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Summary: Too slow
Review: I am only going to finish listening to this audio book in hopes the ending will be decent but I don't expect much. It seems like the author took two completely different but interesting story lines and meshed them inexpertly. I like the idea behind the bird children and the Hospital but the inane dialog, weak character development, and bad decisions made by the characters are just weights that drag this book down almost beyond redemption.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!!
Review: I have to say I am really surprised to see all the bad reviews for this book. I have read a lot of James Patterson's books and I loved this one. I highly recommend it.Patterson plays off fears that are becoming reality in this world. The idea that scientists are conducting experiments on people and animals in order to "better" the human race. I was so interested in the book because Patterson states at the beginning that things talked about in this novel are actually happening in some places; places that are kept extremely undercover. It is a scary idea.
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Summary: ugh.
Review: I haven't read a lot of Patterson, and what I have read has been passable filler. This book is utter crap. I haven't read the first novel, When the Wind Blows, and this certainly doesn't inspire me to. This is yet another literary cut and paste job that doesn't quite measure up to the sum of its parts. Evil Genious gets his groove on by manipulating mere mortals for sicko kicks and, of course, World Domination. The plot here is so far beyond plausible as to be laughable. Evil Genious has a big scoop that "schucks" unwitting "donors" by scooping out the entirety of their internal organs to transplant into the most important old men in the world, so they can be afforded another half century of life to carry out Evil Genious' plans for New World Order. All the while, the bird-children and Franny the half-wit are being hunted relentlessly by hired goons who mysteriously know their every move. And they don't bother calling the police or anything. Just hang around waiting for the goons to come back. This book reads like a rough draft that should have been round-filed. Patterson should have kept this one to himself.
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Summary: SLOW FOR A PATTERSON NOVEL.......
Review: What more can I say? This novel is a sequel to "When The Wind Blows," a Patterson work that I enjoyed. This, however, was a very poor follow-up to that wonderful novel. It opens in front of a courthouse in Colorado--where a custody hearing is soon to be taking place. At odds are the biological parents of the "flying kids" and Frannie, that very likeable veterinarian and Kit, her FBI lover. Although one cannot help but sympathize with the childrens' natural parents, it is clear that they have "imprinted" (as birds do,) upon Frannie and Kit, and regard them as their "real" mother and father. The judge, however, sees differently and rules to return the kids to their natural parents. Everything goes relatively smoothly, until masked men arrive at the home of Max and Matthew in an attempt to spirit them away. Both escape, and run of course to Frannie, who in turn calls estranged lover Kit. It soon becomes clear that Max, the "matriarch" of the flock is in possession of information that puts all of the kids in danger, and it is necessary to get to the others before they are also visited by evil men with equally bad intentions. The story moves slowly, with flights at night, multiple escapes from marauding strangers, and way too much avian insight to be believable. When Max finally shares the dangerous information that she knows with Kit, Frannie, and the others, the storyline becomes suspiciously reminiscent of its predecessor--but decidedly more slow. It is clear from the ending that Mr. Patterson intends to have us visit the bird children at least once more; let's hope that his third attempt is more laudible. DYB
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Summary: Terrible
Review: This was probably one of the worst books I ever read.(Honestly, I didn't bother finishing it.) What was Patterson thinking? Quickly puting out another book just to make money? At the expense of his loyal fans? I'm very disappointed he "sold out" on putting such a bad book on the market. I always believed he had exellent talent, but now I'm not sure!
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Summary: How can Patterson do this?
Review: If you read When the Wind Blows you would understand my excitement when the Lake House came out. The first book in the series is great and leaves you eager to read more about the flying kids (assuming you like fantasy). I was extremely dissapointed with the sequel! This book is dull, the plot is awful. I hope that Patterson ends the series here. I know I won't read the next book if there is one.
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Summary: Not one of his best
Review: Patterson could have done a lot better, especially with a much-anticipated sequel. I was not a big fan of When the Wind Blows, but read The Lake House simply because I devour all of Patterson's books. The Alex Cross books are better!
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Summary: A disappointment.
Review: This book doesn't even compare to When the Wind Blows. I LOVED When the Wind Blows but Lake House was a bore. It seems Patterson was in a hurry to follow up with a sequel and this was hardly worth the time.
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Summary: Alex Cross books are much more interesting.....
Review: I am a fairly new reader of Patterson's books and do have to agree with other reviewers that the Alex Cross thrillers are far more interesting. The dialog in "The Lake House" was quite basic (and sometimes unrealistic). I made the mistake of reading this first, not sure if it is now worth reading the story from the beginning (When The Wind Blows, the pre-quel).
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Summary: The Lake House
Review: I was immediately caught up in this book. I could also tell right away that it was going to be a great book, since the author did such a great job in making me feel like I was really hearing the story from Dr. Frannie O'Neill, the narrator of the story. Patterson made me feel like I was a dear friend of Frannie's, and he also made me feel every emotion that she was feeling throughout the story. Patterson made me feel every emotion by being so descriptive of every aspect of the feelings. He would say how the characters bodies would tense up, or they would get knots in their stomach, or even that the hair on their neck would stand up. These are all feeling we all know and can relate to. The bad part though, was that I only ended up getting about sixty pages into the book, but I already couldn't wait to start reading some more. The fact alone that I am so into the book that I can't wait to read more makes it successful in my mind.
I feel Patterson wrote a wonderful book that people of all ages could read and enjoy, as long they keep an open mind. I read some other reviews about this book and to tell you the truth, I was shocked because many people gave it a bad review. Someone even said that the book was Patterson's sell-out and that he wrote it only to make money. Wow, what a shock! Someone who does something for a living and expecting to make money, that is ludicrous! All I know is that if this is considered one of Patterson's worst books, then I am a reader of his for life, because I loved it!
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