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Title: When the Wind Blows by James Patterson ISBN: 0-446-60765-7 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.95 (589 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: James Patterson shows a glimpse of the future
Comment: Recent news articles about genetic experiments and cloning have stirred up a lot of controversy around the world; many people reading with fascination, others with moral outrage. But these experiments that were only in the minds of science fiction writers a few short years ago are very real today. Is it possible to mix human DNA with that of birds? Author James Patterson opens his new book, "When the Wind Blows" (Little, Brown hardcover) with an author's note that will make readers sit up and take notice: "Before I began this book, I had no idea how close to reality the story would be," he says. "Over 30 medical doctors and research scientists helped at the conceptual stage, and then again when the manuscript was nearing completion. As one medical doctor and Ph.D. at the National Institutes of Health said, 'Most people are not going to believe the breakthroughs that are coming in the very near future.'" Children soaring through the air on beautiful gilded wings, babies born with no faces in a covert lab where they will be used strictly for body parts may soon be more than just an author's "what if." James Patterson excels in this, his most exciting book yet, as he tells the story of veterinarian Frannie O'Neill, who withdrew to a sequestered life in her Colorado practice following the mysterious death of her husband several years before. Frannie's seclusion is disrupted when she allows her new tenant, Kit Harrison into her life. Handsome and friendly Kit is an FBI agent posing as a hunter. He is chasing a tip about a secret scientific lab where scientists are conducting genetic experiments. Frannie is disturbed even more when she sees an angelic little girl in the woods near her animal hospital lift her arms and spread her feathered wings. Eleven-year-old Max is the result of a monumental conspiracy revolving around secret genetic research and the scientific manipulation of the human species. Where did Max come from? Why is she more intelligent at age 11 than anyone twice her age? And most perplexing, how was she born with wings? "When the Wind Blows" just may be closer to the truth than you want to believe. I was first introduced to Patterson's work when a friend loaned me his copy of "Kiss the Girls" a few years ago. I was hooked from the first page and since that day I have read everything I could find that he has written. Patterson is perhaps the most gifted author of our time. His ability and imagination have no bounds. His Alex Cross series is extremely popular, but rather than fall into the rut of many famous authors, capitalizing only on the success of one subject, he varies his themes. Between Cross books he lends his talent to a multitude of subjects. "When the Wind Blows" has proven so popular in Palm Beach that Classic Bookshop at 310 South County Road has devoted an entire window display to the book. Royal Palm Beach resident Virginia Jacobus and her staff have been recommending it to their customers. "I just could not put this book down," Jacobus said. "This is probably his best yet."
Rating: 3
Summary: A Science Fiction..that's for sure
Comment: Okay, so maybe I don't care for science fiction. And that's the reason for the 3-star. But overall, I stayed with this book because I wanted to know how it ended. So that makes three Patterson novels for me in less than a week. I could see myself either tiring of this writer's work or feeling the book simply wasn't right for me. Now grant it, the book might really float someone else's boat...but not mine. I'd say if you like science fiction, then this is a fairly good book. If you don't..then don't go there. Children with wings and flying all around, and things that you just find almost impossible to believe. It's time for me to move on and read someone else's work. Patterson is an excellent writer, but even excellent writers get carried away at times. ;-)
Rating: 2
Summary: a reach
Comment: Okay maybe I don't like science fiction. Which is what this was to me. Kids that can fly....whatever. I know sometimes James Patterson goes out of the crime/mystery that's normal for him. i.e. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (which I loved), but this one was just too wierd for me. I was never sold on his world in this book. One good thing is that I read it really fast.
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Title: The Lake House by James Patterson ISBN: 0316603287 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Hide & Seek by James Patterson ISBN: 0446603716 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Midnight Club by James Patterson ISBN: 0446606383 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cat & Mouse by James Patterson ISBN: 0446606189 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Cradle and All by James Patterson ISBN: 0446609404 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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