
Jamie B. (
mrsb) wrote on 6/25/2008...
11 member(s) found this review helpful.
Book Description Bit:
Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.
Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.
Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror.
My Bit:
WOW!! Yet another hit novel!! Read it one day because I literally could not put it down ... kept saying, Oh I have to read just one more chapter and before I knew it, there were no more!! The plot and cast of characters just sucks you in from page one and never lets you go, with twists and turns at every corner. This is classic Patterson ...
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
Actually, the woman's name is Dr. Katherine Dunne. This IS a one-day read, mostly because a person is brought into the action right away. Well written, and although it's only 308 pages, the print isn't as large as it has been on a couple of recent novels by Patterson. And you don't really know how it ends until . . . the end.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is truly a 5 star book.***** I couldn't put it down. "Just one more chapter, just ONE more chapter." I started it on Monday night and finished it Tuesday afternoon. If you read the earlier reviews, you know the plot. Peter, Katherine's husband and her children's step father, not only sabotaged the "sail" by trying to commit murder on the high seas, he was a cheat as well. Lots of twists and turns in this book and the action was fast paced. Get ready for the surprise ending. For those who have abandoned Patterson, because some of his more recent books just haven't measured up, now is the time to rediscover this author. Read it! You will not be disappointed.

Claudia K. (
dchick) wrote on 10/7/2008...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book. The tone changes from character to character so it really works having the dual authorship. Plenty of adventure, plenty of intrigue. Katherine Dunne plans a long sailing trip to try to get her children closer to her; stoner Mark, bulimic Carie, and 10 year old Ernie who sees the world through the eyes of a 30 year old. Good entertainment.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
By far this one was the best of all the new ones I had to read this summer. It of course is a little predictable, but isn't that what makes reading fun for some of us? I love to guess, this time I was WRONG, and that doesn't happen too often. I was drawn in by the first chapter and then could not stop. No laundry, no cooking, just reading. The quick chapters make it fast to read "just one more". The ending was a surprise to me, but so were several of the events. I hate to give anything away but if you are choosing between Evanovich, Scottoline or this to put your money into, this one is worth it! Now onto Deaver as soon as it comes up as wish granted~

Julie A. (
panurse) wrote on 1/22/2009...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I hated it! I usually love anything he writes, but this one was terrible.