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Summary: The most exciting and suspensful novel I have ever read
Review: I think this book was truly exciting and suspensful. You never knew what would happen next and the clues in the story went alnog perfectly throughout the whole novel. It was an experiance to remember.
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Summary: Shocking!! But a real gem.
Review: I thouroughly enjoyed this book. Started it on the plane on the way to Bali and spent my whole holiday reading it. As a young lawyer I could relate; however, as a mother I found parts of it not very realistic. A jolly good read!
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Summary: A real screamer!
Review: I was so involed with the story line that when the plost twisted, I screamed out loud. It faced some tough issues and restored my faith in the thought that people get what they deserve
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Summary: Heading south
Review: I was surprised about the stars given by other readers as I found the book rather annoying. The story itself was quite good but i found the characters really annoying. Sad to say it wasn't Richie that I found annoying, but the main characters of Christopher and Terri. I think the author tries to hard to make everything black and white. Richie is really evil and Terri and Christopher are like Joseph and Mary. It just becomes too much after a while. I think a bit of ambiguity in the characters would have made the book far better.
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Summary: brutal, nasty discription of crime
Review: i was taken back at the too-unbelievable writing, topped with a brutal and nasty result. it may happen, i guess but i wasn't ready for "america's worst" most disgusting crime i have ever heard(read) of. but it drew a realistic, very intriguing picture of court, defense, and so on. but the subject was too harsh for me to deal with(i'm 16) otherwise, richard is a great writer, in my opinion. but i find it also interesting, that he gave the most hateful person his own name-richard.
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Summary: Brutal and disappointing
Review: I'm a fan of his books, but I found this one very painful. I couldn't finish it. At a certain point, I skipped to the end to confirm that who I thought actually did it, actually did do it! I had the person pegged very early on. What's so painful about this particular book is the child abuse angle. I work with child sexual abuse victims and this is a very disturbing book to read through. I just couldn't stand it anymore, but I wanted to see how it would end. I liked the main characters (Paget and Terri) much more in the earlier works. I'd skip this one, if you're reading his books in sequence.
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Summary: Consistently Excellent
Review: I'm a great fan of Mr. RN Patterson and was not disapppointed with this one. Would recommend any of his legal mystery novels to anyone who likes a well written creative story.
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Summary: Eyes of a child
Review: If you are into thrillers,this is the book for you!Fantastic
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Summary: A mystery that is not a whodunit.
Review: If you have any experience at all reading the whodunit type of mystery story, you will know within the first two chapters who the murderer is in this story. If that's all you care about, you'll be tempted to stop. My advice? DON'T !!!Eyes of a Child is one of the best mystery novels I have ever read, and I picked it up by accident, thinking it was by another author. Lucky accident! The story is told largely through the eyes of Teresa Peralta, a young hispanic legal assistant in San Francisco, whose husband of six years, Richie, is murdered just before she leaves to go to Venice with her boss and lover, Christopher Paget, a major character carried over from a previous Patterson novel. We know Chris can't possibly be the murderer, because he's the good guy in the previous book, so we're left with only one possible suspect-- so there's no mystery at all about 'whodunit.' In spite of that, the book is a terrific mystery-- not about who, but about how and why. The 'victim' is a slimeball of major proportions. He's killed in the first few pages. Then, through flashbacks, we're taken through the last few months before his demise. By the time he finally gets what's coming to him, we're ready to go to SanFran and kill him ourselves! The dramatic insensity picks up when Christopher is arrested and tried for the murder. We know he didn't do it, but his efforts to prove his innocence in the face of many facts that make him look guilty provides the terrific suspense. The outcome is unexpected and exciting. But I'm missing the main point here: This is no ordinary mystery story, and the plot pales in comparison to some other issues. These are 'real' people. We care about them. We care what happens to them. We want Christopher to 'get off' without revealing to the authorities who the real killer is, because the murderer has done society an immense service and deserves to remain unidentified and free. Although the adult characters make the plot move, it is a child who is the center of the story-- hence the title. Teresa's daughter is one of the most haunting and sympathetic characters you will ever encounter in literature. What happens to her along the way is far more important in the long run than the more prosaic question of who is 'victim' and who is 'murderer.' I have only two minor complaints: 1. A couple of the characters easily arrive at insights into their own personalities that no real-life person could similarly achieve, and 2. They are able to articulate these insights more clearly than any similar real person could. In other words, the author puts words in their mouths for them. This damages the illusion of reality in a couple of spots. However, the book's many strengths far outweigh these piddly weaknesses. A fascinating read. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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Summary: A mystery that is not a whodunit.
Review: If you have any experience at all reading the whodunit type of mystery story, you will know within the first two chapters who the murderer is in this story. If that's all you care about, you'll be tempted to stop. My advice? DON'T !!! Eyes of a Child is one of the best mystery novels I have ever read, and I picked it up by accident, thinking it was by another author. Lucky accident! The story is told largely through the eyes of Teresa Peralta, a young hispanic legal assistant in San Francisco, whose husband of six years, Richie, is murdered just before she leaves to go to Venice with her boss and lover, Christopher Paget, a major character carried over from a previous Patterson novel. We know Chris can't possibly be the murderer, because he's the good guy in the previous book, so we're left with only one possible suspect-- so there's no mystery at all about 'whodunit.' In spite of that, the book is a terrific mystery-- not about who, but about how and why. The 'victim' is a slimeball of major proportions. He's killed in the first few pages. Then, through flashbacks, we're taken through the last few months before his demise. By the time he finally gets what's coming to him, we're ready to go to SanFran and kill him ourselves! The dramatic insensity picks up when Christopher is arrested and tried for the murder. We know he didn't do it, but his efforts to prove his innocence in the face of many facts that make him look guilty provides the terrific suspense. The outcome is unexpected and exciting. But I'm missing the main point here: This is no ordinary mystery story, and the plot pales in comparison to some other issues. These are 'real' people. We care about them. We care what happens to them. We want Christopher to 'get off' without revealing to the authorities who the real killer is, because the murderer has done society an immense service and deserves to remain unidentified and free. Although the adult characters make the plot move, it is a child who is the center of the story-- hence the title. Teresa's daughter is one of the most haunting and sympathetic characters you will ever encounter in literature. What happens to her along the way is far more important in the long run than the more prosaic question of who is 'victim' and who is 'murderer.' I have only two minor complaints: 1. A couple of the characters easily arrive at insights into their own personalities that no real-life person could similarly achieve, and 2. They are able to articulate these insights more clearly than any similar real person could. In other words, the author puts words in their mouths for them. This damages the illusion of reality in a couple of spots. However, the book's many strengths far outweigh these piddly weaknesses. A fascinating read. I can't recommend it highly enough.
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