Sail

When can you tell that an author has lost all perspective? When he starts franchising his last name faster than a fast food chain? When the entire back cover of his book is a pensive-looking portrait? Or maybe when he just stops trying? Patterson does all three in latest offering, which reads like a failing-grade high school literature assignment and manages to simultaneously bore and insult the reader. What little interest the plot generates is completely lost in the last few chapters, when Patterson abandons any sense of reality in favor of an artificial series of twists that make earlier portions of the book seem like Shakespeare. For an easy beach read with a similar plot (albeit with some humor and two, if not three, dimensional characters), pick up Carl Hiaasan's "Skinny Dip" instead.

Haven't finished it yet, but it has kept my interest just like most of his others

It's what you'd expect from James Patterson. He always delivers the suspense and the awesome short chapters that just keep you moving. I do miss reading about Alex Cross but his extra books are good fillers to get you through until the next Alex book comes out.

I enjoy James Patterson and I enjoyed the book. However, it was so minimal in the writing I felt like it was unfinished. I love exotic settings and fleshed out characters. I like to sink into a story and live it until it was done.

I feel that if James Patterson's name wasn't on it, he'd have a hard time finding a publisher.

As usual, I am very happy with the condition of the book, the short time it took to get here and my enjoyment of having something I like to read without having to go to the library (looks good on my bookcase also). I am glad to know if it has the jacket & what condition it is in before I ordered it. Will continue to order from Amazon.