0" rating, I would give it.

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Summary: I couldn't finish this one
Review: My first book by Richard North Patterson, whom I've always wanted to read. Well, if someone can tell me of a good one, I'd appreciate it because this one is terrible! I don't think his writing style fits well into the mystery genre, and it was hard to separate the many flashbacks from present time.

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Summary: I couldn't finish this one
Review: My first book by Richard North Patterson, whom I've always wanted to read. Well, if someone can tell me of a good one, I'd appreciate it because this one is terrible! I don't think his writing style fits well into the mystery genre, and it was hard to separate the many flashbacks from present time.

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Summary: TV OR NOT TV
Review: This early novel by Patterson is far inferior to his later works, but I think it stands on its own in kind of a predatory or sadistic way. The whole concept of hostages being negotiated and aired as a t.v. special is all too frighteningly real, considering the nation's obsession with so-called reality television. But the premise is intriguing, and the story has some tense and riveting scenes. My main complaint is that within the novel, John Damone tells Stacy that "the man I hired killed him. Lord just brought it up again.." So i figured Stacy was in on it, but obviously she wasn't. This little confusing issue kind of squelched my overall enthusiasm for the novel, but even then Patterson was writing awesomely, giving us a glimpse of what he's come to do best---trial novels!
RECOMMENDED.

Rating:
Summary: TV OR NOT TV
Review: This early novel by Patterson is far inferior to his later works, but I think it stands on its own in kind of a predatory or sadistic way. The whole concept of hostages being negotiated and aired as a t.v. special is all too frighteningly real, considering the nation's obsession with so-called reality television. But the premise is intriguing, and the story has some tense and riveting scenes. My main complaint is that within the novel, John Damone tells Stacy that "the man I hired killed him. Lord just brought it up again.." So i figured Stacy was in on it, but obviously she wasn't. This little confusing issue kind of squelched my overall enthusiasm for the novel, but even then Patterson was writing awesomely, giving us a glimpse of what he's come to do best---trial novels!
RECOMMENDED.

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Summary: Awful book
Review: This is the first book by Richard North Patterson that I've bought and I must say I'm never going to buy another written by him again. This book has too many deep English words that ordinary people don't even use.

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Summary: A Decent Read
Review: This is the first Patterson book I have read, and it was a decent, readable book. The characters are likeable, but ultimately unsympathetic. The strongest relationship I felt was between the main character and his son, but that is the only example of his straying from ambiguity. The Author also throws too many characters at the reader at one time, which also makes the book confusing at first. It is also best to approach this book as two stories in one. The first(which is half the book) is a flashback trial, which is handled wonderfully. The second, brings you to the present point and flip flops around before the final climax. Although I did enjoy reading the book, I will not rush out and buy another one of Pattersons works. If I happen upon one at a clearance sale, then I feel it is money well spent