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Review Date: 4/4/2023
Helpful Score: 1
Lots of things wrong with this book
The format is terrible--too many characters to keep up with and the story is written in the format of hours, example: 6 am-7 am, 7 am-8 am etc, and is for each characters
So it is just a long drawn out, slow, draggy story with multiple stories for each hour
and there is lots of foul language and racism and abuse
I made it to page 75 and that was enough for me
The format is terrible--too many characters to keep up with and the story is written in the format of hours, example: 6 am-7 am, 7 am-8 am etc, and is for each characters
So it is just a long drawn out, slow, draggy story with multiple stories for each hour
and there is lots of foul language and racism and abuse
I made it to page 75 and that was enough for me
Review Date: 4/30/2019
HEADS UP!!!!!
This is reprint in hardcover of 3 previous bookshots from 2016, 2017, 2018,
I thought when reading the second one that it sounded familiar so I looked at the copyright dates, I think this is a cheap shot at getting paid double for his books, once for each individual print and now this book combined the 3 into one hardback
The description on this website just gives the details of the last story and doesn't mention the fact that it is actually 3 stories
This is reprint in hardcover of 3 previous bookshots from 2016, 2017, 2018,
I thought when reading the second one that it sounded familiar so I looked at the copyright dates, I think this is a cheap shot at getting paid double for his books, once for each individual print and now this book combined the 3 into one hardback
The description on this website just gives the details of the last story and doesn't mention the fact that it is actually 3 stories
Review Date: 10/8/2010
Helpful Score: 2
Different than what I expected but very good. Nick is given the ablilty to go back in time by one hour increments to save the life of his wife but each hour puts a new twist on what is really happening until the very end. The end will shock you.
I never read anything from this author before and I might try another one.
I never read anything from this author before and I might try another one.
17 Church Row: Your home should be a safe place, but what if it isn't?
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Review Date: 7/23/2020
I'll give this one a 3* rating, wanted to give it more and someone might probably depends on how you perceive the storyline, for me?, When I hit the 'twist' I just thought 'unbelievable' and skimmed through the rest of the book
Review Date: 5/24/2019
What is happening with Patterson? or maybe it's Paetro, but whoever it is this is a terrible book!
It takes places 5 years in the past, really?, I guess they couldn't come up with a more current storyline but had to go backwards and then bring in a person acquitted of war crimes and that is mostly what this book is dealing with, horrible war crimes committed on women and children in Bosnia, I didn't find the story very engaging at all and mostly just boring boring descriptions of food and clothes and interior design, really? There isn't any suspense or thriller about this book
I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS ONE TO ANYONE!
It takes places 5 years in the past, really?, I guess they couldn't come up with a more current storyline but had to go backwards and then bring in a person acquitted of war crimes and that is mostly what this book is dealing with, horrible war crimes committed on women and children in Bosnia, I didn't find the story very engaging at all and mostly just boring boring descriptions of food and clothes and interior design, really? There isn't any suspense or thriller about this book
I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS ONE TO ANYONE!
Review Date: 8/6/2020
I'm not sure what age group this is written for as it seems to be a little juvenile at times, the 'pet' names of 'pooh' and 'piglet' just made me want to puke, I just don't think friends in their 20's talk like that and if they do then they need to grow up!
The story revolves around computer/hackers, at times it was a little over my head but I pushed through, there are a lot of pages that have 'messages' that just take up about 3-5 pages because the spacing is so big and I didn't think that was necessary and I skipped over that
Patterson needs to take more control over what his co-writers are doing
The story revolves around computer/hackers, at times it was a little over my head but I pushed through, there are a lot of pages that have 'messages' that just take up about 3-5 pages because the spacing is so big and I didn't think that was necessary and I skipped over that
Patterson needs to take more control over what his co-writers are doing
Review Date: 6/27/2020
Helpful Score: 2
I'm a fan of this series but this one is just kind of dull, it is mostly just police investigation with nothing exciting or thrilling about it, then you have Claire with cancer now and an operation so there is a lot about that and I just didn't find that necessary at all
I read reviews and one main complaint was that Lindsay and Joe leave their 4 yr old daughter alone at night asleep while they walk the dog? really? is that sending a good message to anyone? don't think so!
The storylines are getting dull and boring and way too long to really enjoy Patterson books anymore, I think him and his co-writers need to take a lesson from Chris Carter and learn how to write a really good thriller!
I read reviews and one main complaint was that Lindsay and Joe leave their 4 yr old daughter alone at night asleep while they walk the dog? really? is that sending a good message to anyone? don't think so!
The storylines are getting dull and boring and way too long to really enjoy Patterson books anymore, I think him and his co-writers need to take a lesson from Chris Carter and learn how to write a really good thriller!
Review Date: 5/16/2021
Helpful Score: 1
Patterson is losing my interest for his series but I keep trudging along with them
This one is just okay, it's broken down in Part 1, Part 2, and 2 months later
Part 1 is the investigation of the missing mother/daughter
Part 2 is the trial but it just repeats everything in part 1 so it wasn't that good, except for the twist they pursued while the trial was going on and that was kind of tedious
So for the most part? this could've been shortened and condensed the trial part down but I think that was to give Yuki an important role in the book
The murder was resolved in a confusing way but I'm not sure everyone will be on board with the way it ended
This one is just okay, it's broken down in Part 1, Part 2, and 2 months later
Part 1 is the investigation of the missing mother/daughter
Part 2 is the trial but it just repeats everything in part 1 so it wasn't that good, except for the twist they pursued while the trial was going on and that was kind of tedious
So for the most part? this could've been shortened and condensed the trial part down but I think that was to give Yuki an important role in the book
The murder was resolved in a confusing way but I'm not sure everyone will be on board with the way it ended
Review Date: 5/12/2022
Not very good at all!
Very draggy and boring
Got tired of the bratty Julie 4 yrs old
A story about a serial killer would've been better than this one, guns and drugs---boring
Very draggy and boring
Got tired of the bratty Julie 4 yrs old
A story about a serial killer would've been better than this one, guns and drugs---boring
Review Date: 9/20/2022
I'm at a point I don't know how to rate this book so I'll give it 2*
It isn't a very long book but yet after reading 60 pages I felt like all I had read was about sex and I got tired of that and didn't have any interest in reading the rest of the book as it just didn't hold my attention
I think this is a series and I haven't read any of the other books but I won't get them because I didn't care much for this one at all
It isn't a very long book but yet after reading 60 pages I felt like all I had read was about sex and I got tired of that and didn't have any interest in reading the rest of the book as it just didn't hold my attention
I think this is a series and I haven't read any of the other books but I won't get them because I didn't care much for this one at all
Review Date: 5/10/2023
This book is just ho hum, it has so much repeat in it that you can skip pages but the chapters are short (which I like) so you can speed read alot in this book as it covers the same thing over and over
It isn't a new story and you know how it will turn out so there isn't much thrill or surprise-even at the end
This series has about run it's course as the stories just aren't as good anymore
It isn't a new story and you know how it will turn out so there isn't much thrill or surprise-even at the end
This series has about run it's course as the stories just aren't as good anymore
Review Date: 11/5/2019
When you read the inside flap you know what this book is about--
I thought it was going to be much better but I stuck with it, it takes over half the book just to get to the main part of the 29 second call, it has a lot of repeat that could've been avoided, the chapters are short and I like that in a book, I got to just a little over half way into the story then I had to start skimming just to get to the parts I wanted to know and skipping the parts that just didn't matter in the telling of the story
I'll try Logan again and see what happens with the writing style.
I thought it was going to be much better but I stuck with it, it takes over half the book just to get to the main part of the 29 second call, it has a lot of repeat that could've been avoided, the chapters are short and I like that in a book, I got to just a little over half way into the story then I had to start skimming just to get to the parts I wanted to know and skipping the parts that just didn't matter in the telling of the story
I'll try Logan again and see what happens with the writing style.
Review Date: 3/10/2023
Don't be deceived by the title---this is 3 short stories by unknown authors and probably will stay that way as this is terrible
Patterson might of outlined the stories or lent his name for 'rights' or something to give a break to these unknown authors but
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!!!
Patterson might of outlined the stories or lent his name for 'rights' or something to give a break to these unknown authors but
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!!!
Review Date: 10/14/2022
This is the first book in a new series by Elle Gray, I've never read anything by her until now, I think she writes in the romance genre but this is in the thriller/suspense/mystery genre
I thought the story was good but a little slow and too much 'thoughts', but I liked these characters and want to read more about them
This book did leave a cliffhanger for the next book but the storyline in this book ended so now I'm going to get the next couple books and see were they go
YAY! I might've found a new author to follow
I thought the story was good but a little slow and too much 'thoughts', but I liked these characters and want to read more about them
This book did leave a cliffhanger for the next book but the storyline in this book ended so now I'm going to get the next couple books and see were they go
YAY! I might've found a new author to follow
Review Date: 9/30/2017
Helpful Score: 1
I can't give this a glowing review, however, it did keep my attention as to how they would get out of this mess
What I didn't like was all the very hot, very detailed, very explicit sex (not necessary unless you like that kind of reading, I skim over it quickly), and the main characters are very unlikable all the way through, they can't talk without using the f word every time they open their mouth, or shouting or yelling at each other all the way through
The main thing I didn't like was it does not tell you in the end the 'why', ok it was a serial killer but there should be more detail than that and it only gives you that 'he is a lunatic' on the loose, but from where etc.
I think another better author could've made a lot more of the storyline than Jewel does, for me it just wasn't the best writing attempt, I'm not a reader of romantic suspense but I don't really know what genre to call this it has a mixture of several
What I didn't like was all the very hot, very detailed, very explicit sex (not necessary unless you like that kind of reading, I skim over it quickly), and the main characters are very unlikable all the way through, they can't talk without using the f word every time they open their mouth, or shouting or yelling at each other all the way through
The main thing I didn't like was it does not tell you in the end the 'why', ok it was a serial killer but there should be more detail than that and it only gives you that 'he is a lunatic' on the loose, but from where etc.
I think another better author could've made a lot more of the storyline than Jewel does, for me it just wasn't the best writing attempt, I'm not a reader of romantic suspense but I don't really know what genre to call this it has a mixture of several
Review Date: 4/11/2019
Pro--the story is a fairly good one
Con--too much detail repeated over and over and over, storyline takes place in the 1980's and drags into current day, lots and lots of explaining of Ali's past over and over
Con--too much detail repeated over and over and over, storyline takes place in the 1980's and drags into current day, lots and lots of explaining of Ali's past over and over
Review Date: 6/29/2011
my expectation was high(too high) after waiting a long time to get this book it was a disappointment--it started out like a spooky ghost town mystery but about midway after the mystery has been solved it just takes on a boring descriptive(page after page) of the predictament they find themselves in and it gets tiresome of page after page of descriptions, and the mystery turned out to be not what you expect.
Abandoned Prayers: The Shocking True Story of Obsession, Murder and Little Boy Blue
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Review Date: 5/11/2013
Well written, however, you must have a strong stomach to read it--Olsen goes into too much detail with gay relations that no one needs to know and the depravity of this man, makes you wonder why a person like that is born.
Review Date: 1/30/2014
Helpful Score: 1
WOW! Along the same lines of Chris Carter's books this is a well written suspense/thriller to the T. One of the best books I've read in a long time and looking forward to the next one (if I can get it, had to get this one through the library).
Review Date: 9/29/2011
couldn't get into this one, too much repeat in just the first 100 pages, characters you can't like--a geeky Dad that acts more like a coward and a Mom that acts more like a shrew but the Grandpa is a hero and would be a more likable character even with his 'ghosts' he carries around, but I quit after a little over 100 pages because I just kept waiting and waiting for it to move on and I just lost interest
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