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Cradle and All

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 391 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

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Two pregnant teenagersone in privileged Newport, Rhode Island, one in a poor, remote Irish villagehave nothing in common except for the stunning fact that both are virgins. Private detective and former nun Anne Fitzgerald is called by the Archdiocese of Boston to investigate and to watch over the girls as they come to term. But Anne hasnt been told the secret prophecy of the Virgin of Fatima known only to the Pope: one of these girls will give birth to the Messiah while the other will bear the child of Satan. Caught between the certainty of science and the possibility of a miracle, Anne finds herself at the center of a terrifying battle on which the fate of humanity hangs. James Pattersons most recent bestseller, Pop Goes the Weasel (October 1999), had a first printing of one million copies and was a Globe and Mail bestseller. When the Wind Blows (1998), a nonAlex Cross novel, shot straight to #1 in paperback (1999). Cradle and All is an entirely reimagined version of a 1980 Patterson novel, Virgin, long out of print. Cradle and All has been chosen as a Main Selection of the Literary Guild. Praise for James Patterson: James Patterson knows how to sell thrills and suspense in clean, unwavering prose. ~ People

The Jester

James Patterson, Andrew Gross

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Total reviews: 287 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Patterson (with co-author) Outdid himself 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book was one of his best. It had more depth with the historical fiction. I either like his books alot--- The Womens Murder Club mysteries, "The Honeymoon", "Beach House", and my favorite "Miracle on the 18th Green", or I don't--- like the Alex Cross books. Most with a co-writer are very good.
Jester was fasinating with amazing characters and a story that kept you wanting more. A fast and very interesting read. Thanx for the help. Andrew

A matter of expections, perhaps? 4 out of 5 stars.
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NOTE: This review refers to the unabridged audio cassette version of this book.

It was interesting to read the greatly varied reviews of this book. It seems that how you rate it depends in part on your expectations before hand.

Many of you are apparently familiar with Patterson's other books and were expected more of the sameand were disappointed when you didn't find it.

Luckily, I have never read any of his other books and I came to "Jester" with no expectations along that line. I picked it up because it was cheap and I needed an audio book. Judging from the cover image and the blurb, I assumed it was one of those "DaVinci Code" clones, with some ancient religious relic wrecking havoc today.

I was very happily surprised to find a richly drawn historic novel full of action, suspense and romance. In fact, I loved the book and I grew to care about the main characters. The writing was good, although without any great literary pretensions.

That is not to say it was without faults. If anything, it leaned too heavily on the romance angle and I half expected to hear some over-baked "Harlequin" type hyberbole along with the sometimes graphic (though never vulgar) sex scenes. And the protagonist was SO good and SO lucky (I mean, would anyone really be able to survive everything from the Crusades to a wild boar attack????) that I thought he should be addressed as Saint Hugh.

In the audio version, there were two additional weaknesses. One was the use of strong Welsh and British accents for the main characters who are, after all, French. I am glad they didn't opt for phoney French accents, but it was disconcerting nonetheless.

The other, albeit even more minor, distraction was that the narractor called off each chapter number and, given that there were more than 140-something chapters (some very very short) this quickly became annoying.

Still, when the only faults you can find in a book are such minor ones, that says a great deal about the book!

Sam's Letters to Jennifer

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 188 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Sam vs. Suzanne 2 out of 5 stars.
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I'm not going to be too hard on this book, because I knew what I was getting into. I took the plunge based no my experience with Suzanne's Letters to Nicholas. This book did not bring forth the same reaction from me. I cried and was moved for days based on the before mentioned book. This novel didn't bring me to that place.

I appreciated the story but felt it predictable. To be fair, I read Suzanne's at a different time in my life, and perhaps I was more emotional and less jaded toward predictable storylines.

In any event, if you were going to select one book to read between Sam's or Suzanne's, I certainly suggest Suzanne's.

LOVE THIS BOOK! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I loved this book. I have read James Patterson's other two books (Sundays at Tiffany's and Suzanna's letters to Nicholas) but this one is my fav. The chapters are short but you find yourself reading half the book in one sitting because you want to find out what is going to happen next. I would suggest this book to anyone. It is a beautiful love story.

Beach Road

James Patterson, Peter de Jonge

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Total reviews: 259 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

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By the #1 bestselling author of Lifeguard, a gleaming new summer thriller set in the luxurious Hamptons.

Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy's client list is woefully small--occasional real estate closings barely keep him in paper clips. When he is hired to defend a local man accused in a triple murder that has the East Hampton world in an uproar, he knows that he has found the case of his lifetime.

The crime turns the glittering playground of the super-rich into a blazing inferno. Dunleavy's client is a local hero, but Dunleavy knows the case rests atop a volcano of money, deception, and forbidden desires. His client is the perfect fall guy--unless he can find the key that unlocks the secret rooms of the gilt-shrouded set.

When Dunleavy is joined by his former flame, the savvy and well-connected attorney Kate Costello, he believes he has a chance. But payback is a bitch--especially from the rich. The violent retaliations of billionaires threatened by his investigation exceed anything Dunleavy has ever seen. With the entire nation's eyes on him in a new Trial of the Century, Dunleavy orchestrates a series of revelations that lead to a stunning outcome--only to find afterward that the truth is wilder than anything he ever imagined.

See How They Run

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 35 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Would Be Hard to Recommend This Book 2 out of 5 stars.
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I have read many of JP's books and find this is not one of his fast-paced, keep you on the edge of your seat, waiting to turn the next page books. It has several implausible, seeming contrived ideas (microwaving entire dormitories!). The main character has suffered the loss of all his immediate family and a wife he cherishes by terrorists, but quickly takes up with an old girlfriend who is also (unbeknownst to him) one of the bad-guys. Seemed very contrived and a bit stereotypical, i.e. all the Jewish Holocaust survivors in the book had become wealthy and internationally known personages. We all know this wasn't (isn't) the case.

Boring and Flat 2 out of 5 stars.
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I like James Patterson's later novels, but I think he made a mistake by re-issuing some of his earlier books under new titles. SEE HOW THEY RUN, which was Patterson's third book, was originally titled the JERICHO COMMANDMENT and was originally published in the late 1970s. This plot deals with a terrorist plot involving the Olympics -- I won't say more than that, because it would spoil certain twists in the plotline (many of the reader reviews do exactly that, so be wary of reading them!).

Unfortunately, SEE HOW THEY RUN has really thin characterization and a meandering plot that doesn't really excite or satisfy the reader. I also wasn't thrilled to see the Holocaust used as a cheap plot device, which is essentially what this book boils down to.

Patterson, like most writers, got better with time. My advice is to skip this early effort and focus your attention on the Alex Cross series and Women's Murder Club series, which are far superior to this misfire.

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A long-germinating plot for revenge, first conceived in the extermination camps of Nazi Germany, erupts in full force during the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where a group of terrorists delivers a shocking ultimatum. Originally published as The Jericho Commandment. Reprint.

When the Wind Blows

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 652 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Good reading! 4 out of 5 stars.
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Purchased this book after reading the Maximum Ride series....even though it is a slightly different story, it felt like a prequel, I am currently reading "The Lake House", which takes off from "When the wind blows"....I am enjoying the whole group of books, hope Patterson continues with the story line...

Fly Away 3 out of 5 stars.
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I look at this book as a fantasy. I realize that cloning and DNA have opened up a new world to us. We will be using genetic engineering to avoid many genetic tragedies. I am sure we will try to make the best humans possible, but thankfully not in my lifetime. I believe that there are scientific limits to this and producing wings on humans is one of them. Patterson takes a subject and turns it into a real thriller. By Ruth Thompson by "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez |Above The River"

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Honeymoon

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 279 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

No suspense - none 3 out of 5 stars.
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This is another short story drawn out to look like a novel with loose ends that are left dangling. What was in the letter written by the mother - why did the mother kill her husband - etc. etc.

There were some plot elements that just made no sense at all; why was the fact that O'Hara's boss was also his ex-wife not reveled until the ending - does anyone believe that the FBI would tell a suspect that she might get 1.5 million dollar settlement from an insurance policy that does not even exist - etc. etc.

The character development was so thin and shallow that I never cared who might be killed, victims, villain, or FBI agents.

The best I can say is that it was an easy and quick read but with an ending that was definitely anti-climatic and disappointing.

Editorial Review:

The honeymoon is over - now the murders can begin. America*s #1 thriller writer returns with his sexiest, scariest novel ever. James Patterson's explosive new thriller introduces a bride who is beautiful, talented, devoted - and deadly. When a young investment banker dies of baffling causes, FBI agent John O'Hara immediately suspects the only witness, the banker's alluring and mysterious fiancee. Nora Sinclair is a beautiful decorator who expects the best, and will do anything to get it. Agent O'Hara keeps closing in, but the stronger his case, the less he knows whether he's pursuing justice or his own fatal obsession. In a novel so compelling it reads like a collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, James Patterson unveils surprise after surprise that will keep readers guessing until the last deadly kiss.

Miracle on the 17th Green

James Patterson, Peter De Jonge

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Total reviews: 47 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Another ho-hum sports novel 2 out of 5 stars.
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Novels and movies about sports tend to follow the same pattern. If the central figure is a boxer, he will overcome adversity and knock out the champ. In Grisham's football novel, a flailing quarterback wins the championship, albeit elsewhere. Braddock knocks out Baer. Etc. And in Patterson's golf novel, a scratch duffer--well, take a guess.

As for miracles, there isn't much of one, and what miracle there is makes little or no sense. Read it for yourself and ask the burning question--why? And why did a weekend golfer suddenly find his putter? There are just all sorts of whys here, and Patterson brushes right by them. He never gets much past superficial in plot, character or theme.

Part of my problem here is golf itself. Men in pastel attire demand absolute silence as they address a ball that is not moving and which no one will try to field once it is struck. There is a kind of religious hush around tee or green. In baseball there is jeering noise as the batter tries to hit a moving ball with the hope that nine fielders won't get to it until the batter at least reaches first base. Golf isn't really sport by a strict definition. Baseball is. Football is. Hockey is.

The only worthwhile golf novel I know of is "Dead Solid Perfect" by Dan Jenkins. In fact, Jenkins wrote the best football novel as well: "Semi Tough." Both these examples are more for fun than for the thrill of victory. When a writer tries to make sports the central and serious theme, we know how it will end.

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Travis McKinley has a job he despises, a marriage that has lost its passion, and at the age of 50, a sense that he has accomplished nothing of consequence. But one Christmas Day spent on the golf course looks set to change everything and Travis begins to believe that miracles can happen.

Lifeguard

James Patterson, Andrew Gross

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Total reviews: 162 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

One of his best! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Like all books James Patterson writes, I cannot put it down until I've finished the book. The characters, the plot and up until the last twist it pure reading enjoyment. A must read for all Patterson fans. S.L. Chessor author of Poodlums, Boogeymen and Booglers and My Tongue Fell Out.Poodlums, Boogeymen and Booglers: A Poetry Collection

Ridiculous paint-by-the-numbers so-called "thriller" 2 out of 5 stars.
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Anyone interested in a tightly plotted and well-written thriller needs to look elsewhere. This book is ridiculous, and I don't think I'll finish it. During the first chapters, the heroes we're supposed to be involved with and rooting for are an ineffectual drop-out beach bum and the unbelievably hot woman he meets, who turns out to have no skills, education, or strength of character, except for her remarkable boobs and nice hair. Then it gets worse. It turns out that she's just the dumb, pliable sex toy of a rich man and she's cheating with the beach bum because she thinks that some day maybe she'll make an effort to work toward a better life. Then she's brutally murdered by a mysterious killer, as are the beach bum's low-life, thieving friends, and the chase is on, except that I couldn't care less about these sad idiots. There is a plucky young female FBI agent who comes into the story next, and she was smart and interesting at first, but of course she instantly develops a minor crush on the beach bum on the run even though he kidnaps her at gunpoint, even helping him steal a new car from a soccer mom to evade the law. Yeah, FBI agents do that.

This book reads like it was churned out in a hurry by a brand name with zero interest in his craft. Thumbs-down.

Editorial Review:

Everything is going right for lifeguard Ned Kelley. He is involved with Tess, the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and whats more, a million dollars is within touching distance; his share of the score for the robbery of some world-class art. All he has to do is trigger alarms to throw the cops off the scent. But when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. He has been set up

The Lake House

James Patterson

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Total reviews: 299 Average rating: 2.0 of 5

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The six children have escaped horrifying government experiments, a childhood in captivity, and a frightening brush with death. Living out in the world for the first time, they yearn to be reunited with Kit and Frannie, the couple who saved their lives. And Max, the leader of the flock, is seized by an overpowering fear that the kids are about to face a danger greater than any they've ever known. All that the children want is to return to the one place they have ever felt truly protected--the waterfront cabin known as the Lake House. But in order to get there, they must thwart the sinister plans of a survivor from their worst nightmare--plans that not only keep Kit, Frannie, and the children in constant peril, but threaten the future of human existence. And it's a battle they must be willing to pay any price to win. ï THE LAKE HOUSE is the completion of James Patterson's most original and compelling story ever, When the Wind Blows--a conclusion that millions of readers have awaited for years.