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Summary: Not the regular but good nontheless
Review: When I read the other reviews of this book I was sure I would hate it, (I have read everyone of his books) then I picked it up and one day and several surprises later I turned the last page. NO, it is not a Alex Cross, detective novel; but it is Good and it keeps you on the edge of your seat till the very end. I think we should give Patterson credit for trying something new and succeeding.
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Summary: Usually a great Patterson fan.
Review: The best thing about this book is it's length. With very short chapters of 2 to 3 pages and half empty pages at the beginning and end of these chapters to stretch it out, this book is a very fast read. It is not your usual Patterson. It lacks everything that is usually found in his books. I did read it all the way through hoping that it would improve as it progressed. This did not happen. All the characters seemed to be shallow and unlikeable and the plot strange because key points such as the plagues of illnesses were unexplained and vague. The ending seemed to be condradictory-if the Devil's child survived the drowning, why did the plagues end? And who found him and raised him with no publicity? Surely a new born baby saved from the ocean would make headlines even in the Irish countryside.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: After reading this for awhile, it reminded me of a book I had read 15 years ago, called Virgin. Turns out, James Patterson wrote both of them. I wasn't that thrilled with the first one and he certainly didn't improve with the re-work. He tried to hard to build suspense with his chapters that only last a page or two but it really is annoying to keep jumping back and forth between plot lines. The characters were not believable and the priest doesn't even have a hiccup of guilt over the loss of his faith to the love of a woman. Mr. Patterson leans too heavily on description of things; you know exactly what everyone is wearing or driving. Truly, who cares what kind of perfume a person is wearing or the exact model of the car they are driving; these are not plot points, they are filler that have no point in the story. The characters are wooden and stereotypical and you honestly don't care if they all die in the end.I haven't ever read any other novel by this author and probably never will. I would only recommend this book as firewood.
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Summary: Not his best work.
Review: Patterson should stick to detective stories and leave the supernatural stuff to authors like Steven King, Ann Rice, etc. The book is predictable, boring and not the typical Patterson read. Its one thing for an author to go off the beaten path and write something different for a change but better to stick with what they know works. I would rather wait a year before his next publication then to read a book of this genre. He's out of his element on this one.
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Summary: Cradle and All
Review: I have read every book since Along Came a Spider plus a few of his earlier books. I am an Alex Cross fan and love Patterson's writing style. However, I think he should stick to the Alex Cross stories. He should leave the weird and strange to Stephen King and his fans. Cradle and all was a fast easy read but definitely not his best work.
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Summary: A Huge Waste of Time
Review: Overblown, nosensical, etc.. I have enjoyed his other novels but this one is terrible. There seemed to be no real point to the plot.
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Summary: Another Patterson hit!
Review: James Patterson knows grabs the reader from the first page and doesn't let go until the last sentence. While his Alex Cross series is vastly popular around the world, every other book or so, Patterson takes a break from Alex's world and delves into another realm. "Cradle and All" is just such a story, revealing the author's brilliant imagination and his expertise at blending crime fiction and the supernatural. Two young women are pregnant. One is in Boston, the other is in Ireland. Both are virgins. One woman will give birth to the child of God, the other the child of Satan. Around the world, medical experts are fighting epidemics, droughts, floods and famine. It would seem that the Book of Revelation is upon us. Former nun-turned-private investigator Anne Fitzgerald, is hired by the Archdiocese of Boston to investigate both women and their situations. Anne soon realizes that both young women are in mortal danger as the forces of good and evil gather to claim their prize. A re-write of Patterson's 1980 "Virgin," "Cradle and All" forces the reader to face what could be the world's worst nightmare. While I adore his Alex Cross series, I look forward to Patterson's other novels, too. They reveal the author's extraordinary talent for story-telling. This one will keep you turning pages.
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Summary: A great read
Review: Kept me up turning the pages..
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Summary: cradle and all
Review: Did not care for this book. Was not up to Patterson style. I hope this is not the avenue he plans to go down with the new book in Nov. that he mentions in his bio.
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Summary: UMMM...I Don't Think So!
Review: While I don't share the same anger with this book as many of the other reviewers(maybe because I didn't buy the book myself), I found it to be quite poorly written. I am only 19 years old and remember writing better short stories in middle school! The plot was highly under developed and the climax was just plain silly! I found it hard to believe that Patterson could even let something like this be printed bearing his name as the author. King, while tackling the subject in probably 500+ pages, would have definitly given a subject as huge as the second coming of Christ it's just do. And priest and nuns simply running away from their vows at the drop of a hat....COME ON! The book was more humerous than suspenseful, so if looking for a comedy, this may be a good read!
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