Good, fast read | You've Been Warned | James Patterson, Howard Roughan

book: You've Been Warned | James Patterson, Howard Roughan

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	• You've Been Warned James Patterson, Howard Roughan Little, Brown and Company, 2007 - 376 pages view larger image
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Much better than I expected

I've read a few James Patterson books, and at most would have rated them a three. In general, I found them facile. Sometimes the plots were interesting, but the books unfortunately degenerated into plots for plots sake. Characters were either at most two dimensional, or pretty unsympathetic. His books left me cold; I took them out of the library when nothing else better was available.

This Patterson/Roughan is in a class by itself, at least among the Patterson books I've read. It's an example of magical realism -- where ordinary people in ordinary reality find themselves in fantastical situations. In this case, the protagonist (and reader) have good reason to question the definition and borders of sanity. The book is an interesting read for that reason alone.

The precipitating event is not enough for fantasms to tar the heroine to the extent that they do, in my opinion, but the heroine's kalidescope of experiences is internally consistent and, to my mind, fascinating.

I would have rated this a four considering the books I've read, but a five given the Patterson books I've read. After I took a look at other readers' ratings, I decided on a five. This is a book for people willing to broaden their expectations of an author's works. It deserves a lot more than the 1 rating many people have given it.

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Good, fast read

If you would like a book that stays on course, is a thrill, and is a real page-turner, then you've hit the spot. I loved that this book stayed true to the story, and didn't disappoint me. A good, quick pick.

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