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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I wonder if I had read James Patterson before I read Ian Rankin whether I would enjoy the Patterson books more. I just think they are too simplistic, but then they pass the time. (  ) riverwillow | Jun 9, 2009 |  A pot boiler at best...this is what I call an "And then" book...just sketchy plot points with no real character development...ok as an outline for a much longer work. (  ) stephengal | May 6, 2009 | Journal entry 2 by SKingList from New York, New York USA on Sunday, April 10, 2005 Violets are Blue had me screaming "Lost Boys" even before they talked about Santa Cruz being the vampire capital of the US right to when Kyle asked "Are they down here in this tunnel? The Lost Boys?" Luckily for James Patterson, I ♥ cheesy 80 vampire movies. And as far who the Sire was, that reminded me of Lost Boys too, at least he wasn't the mother's boyfriend. I seem to have issues with reading the Alex Cross series in order, but at least this one followed from Roses are Red and I at least read these two in order. Parts of me realise it would have been a lot better if I not only read the whole series in order, but also if I'd read them at the time they came out--there'd be more suspense that way. I like the "visits" from other characters, especially Kate McTiernan and am sure I would have caught other connections if I'd read the rest of the Cross series. I liked how this played out, Cross, Hughes and Craig working on the new case of the vampire killers while also working on the Mastermind and for the Mastermind to tie-in with Patterson's previous work is a case of some amazing writing. As with Roses... I read this in one afternoon and I'm sure the same will happen with the other three James Patterson books (two of which are Alex Cross) I have to read--helps me whittle down Mt. TBR before I leave Brisbane. (  ) skinglist | Jan 11, 2009 | angelofmine1974 | Jul 17, 2008 | I like James Patterson and all, but Vampires...for real...Come on!! (  ) Djupstrom | Apr 20, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0316686565, Hardcover)Fans of James Patterson's resourceful cop Alex Cross will be relieved to find that he's back on familiar territory with Violets Are Blue--and, more importantly, that this is one of the best Alex Cross thrillers yet.The malign criminal genius of Roses Are Red is fixing to give Alex a hard time once again. The FBI joins Patterson's dogged cop in a particularly unsettling investigation: two San Francisco joggers have been viciously murdered and are found suspended by their feet, with all the blood drained from their corpses. And when further brutal deaths follow in California and on the East Coast, Alex is forced to contemplate the bizarre possibility of modern-day vampires, although his instincts point him to one of the many sinister religious cults that flourish on the West Coast. Aided by Jamilla Hughes, a streetwise young woman detective from San Francisco, Alex finds that he has to crack not one but two impenetrable mysteries to stop further bloodletting. Patterson fans expect the extremely concise, page-turning chapters (116 of them here!), along with a reluctance to dawdle over details of his hero's personal life, and both characteristics are firmly back in place. If you can resist reading this one in just a few sittings, you deserve some kind of a thriller reader's medal. --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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