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This is one of the worst books Patterson has ever written. Every chapter is 1-1/2 to 2 pages long, ends in some kind of cliffhanger, and, while the basic plot is pretty good, the story and the people in it are terrible. Patterson overuses exclamation points (i.e., She saw a snake! It was headed right for her! She had nowhere to go!) and the book reads as though it is aimed at a 10-year-old reading level. It appears to be a formulaic book he dashed off in a week, and I wish I had never wasted a credit on it.

Another Patterson page turner. May not be his best or worst but it kept me reading to the end.

I have only read a few of James Patterson's books, but this was not one of my favorites. The story was a little too predictable right from the beginning. It just didn't grab me. I didn['t even finish it.

The only thing that ever bothers me about James Patterson's writing is the many many short chapters. No matter how many pages the book has, there are always over 100 chapters. It kind of makes for choppy reading. That said, I must confess to loving this book!

Heart surgeon Kathryn Dunne has lost her husband and her kids are spoiled and emotionally distant but you can't really blame them as Kathryn's medical practice seems to mean more than her family. In an effort to bring the family together again, very rich Kathryn takes 2 months off work for a family vacation aboard their very large sailboat (read yacht). Her brother-in-law Jake plays captain and Kari, Mark and Ernie are along for the ride. Everyone is distant and doing their own thing...until the boat starts taking on lots of water. Then the action kicks up a notch and everyone slowly pulls together and you see a real family fighting for their lives.

I liked everyone though the kids originally got on my nerves with their spoiled behavior. That behavior changed real fast once the trouble started. I didn't like Peter from the very beginning thinking he was too smooth and rather smarmy. Well I guess I have to make one change to my original statement, actually there were two things that bothered me about this book. The second one was the gratuitous sex and dirty sex talk. It just wasn't needed as saying someone was having an affair would have been sufficient (or saying they went to a hotel but leaving out the details, yeah that would have worked too). It was just a strange shift from the Dunne's fighting for their lives and the ridiculous sex scenes. I thought it was suspenseful enough and the surprises were expected but not entirely. I mean you knew something was going to go wrong but what actually happened was mostly a surprise. All in all I enjoyed Sail and must say that I wanted to kick Peter in the balls too. Good for you Ernie!

I enjoyed this book.would reccomend to others.

An excellent read! It was a page-turner...with some twists and surprises!