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You've Been Warned by James Patterson
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You've Been Warned

by James Patterson

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Definately not one of James Pattersons better books. I have read so many of his books that I normally dont even read what they are about I just buy them, but this one disappointed me. Wasn't the fast flowing, page turner that I have expected from him. He has tried to do something different and it has failed. ( )
spurs4life1979 | Jun 20, 2009 |  
listened to 5 of the 6 cd's. It got too creepy for me. I'm used to Pattersons mysteries and this was more haunting. Kristin is having an affair with the father of the kids she watches daily. She had horrible dreams that leave her screaming. She takes pictures that are weird and pertain to a future that hasn't happened. I think others would really like it.....I just prefer his mysteries. ( )
hammockqueen | May 29, 2009 |  
I guess to make this interesting I should write about something that I did not find absolutely wonderful. You've been warned is James Patterson's attempt to do something a little different. From what I can tell he should have stuck with what works. To be fair, I'm not big on the common mystery novel. I find most of them flat, cliche, and predictable. I generally know what's going to happen halfway through the book and that bores me. I like to be surprised and there's little to be surprised at in mystery novels (go figure. Maybe they should change the name of the genre).

So, this is the first James Patterson novel I've read. When I didn't care for it, I looked online to see what others thought just in case my bias was getting the way. I found a wide range of people either loving it or hating it for the exact same reasons I did.

The protagonist is unlikable and has no depth. She is a woman trying to make it as a photographer, though we know little of that aside from her constantly taking pictures and her one remark that she's being considered at a gallery. She never once interacts with that gallery or tells us about the pieces being considered. Guess that's not important to the storyline but those little details make things more interesting. Until her own life gets started she works as a nanny for a wealthy couple. Right at the very beginning you find out she's having an affair with the children's father. Lovely. Throughout the story she struggles to understand the meaning of a recurring dream. I was profoundly disappointed in the ending. I found it lacked imagination, like he gave up trying to write and just put the first cliche and easy idea that came to him. ( )
TonyaSB | Mar 18, 2009 |  
After buying several Patterson books for my sister for Christmas or birthday gifts over the years, I decided to see what he was like. I enjoyed the pacing of the story -- often feeling myself pulled through the pages. Unfortunately, the story sort of falls apart at the end. I will definitely be checking out more of his books, though. ( )
ulfhjorr | Dec 28, 2008 |  
discusting. I was not expecting to be preached how. Insulting, vile, repulsive. Not that Patterson is a great write, but I was expecting it to be written a bit better. I want my money and time back ( )
kmshurtlieff | Dec 9, 2008 |  
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Epigraph
Character, like photograph, develops in darkness.
-Yousuf Karsh
Dedication
For Christine and Trevor, forever my big picture
-H.R.
For Suzie and Jack, my scary ones
-J.P.
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It's way too early in the morning for dead people.
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Kristin Burns is an aspiring photographer, working as a nanny in New York. Believing she is living an almost perfect life, she adores the two children she cares for and is in love with the man of her dreams.....the children’s father. Her risky affair begins to get the best of her when Kristin begins suffers a recurring nightmare of increasing violence that spills over into her waking life and convinces her that everyone she loves is in mortal danger.

Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316014508, Hardcover)

Kristin Burns is making her way in New York City. Her photos are being considered at a major Manhattan gallery, she works by day with two wonderful children, and the man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. But just as everything she's ever wanted is finally within reach, her life changes forever--with one murderous nightmare. Kristin wakes up every morning from the same chilling, unforgettable dream. And suddenly, it's visiting her during the day too. As her life turns stranger by the minute, Kristin is haunted and terrified. Is it all in her head? Or is the nightmare becoming her life? Kristin searches desperately for what's real through the lens of her camera, only knowing two things for sure: that no place is safe and the fate of everyone she loves lies in her hands.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:23 -0400)

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