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Summary: Suspenseful and fast paced.
Review: Jack and Jill is another great Alex Cross novel by James Patterson. It deals with a pair of killers who call themselves Jack and Jill and who leave witty poems after preying on the rich and famous. At the same time there is a child killer on the loose in Southeast, and Cross must face his eternal dilemma of wanting to solve Southeast murders but being assigned to higher profile investigations. And when I say higher in this case it really means higher. (The White House)This novel is really full of nail bitting suspense, the villains in this case (Jack and Jill) are actually quite fun, and make the story very enjoyable. This book is also where Alex Cross meets Christine who is his love interest in latter novels. It is kind of morbid to see Alex Cross preying on a married woman particularly with what happens at the end of this novel. ( I won't say more.) I thoroughly enjoyed this novel and highly recommend it. Ps. Also read Cat & Mouse it is actually better than this one.
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Summary: Non-Stop Action Keeps You Glued to the Pages
Review: I couldn't put this book down. In every chapter it seemed something importanat was happening. I really like James Patterson's writing style - it never gets boring. I was constantly second guessing character motives trying to figure out the good guys from the bad guys. Only a bit of unfinished business at the end disappointed me about this book.
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Summary: If Alex Cross tells me once more about the 'Mean Streets'
Review: I have now read all the Alex Cross series. I don't know why I persevered. I am so sick of Alex Cross telling me how hard he is, and what his Nana would have said. The general plot of the book is good. Perhaps the author could dream up another central character. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy books where there is a central character such as Jack Reacher (Lee Child's hero), or Bob Swagger (Stephen Hunter's character). When you read a book by Hunter or Child you attach yourself to the character. I can imagine what they look like and almost how they think. With Alex Cross I don't. To sum up though- good plot shame about the fairy of a central character.
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Summary: Does not live up to its legacy
Review: After reading Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, I found myself very disappointed with Jack and Jill. The book was good enough to keep my attention and serve as an entertaining read, but it lacked the suspense and pure thrill that Patterson's first two Alex Cross novels had. I did not once feel more than cursory emotions for the characters and I did not have the rushes of adrenaline that were commonplace in the first two novels. If you want vintage Alex Cross, stick with the first two novels. Patterson seems to have sold out to the quantity over quality push that publishers use.
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Summary: SPOILING THE STORY-I loved and hated that book
Review: Well ... I love James Pattersons Books ... it's the only author I am able to read without goin' bored ... My first book was Kiss the girls (that time in german)I was fascinating ... lately I am reading "Pop goes the weasel" ( I love the moveing weasel at the top of each page ;-)) ... I kind of love it ... but Jack and Jill ... I read it about 6 month ago ... it took me long time to be over with it. I guess about 4 month ( That are 3 month and 2 weeks more than I am used to ...)at all ... but at the end i felt a bit dissapointed ... I read all that stuff just for learn that there is no defined end ... Okay he is right ... there is 0 chance to get the real murderer but ... to close the book like that is still bothering me ...
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Summary: Twisting and exciting
Review: I loved this book!!!!! I thought the characters were great and the questions of who the killer was in the separate cases kept me guessing until the end. It was a great mystery book and it was easy to read and didn't seem like it had as many pages as it did!!! I read his other novel Along Came A Spider and loved it also. I will definately be reading more from him!!!!!
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Summary: EASY READING.....EXCELLENT PLOT
Review: Easy too understand. i enjoyed the high stakes of the killers in this one and the twisted ending gave me fits. i enjoyed the involvment of the CIA and i am falling in love with Cross's partner John Sampson.
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Summary: Painful
Review: While this book does have an unexpected ending, it borders on painful to read. The author (usually quite good), tries to make up for the lack of developed characters with gratidous sex scenes. The whole plot: The president's life is in danger. Besides the poems "Jack and Jill came up the hill, to kill, to kill, to kill" this book is the same theme you've seen on every cop show fifty other times. It has an underlying plot involving a child murderer. The book appears to be two short stories, sewn together to fill a book.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: The story is somewhat interesting but extremely repetitive. It could have been half as long. Patterson kept saying the same things using different words. (Get my point?) All of which I could have lived, if it weren't for an ending that is very flat, uninteresting, disappointing, weak, lame. (Take your pick.)
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Summary: Great book, a must read
Review: I really enjoyed the book Jack and Jill. The book kept you in suspense the whole time you were reading it. I think this is one of James Patterson's greatest books that he has written so far and I am a BIG James Patterson reader. If you like books that keep you in suspense and challenge you to become one of the detectives then I think you would enjoy reading this book. Also if you decide to read this book and you enjoy it, I would also reccomend reading Kiss the Girls, Cat and Mouse, or Pop Goes the Weasel.
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