London Bridges (Alex Cross Novel)

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Summary: I love Alex Cross but...
Review: But I wish James Patterson would have him settle with one woman. I have fun with the villains and plot twists he comes up with. You DEFINITELY have to have read other Alex Cross novels to follow this one!! There should be a warning on the cover -- "for Alex Cross fans only". I found it a fun read but while dark, a little lighter in plot substance than some of his other Alex Cross books. I do believe Alex is getting to old to NOT settle down. I would really love to see him finalize things with "Jam". I think it would add a nice element to future stories. I am looking forward to improvements in the next installment.

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Summary: Finished with Alex Cross Novels
Review: I am officially finished with Alex Cross novels. Patterson's early Cross novels (Spider, Girls, Jack & Jill) were great, but the books as of late have been getting progressively worse--and now London Bridges is the worst of all. The Wolf is an absurdly powerful enemy, and seems to have access to unlimited money, manpower, information, etc. Not only is the Wolf and the whole London Bridges storyline ridiculous, the multiple "fake" endings are even worse. Every time you think you know who the Wolf is, the rug gets pulled out from beneath your feet. Does Patterson even know who the Wolf is? Does he care? Does he think his multiple endings are good writing? It's a shame b/c Patterson has taken a great character and just ruined him with the crap he now sells masquarading as thriller novels.

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Summary: Unfulfilling
Review: I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book...and once I had it, it stayed on my night table for over three weeks. Needless to say, the book did not fulfill what Big Bad Wolf had left us tasting... I found this book to be extremely twisted, and not in the good way, Alex is in Seattle with his son for one page and next thing you know he is somewhere else trying to catch the Wolf.
I thought the Wolf would live up to his reputation in London Bridges, but both he and the Weasel fall short to the characters we'd come to appreciate in their first books. Here the Weasel is barely mentioned and you just can't catch glimpses of his old self.The Wolf is just a manipulating greedy criminal whom you can never tell if you're reading about him or not.
I admit I have been dissapointed, but I will not stop reading James Patterson novels, because I keep hoping to read another novel as exciting as Kiss the Girls.

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Summary: 1/2 a really great book.
Review: I give this book 4 and a half stars. why? because it was so well put together but only one flaw. It is a bit long. I read it and stayed with it til the ending. but still great fun to read.

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Summary: Never even finished it
Review: I got about 100 pages into this book and decided it was about as deep as something I could watch in an hours worth of drama tv. Definitely a disappointment. His earlier books were much better.

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Summary: Below par from his previous Alex Cross books.......
Review: I listened to this book on tape. The plot was so unbelievable, that it took me a while to finish the book. You did not find out why the wolf blowed up the bridges. A lot of unanswered questions? Patterson's previous Cross books were so good I couldn't stop listening to them. I think he wanted to hurry up and finish this one.

All Cross was doing was getting on a plane and not staying long at each location, going to London, other places were the Wolf was to blow up bridges, seeing his son, Jamella and coming home. The story should have been developed more were Alex wasn't jumped around so much. The story sould have gone more in depth.

I will still read Patterson's books but this one was not up to his standard of writing. Skip this one.


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Summary: Expectations weren't exactly met...
Review: I personally thought the book was quite elementary to say the least. My wife said that it is supposed to be "fun reading," but I think the book was at a level far more brain numbing. Maybe it's because Mr. Patterson was so hyped, and this book actually had advertisements on TV, as to why I thought that it might have been a good read, but I believe that it would have done him well to put a bit more time and thought into the actual writing.

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Summary: The Other Half of "The Big Bad Wolf"
Review: I thought "The Big Bad Wolf" was odd because I found myself starting to skim whole repetitious chapters that all could have been entitled, 'Alex goes home and hugs his kids; nothing else happens.' Then the book fizzled out seemingly in mid-story. Having just purchased "London Bridges" in hardcover, I am even more distressed that one novel seems to have been clumsily finessed into two. If the font were any larger this book might be classified suitable for the visually impaired. The margins are huge. It is fine to divide a story into small chapters. Except that if you're already to Chapter 9 by page 29 (curiously, the novel starts on page 3) and each chapter starts on a page with only about 3" of rather large text on a 9" page -- that is a LOT of empty space. The story continues to be padded by a limp sub-plot. In my opinion, this book was not worth the $27.95 cover price. If you have to read it, save your money and check it out at the public library.

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Summary: Absurd
Review: One shouldn't waste many words in reviewing this. The plot is out of some silly, puerile comic book of old. The characters are often laughable, especially the villains. The atmosphere is all over the place and never real. Even the obligatory sex scene is silly. In short, the book is a total waste of one's time.

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Summary: why?
Review: This is the worst Alex Cross novel ever. I wonder why Mr. Patterson bothered writing it in the first place. I'd been a big fan of his until I finished this book.

It's a shame