The Lake House

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Summary: The Great Disapointment
Review: Do not waist your money on this book. I think the author lost interest in the book about half way through. The ending was rushed and left a lot of questions. James Patterson and his publisher have gotten used to using the name "James Patterson" to sell books and have really slipped on quality. It takes more than a name to write a good book. I really liked the flying children and its a shame he ended it the way he did. This book should never have been written.

Rating:
Summary: I really don't know what to say
Review: James Patterson has such a great reputation and record that it is hard to judge a book like this. As a sequel I was already well aware of the 6 kids and their abilities to fly. So there wasn't any mystery there. Patterson again shows skill in creating a creepy villian in Dr. Ethan Kane. Still, the Lake House isn't a mystery, so there isn't any path of discovery in finding out the bad guys.

The chapters of the book concerning the life of the bird children get kind of old. Maybe some readers like Patterson's sentimental side, but I'm not one of them. I prefer the mystery, the violence and suspense, none of which is in the Lake House.

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Summary: no way to get from point A to point B
Review: I can't even give this book 1 star except it was a required field. I wish I had read the reviews before picking up the book. I had high hopes after reading "When the Wind Blows" which was not believable, but which was exciting and who cared if the characters knew more than the plot would have given them credit for. "The Lake House" had the excitement, but all of a sudden, the flaws in how the characters knew things and how stupid some of the moves they made seemed to jump off the pages. Is Mr. Patterson rushing to print just to cash in on a good thing? And if he is, I wish he would stop.

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Summary: Nice build up
Review: I really lie the fact that it really seemed to be building up to an all out battle. I liked the characters expecially ozmyndias and Dr. Krane. Btu the ending was nice disapointing !!
but i think there is going to be a third one !

Rating:
Summary: The Lake House
Review: I was so excited to hear that a sequel to "When the Wind Blows" was coming out soon that I bought the original in paperback to re-read. After spending my Fourth of July reading the sequel "The Lake House" I was so dissappointed that I wish I had read Harry Potter's new book (which I bought at the same time) and skipped "The Lake House". The characters are just as loving, different and interesting as the first book but the plot just ...!! The ending was absolutely unbelievable, the rescue was unexplained and not to mention the entire plot, ending and next sequel set-up all happens in the last dozen pages. What a let-down. Mr. Patterson is so much better than this and I hope new readers don't let this mess of a book determine whether they read his other wonderful books.

Rating:
Summary: Oh, puleeze!
Review: With all the money he's made, you'd think Patterson could slow down his rate of churning out dopey stuff like this and reach deep down for something that is challenging and satisfying.

There are so many other spectacular books out there right now. Spend your money on one of them, instead of perpetuating this kind of drivel.

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Summary: Patterson not up to par
Review: Have read and enjoyed most of Patterson's books. Lake House, however, was perhaps the greatest waste of time ever spent in reading.

The plot is outlandish, not even remotely interesting. It should have been billed as comic book science fiction, and never should have been published by a respectable publishing house.

I have rated a number of Patterson's books as excellent in the past.

This one is so bad I will never read another. He wrote the Beach House with a co-author - it is hard to imagine that he wrote this himself, or let his name be attached to it.

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Summary: Patterson's Second Childhood
Review: I have read most of Mr. Patterson's books and enjoyed them immensely. In this one his fantacy has taken a fleight that crashes on take off. Flying children, an anti-hero with an attitude that defies credulity, and a premise that suggests - natural parents are less competent to handle their children than a veterinarian and an FBI agent (not married to each other) - give me a break. The resolution, even on rereading is fraught with confusion requiring an epilogue of 3 chapters and 11 pages.

For Patterson to invoke the term "Muggles" is presumptuous. An anology to the Harry Potter books and "The Lake House" is wishful thinking.

Not one of Mr. Patterson's best by a ton.

Irving M. Wall

Rating:
Summary: What happened?
Review: I keep waiting for it to get interesting, it never did. I would not give this to anyone. I don't hate anyone that much. A novel for the dumpster.

Rating:
Summary: So unrealistic!
Review: Don't waste your money. The author no longer captures my interest. That's too bad.