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|  | Authors: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Rating:  214 reviews
Sales Rank: 1264
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition first Printing
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 5.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 0316018775
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316018777
ASIN: 0316018775
Publication Date: June 29, 2009
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 interesting but with problems October 27, 2009
Israel Drazin (Boca Raton, Florida)
James Pattterson - with 170 million very popular books sold worldwide - could probably be called a franchise author; while he writes most of his novels himself, he co-authors quite a few with other writers. Two of his most popular series are those featuring Alex Cross and the Women's Murder Club. Both sets of books are entertaining, easygoing reading and composed in the same general not thought-provoking popular style, although the Women's books are even more "mystery-lite" - in fact a person who normally reads about 40 pages an hour can finish eighty pages of these books in an hour and end the novels in less than four hours.
The title pages indicate that James Patterson writes the Alex Cross books alone but co-authors the most recent Women's Murder Club series with Maxine Paetro. He is apparently satisfied with Paetro's work because he now co-writes this book with her outside the Women's series.
The book is apparently not titled Swimsuit because it deals with aquatic or clothing matters, but as a sexual tantalizer. All of the women in the volume are stunningly beautiful and the villain is very handsome, and the women are brutalized in a graphic sadistic sexual manner. One can almost say that the book is four or five steps above the basement of pornography. Over 200 people wrote reviews of this novel on Amazon and over half disliked the book because of its "gruesome" details.
Others disliked it because of the "lite" writing - my term. The story is not gripping, but it generally keeps the readers' interest. It lags from time to time, especially when the volume's hero, Benjamin L. Hawkins - a reporter who was once a detective investigating the disappearance of a young girl - a lovely one, of course - is thinking about the case. It does not move slowly in the scenes depicting violence.
While enjoyment of the book does not require it, readers may want to speculate why the killer feels the need to murder his victims. Do the authors reveal the reason, or do they teasingly leave the twisted paranormal psychology to the readers' imagination? The ending of the book certainly shows that the authors want their readers to make up their own minds about what happens. And this is good; it is good to think about a story or, to paraphrase the great Argentinean writer Jorge Borges: co-write a tale with an author.
This book could serve as the introduction to a new Benjamin L. Hawkins series or the authors could have Hawkins join the four women in the Women's series and add some spiciness, zest and content to the women's and the readers' life.
9.99 or less? Damn i hate being lied to. October 24, 2009
I purchased my kindle knowing that I would eventually save its cost by only paying 9.99 for the best sellers. now they have begun to raise the prices above the promised amount. Also I am finding that the savings on books that are in paperback is shrinking, in some cases the savings is only .01 cent. this is not the pricing system that encouraged me to by the kindle and I feel lied to.
I will not be purchasing anything above 9.99. I will go to my library or wait till they hit the bargain bin at my local Barnes and Noble (were many over stock former best sellers end up).
 What Have You Done With the Real James Patterson? October 24, 2009
J. Moore
Writer's block is one thing. Burnout is another. This book is a sellout. Take a competent, best-selling author who has a large following (including me) and get him into a contract that promises more than he can deliver, and you likely have the genesis of this latest novel by James Patterson. I hope that this confused, boring, and unbelievably bad book was written largely by his co-author, who is so little published that she merits only a single sentence in the acknowledgements. That is my hope, because otherwise, Patterson, the author of the fine Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series, appears to have lost his talent. This book contains around 390 pages in 122 chapters. Each "chapter", then averages just over three pages. Doesn't anyone else find this unusual? I thought fresh chapters were most appropriate when there is a change of scene or the characters or time shifts. Not here, where many chapters end near the top of a page and seem to have been inserted simply to add bulk to this book. One-dimensional characters, fanciful plot lines and a wholly disappointing ending are the main criticisms of many other reviews here, and I concur.
The reader is left with the impression that the author(s) wrote themselves into a corner, and then conjured up improbable events to write their way out.
too slow and too borimg October 23, 2009
M. Hayward
After reading 90 pages of this book I had to put it down.I just couldn't get into it.Kim the swimsuit model was killed off very early and from there eveything went downhill.There was way too much skipping around about these boring characters.This is one you can skip. I started a Mary Monroe book, now heres a book that keeps me interested.
Horrible Book October 20, 2009
Kim Dexter (Elkhart, IN USA)
I have always enjoyed James Patterson's books, but this one was worse than horrible. If I could have given it a negative star, I would have. Don't waste your time or money reading this book. I wonder who wrote the majority of the book, James or Maxine?????
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