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When the Wind Blows by James Patterson
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I like the action in the story and teh sci-fi analogy of teh kids. I liked how the author describes the wings on Max and how she loves to fly. I dind't lie the part when the bad scientists mutated babies with animals and take put parts of the babies. I though that was really cruel, but I guess thats waht the bad guys do. AHS/KS
  edspicer | Oct 14, 2009 |
I am an avid James Patterson fan. There is hardly a book of his that I haven't read. When the Wind Blows is no disappointment. It has the unexpected plot twists and action Patterson junkies will love. There is definately a reason that this book was at the top of the bestsellers list. This is a book that I would highly recommend ( )
  ahsreads | Sep 30, 2009 |
I am not a James Patterson fan, but I think he does a better job with this book in the sci-fi genre than he's done with anything else he's written. ( )
  yargles | Jul 6, 2009 |
I love this book, one of my favorite's of James Patterson, hands down. The plot has just the right amount of science fiction meshed with Patterson's typical flair for the dramatic.
But... what is going on with the new children's series (Maximum Ride- the Angel Experiment) that borrows about half of its material from this book, and then ruins it? C'mon James...you can do better than that.

Also, has anyone else noticed some creepy similiarities between When the Wind Blows and the Sci-Fi show produced by James Cameron, Dark Angel. (starring Jessica Alba, as a transgenic super-girl named Max) I don't know which came first, but there are too many similiarities for mere coincidence. ( )
  rklaeren | Apr 25, 2009 |
This was my first James Patterson book, and I enjoyed it. I even went out of my way to purchase the sequel, The Lake House. The plot is somewhat unique, a cross between Michael Crichton and Isaac Asimov, with some Mary Higgins Clark thrown in. The book combines romance, suspense, science fiction, teen angst, and horror surprisingly well, and one of the few books where the plot twists are actually surprising. ( )
  dman999327 | Apr 24, 2009 |
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"Somebody please help me! Somebody please! Can anybody hear me?"
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Canonical titleWhen the Wind Blows
Original publication date1998
SeriesMaximum Ride (-0|Prequel), When the Wind Blows (1)
People/CharactersFrannie O'Neill
Awards and honorsNew York Times bestseller (Fiction, 1998)
First words"Somebody please help me! Somebody please! Can anybody hear me?"
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Audiobook Review (ISBN 0316693324, Hardcover)

When the Wind Blows has one of those outrageous premises that you either buy into (a girl with wings?), or you don't. Fortunately, Blair Brown's narration helps you suspend disbelief. Brown, the multi-Emmy-nominated star of the classic TV series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, reads the story with more authority than the plot seems to merit. But as urgent and forceful as she is with the central narration, she's even better when reading the first-person passages in the voice of Frannie O'Neill, the widowed veterinarian at the center of this James Patterson thriller. That's when she gives the story real heart, a desperately needed humanity in the midst of all the cloning and genetic tinkering. (Running time: six hours, four cassettes) --Lou Schuler

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:12 -0400)

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