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Summary: Oh, Please!
Review: I am generally a fan of Patterson . . . his books are quick reads . . . easy to read "just one more chapter" before turning out the light. With "The Lake House" I found myself reading "just one more chapter" thinking it HAS to get better. It didn't so I stopped. I didn't even bother to read the last chapter, I just don't care about any of the characters or the "unexpected" ending. And this from someone who was on an airplane with nothing else to read except for People magazine (which was far superior to this book).Is Patterson trying to meet a contractual agreement for book publishing here? How disappointing (ah, but how grateful I am that I checked this one out of the Library instead of purchasing it . . . . ;-)
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Summary: Where is Alex Cross?
Review: I have read everyone one of his books. This is the worst.....Boring, very boring. If Alex Cross does not come back soon I will not buy another of his novels..
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Summary: Not one of his best
Review: While this book was not bad it was not one of Patterson's best. There were some interesting twists and turns in this book, but there were also some things that I would have written differently.
I still enjoy reading his books, although I am still partial to Alex Cross.
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Summary: SOMEONE NEEDED QUICK MONEY
Review: James Patterson is a great author but it stinks when they try to make a short book look long by using a lot of white space in the text: chapters are short and end with 1/2 blank page, the next chapter starts in the middle of the following page. Take your time, Patterson, and produce a legitimate length novel and quit insulting your readers. We notice!
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Summary: Patterson is SO much better!!
Review: Gosh, there I go with the exclamation points and bold letters. I usually love a Patterson novel, but this book is so beneath his talents. I feel that I am reading a book meant for third graders. The prose is so simplistic that it makes the unlikelihood of the plot so much more apparent. I love a plot that is "fantastic" in nature if the writing pulls me into it. This prose does not. I rarely stop reading a book until the end - I just may in this case.
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Summary: Starts strong but fizzles...
Review: Although I wasn't a great fan of 'When The Wind Blows', I picked up this book just because it was Patterson and I've enjoyed much of his previous work (Alex Cross, 1st, 2nd etc...). I actually enjoyed most of this book but was pretty disappointed with the ending. It just went from 100 mph to zero w/ little explanation or setup. Then it ended. It was almost like he had to start wriring his NEXT book, so he just finished this one haphazardly and moved on. I have to admit though, that I will more than likely purchase future offerings in the hopes that they will be more complete
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Summary: LAKE HOUSE
Review: SHOULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN THIS. IT FEELS CONTRIVED. I'VE READ MOST OF HIS BOOKS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW ONES.
THE KIDS' DIALOG IS REALLY CORNY!
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Summary: The Lake House?
Review: In this interesting continuation of "When the Wind Blows" the winged children and their "parents" Kit and Frannie run from the bad guys, again... That is the part I don't understand. Why would they even think to put the kids in such a bad situation? Or for that matter, how dumb could an FBI agent be to visit a suspicious place and give his real name knowing that there are bad guys mixed in with the good at the Agency? What a set up! .....and by the way, how come they never visit the "Lake House"???? This book was interesting and fast paced but also very predictable and very dissapointing in some places where even I would not have been stupid enough to do some of the things that our FBI Agent Kit did.
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Summary: 4 STARS FOR INGENUITY
Review: IF YOU ARE A FAN OF PATTERSON, THEN YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS PERSONAL FORMULA FOR WRITING THE MOST ALLURING AND MIND BOGGLING THRILLERS TO DATE. HIS LATEST PATTERN THOUGH DEVIATES FROM HIS USUAL STYLE A BIT BY ADOPTING AN ETHEREAL QUALITY THAT TRANSCENDS THE AIR OF THE REGULAR THRILLER/MYSTERY NOVEL. THE CHARACTERS ARE WHAT CATCH YOU OFF GUARD COMPLETELY; THESE SIX EXTRAORDINARY CHILDREN ARE BREATHTAKING ON THE WRITTEN PAGE; EVEN THEIR LANGUAGE (WHICH SEEMED A BIT OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE AVERAGE CHILD AT FIRST) FITS THE MOLD OF THEIR PERSONS PERFECTLY; THEY REPRESENT THE BEST OF BOTH OF OUR WORLDS INTERTWINED; NATURE AND HUMANITY IN FINE FORM. THESE CHILDREN ATTEMPT AND SUCCEED AT DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE; FOLLOW THEIR NATURAL INSTINCTS AS BIRDS, WHILE BATTLING THEIR WILLS AS HUMANS. PATTERSON HANDLES THIS SUBJECT WITH DELICATE CARE AS ONE HOLDING AN INJURED BIRD, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO CRUSH ITS DELICATE WINGS BUT FEELING AND RESPECTING THE STRENGTH OF ITS POWER IN SUCH A SMALL BODY. PATTERSON'S GOLDEN CHILD, MAX, REPRESENTS THIS JUXTAPOSITION OF FRAGILITY AND STRENGTH; SHE IS AT ONCE BEAUTIFUL, STRONG, AND VULNERABLE; SHE IS THEIR SAVIOR, A MATRIARCH TO THEIR PECULIAR TRIBE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE SEEN THIS MUCH STRENGTH IN A FEMALE CHARACTER IN AWHILE; IT IS AMAZING HOW INNOCENCE CAN CLOAK THE STRONGEST OF MINDS; PATTERSON THROWS OFF THE COVERS AND OPENS LOCKED DOORS, LETTING US SEE THE BEAUTY AS WELL THE UGLINESS OF OUR WORLD. THE READER, LIKE THE CHILDREN, IS CONTENT TO STAY AT THE LAKE HOUSE, A SAFE HAVEN, BUT IT IS INEVITABLE THAT BLISS WILL LAST FOREVER. WHERE IT ENDS, THIS IS THE POINT WHERE LIVING BEGINS...
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Summary: A suprising disappointment
Review: Adter reading the enticing jacket flap, and knowing Patterson's previous works, I was anxious to read The Lake House. This is not a Patterson novel that draws you in immediately. The narrative is choppy and confusing and the plotline weak. I kept going back to see if I missed paragaghs or pages as events ended abruptly or were not resolved logically, and characters were left dangling. This one I couldn't put down, only because I couldn't wait to read about the next absurd idea (clones,robots,mad scientists,evil hospitals)incoporated into the story. Patterson probably wrote this one over a weekend.
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