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Summary: A Decent Read
Review: While I have read other more gripping authors, this book had moments when I couldn't wait to turn the page. The characters lacked depth, but were not so shallow that they detracted from the story. The twists were good, though mostly expected and the killer was sufficiently evil. I recommend it as a fast read and worth the time though there are better.
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Summary: Emjoyed it.
Review: I really enjoyed this book. I had stayed away from it because i couldn't get over the fact that a man would be wrinting as a woman. Patterson did very well though.He has an amazing talent. In the Cross series he writes from a African-American's perspective and does well. Here it's a woman's perspective. I loved the book. To the naysayers: Stop being so jealous!
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Summary: Unfortunately unconvincing new heroine
Review: Patterson introduces some new female crime fighters onto the scene. An unlikely quartet form in response to a gut wrenching murder that promises to be the start of a series. His lead character, the heroine of the story, is feisty hard-working Lindsay Boxer, the first woman to be promoted to that level in the SFPD. Like other female leads in the crime genre (think Scarpetta and Brennan) she is smart, hard-working (harder than her male colleagues to get the same place), and single, with an unenviable relationship history that promises complicated relationships with colleagues in the future. Unlike her compatriots in the genre, Boxer is portrayed rather two-dimensionally and one suspects that Patterson is not altoghether comfortable with his choice of lead. Nevertheless, he deserves full marks for blighting her with a rare condition - Negli's aplastic anaemia - giving our heroine a rather different personal demon to struggle against whilst saving America. Certainly, it's a change from the usual problems in personal life, such as alcoholism (recovering) that seem to afflict other female leads (like Scarpetta and Brennan). This rather cynical characterisation aside (though our heroine is clearly put together from a heroine identikit folder), Patterson gives us a perfectly servicable thriller that does the job. I expect these characters are here to stay, which means I'm not giving anything away by breaking the news that our heroine does indeed survive her fatal condition, whilst managing to crack the case. Hopefully they will develop in future novels to engage the reader's interest a bit more so that we actually care what happens to them.
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Summary: A great start to a new series.
Review: Patterson strikes out with a new detective in a new location. Lindsey Boxer is refereshingly new as is the women's murder club she uses to help her solve the mystery of the murdered newly weds. Sometimes the plot seems to be a little far-fetched, but in light of some the events you read in the paper and see on the news these days, it really isn't. It is a new series that I am sure I will follow.
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Summary: A six stars book
Review: I started to read this book one Saturday at 10:00 A.M. went to a party at 6:00 P.M. and finished the book on sunday at 10:00 P.M., this is the second 6 stars book that I ever read, it keeps you turning page after page and it has some things that when you read it you will not understand why or how does it happened, but at the end of the book you will understand everything, it also has one or two things taken from the hand like one of the police officers dead, I didn't tell you who because I will tell you part of the story.
Don't skip this book.
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Summary: Simply horrible. An affront to anyone that likes good books.
Review: Who are the people giving this book 5 stars? Heck, anything above 1 is being too kind. My guess is that the people who read books by Patterson also like movies by Michael Bay. Bay uses quick cuts and pans to hide the fact that he doesn't know how to direct. Patterson uses 1 and 2 page chapters to mask the fact that he couldn't piece together real, coherent thoughts. I feel like I have the right to sue the person that recommended this book to me. I want those hours of my life back. Now!
On to the "story". 4 eminently stupid women get together and form a "murder club" and try to solve a crime that apparently men are too stupid to figure out. I guess I shouldn't call the women stupid, Patterson wrote the words, so it's his fault that they're too stupid to see the holes in the plot, to ask the obvious questions. This "crime" could have been solved in 10 pages if any character had at least half a brain. Oy, such garbage.
How Patterson is allowed to continue this charade of being a "writer" astounds me. Stephen King used to call his own writing the equivalent of a Big Mac and fries. King is Charles Dicken compared to Patterson. I can't say enough negative things about Patterson's inability to write coherent thoughts, describe a scene properly etc etc. He's terrible.
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Summary: Patterson is the best!
Review: Once again, James Patterson delivers another superb thriller. I couldn't put it down and can't wait to read 2nd Chance. I was extremely entertained and kept in suspense.
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Summary: A companion on a trip
Review: I'm a college student that rarely read novels on my free time. But I was glad that I chose this book on my summer vacation. I was looking at a 12 hour flight but luckily I had this book to keep me company. 1st to Die, by James Patterson, is a fast pace novel that got me hooked into the story. At times I didn't want to put the book down. It's about a murderer preying on newlyweds. It's a must read book.
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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous Read
Review: James Patterson, where have you been all my life? Was I the last person on the planet who did not know how incredibly good you are? No matter...I'm zipping through your books as fast as I can go. "1st to Die" is not of the calibre of the Alex Cross series, but no matter. Like my introduction to the Cross series, I idly picked up this book (in a beauty parlor, no less), and read the first chapter or so while waiting for my turn under the scissors. Hmmm....bad analogy. Because the killer in this thriller, centered in San Francisco and environs, often uses a knife to dispatch his victims--brand new brides and grooms. Each couple is gruesomely murdered during the honeymoon, and each bride is sexually violated. The case couldn't be worse, and ace homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer is dying to solve it--literally. Young and beautiful, she has just been given devastating medical news about her own state of health. Unable to face her own mortality, Lindsay obsesses about catching the vicious person who is committing the heinous crimes. She races against time in two areas--the murderer's timetable is heating up, and her own health is failing. Enter the Women's Murder Club--what an ingenious plot device! The "club" consists of Lindsay and three contemporaries who are as smart, strong, and determined as she. One is a reporter (Cindy), one is a medical examiner (Claire) and the last is an up-and-coming superstar in the DA's office (Jill). Lindsay takes strength from her friends, and for the first time in her life, is actually willing to accept help, as each woman uses her particular area of expertise to find and solve clues. There's a love interest as well: a hunky fellow cop who's been assigned to replace Lindsay's regular partner. What makes an otherwise interesting read totally compelling is Patterson's genius with the plot. Think you know who the murderer is? So did I. Think you know why the horrible crimes are being committed? So did I. Think you can predict the ending? Fugeddaboudit. Patterson is three steps ahead of you. I'm ordering the sequel, 2nd Chance, immediately; can't wait to see what new case stymies the Women's Murder Club.
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Summary: 4.5 stars actually
Review: Found this to be a good fast moving book.A few twists at the end which I enjoyed.Short chapters make the book quick and easy to read-seems to be Patterson's style and I enjoy it. It makes it quick to get in to the story and the book seems to move at a quick pace this way.It's so easy to read'just one more chapter'.I'll be reading more of his work.
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