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Summary: black friday
Review: liked most of his works but this is worst so far... took to long to get plot....seemed like he was searching for it... Boring.
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Summary: He must be profetic
Review: I recently read the paperback version on this book (a title of Patterson's work I hadn't read before. The original copyright date for this book was 1986. Perhaps the setting of this book has been updated somewhat since then, but in 2000, it reads almost as a prophetic novel, because this same 'Group of Twelve'have in recent years tried to remove a President they didn't like, who impeded their ways, by impeachment. Thank Goddess, they failed, but they are still out there--the big industrialists, and Wall Street honchos, the CEO's of our military/industrial complex, financial leaders and bank owners. They are all out there contributing mucho bucks and mucho influence to get the son George H.W. Bush--George W. Bush-- elected President in order to carry out the wishes of the Committee of Twelve. It's a case of the military/industrial complex joining hands with the banking/securities industries to make any democracy ineffectual. Only the corporate and military interests will rule.Unfortunately these power mongers ran into to a roadblock when they tried to impeach Clinton, who definitly was in their way. Clinton prevailed; the public won; the self-serving power brokers lost. Hail to Patterson, who saw this long before it happened.
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Summary: Still can't figure it out
Review: This book was a big disappointment. First of all it was written years ago, before Mr Patterson was a good writer. It is an example of greed, trying to pass off an early work as new. Second, for the life of me I can't figure the supposed "plot" in the novel. Who is actually working for who. Who are the real bad guys? And then there is the discovery of who the terrorist is. It is so unbelievable, it will make you laugh. All in all, a great disappointment from a fine writer
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Summary: Patterson's Black Friday--a weak retread
Review: I would not recommend this book. It represents the publishers' greediness--that is, an attempt to cash in on the authors' recent sucess. This book was clearly an early publication reject and the author has still not solved the problems for the earlier rejection--i.e., a nothing ending, poor plot development and a weak cast of characters. It's too bad the author allowed this to happen. This is not the first time for Patterson--another of his recent releases is also a retread. He's in it for the bucks, readers...be shy of his retreads...
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Summary: Black Friday
Review: I really enjoyed the Alex Cross series, so I thought I would enjoy this book as well. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The story line really dragged on, with very little action. The main character was fairly dull and boring. The story finally picked up towards the end, but by then, I was so worn down by the story, I bearly had the energy or desire to continue. Finally, when the story could have gone on another 50 pages and been worth the reading time, he abruptly ended the story with a cheesy ending. What a waste of my time.
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Summary: BLACK FRIDAY
Review: pp,236 Tool and Dye Is spelled Tool and Die. My father was a Master Diemaker for 45 years. DIE is the correct spelling
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Summary: interesting - but not his best
Review: i guess this book was written pre Alex cross. The premise was a little over the top for me, but the plot does have some good twists if you can except the premise. The book is a little dated now (must have been written in the eghties?) I also recommend: "A Tourist in the Yucatan" (Juicy Thriller!)
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Summary: Dont buy this book
Review: I like most of The Alex Cross books, they are great reads. However this book is not good. If Patterson is going to write about things to do with firearms, he ought to learn some more about them. He had so many errors i could not believe it. Going beyond that the plot is not even believable. How the characters get from pt A to Pt B of ther investigation is a leap of faith. I would not recommend this book to anyone, again i do like a lot of Patterson's books.
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Summary: Gosh, I hope his other stuff is better than this...
Review: I could have guessed if I'd seen the small type on the cover when I grabbed this book at the airport - "previously released as Black Market". A retitled novel is more often than not a recycled lame early work by a novelist who has later gained stature. I can only guess that this very stale 1980's plodder about terrorist attack on Wall Street was dredged up & reprinted to capitalize on the recent fluctuations in the stock market. The plot frustratingly promises revelations of motive & method that it never delivers. But you know what really gets my shorts in a bunch? There's lots of shoot em ups in this book, but it's painfully apparent the author has never handled a firearm. Seems like a minor thing, but when research is so sloppy on such an easy topic, it breaks the "suspension of disbelief" necessary to enjoy a novel. The classic signs of a non-shooting author are putting either a silencer or a safety on a revolver. (It's sort of like have a driver in a car with an automatic transmission step on the clutch.) In this book, Patterson does both. He also has the semi-auto 10 round SKS rifle as a full auto w/ 17+ rounds, notes the the M-16 is .30 caliber (it's .223), and give a New York cop a .22 rimfire full auto rifle as a weapon. The list goes on, but suffice to say it is quickly apparent that this guy is pulling his factual details out of his ear, or other conveninet orifice. You'd never see these types of screw-ups in a Tom Clancy, Wiber Smith, or Donald Hamilton novel. Can't blame him for not knowing a particular field. Can blame him for not researching it enough to have some modest amount of credibility. What are editors for? Why wouldn't they fix this before reprinting? Harrumph. I want my 12 hours back.
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Summary: A riveting audiobook production.
Review: Stephen Lang's voice adds tension and high drama to James Patterson's abridged best-selling thriller Black Friday, originally published as Black Market, pairing a federal agent, a female lawyer, and a secret militia group's actions. Enjoy riveting action in an audio which provides hard to stop.
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