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 [Larger view] | London Bridges (Alex Cross Novel)
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 What a disaster! | |
| I rushed to buy this Alex Cross novel, snatching it from beneath the unsuspecting nose of another fan! Die- hard Patterson fan? Yes indeed, devouring Pop the Weasel, for example, in the space of a single afternoons' sun worship! But this? I find it almost inconceivable that he could have produced such unadulterated nonsense, incoherant from beginning to end, pointless, ineffective, need I go on? Even my husband, to whom I introduced the pleasures of James Patterson, described it as complete rubbish! As a result of this, I have sought my literary pleasures elsewhere, barely casting a glance at 4th of July in the shops. Come on, James, you can and have done better than this rehash. | |
| Treating fans with contempt! | |
| I think this is the last Patterson novel I will read. Utter rubbish, badly written (in five minutes?), and just for the paycheque I'd say. The prose includes so many italicised sentences and words: does Patterson want to emphasise EVERYthing you READ, to MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND what he's TRYING TO SAY? Give me a break, I can read already!!!
God, he's taken a huge fall here. Bad plotting, idiotic suppositions, poor flow, and - honestly! - a writing style you'd expect from a (just reasonable) writer as a first attempt at 16 or 17 years old. I'm no writer, but I know I could do better than this crap. I have no idea how much Patterson or his publishers paid for the editorial reviews included here at Amazon, but they should be ashamed of giving praise to such a contemptible treatment of a (formerly) entertaining writer's fans. | |
 Exciting Plot Twists, Paper-Thin Characters | |
| I have to say that I liked the short chapters, the fast pace, the easy-reading quality, and the excitement. However, the trade-off for this is thin characters and the addition of scenes that are supposed to build up emotional interest that are treated so briefly they just seem silly. For example, a one page dinner with an old friend, a page-and-a-half sexual encounter with an old flame. Giving these scenes the same treatment as bullet-blazing action makes them seem a bit ridiculous. All in all it was okay. |
