Review: This book is going to be horrible...worst book ever!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2013
After seeing all the positive reviews for this book, I'm stunned. Are these people serious? I've read every Patterson book. I've loved some, liked some, was apathetic to some, and detested a few. This is one that shows no signs of a coherent plot. A total mess!I've read every Women's Murder Club book from Patterson and that's about to stop. Based on this free preview, I can easily say this will be one of the worst books ever. Why? The scattered plot has no focus, no point, no reason to care. Just take a look at the multiple plot points that Patterson throws out there in the first 17 chapters.Lindsay Boxer has babyYuki is prosecuting a case against a sex offender lawyer who was charged with killing his wife and daughter, we get the opening arguments and then opening witnesses.Lindsay's husband is laid offDr. Perry Judd goes to homicide squad room and reports a murder, that hasn't happened yet.Story in paper written by Cindy Thomas about fashion designer Faye Farmer, murdered. She lived with 49er football star Jeff KennedyJune Freundorfer, pretty 45-year old who Lindsay's husband had been photographed with in DC, shows upClaire preparing to do autopsy on Faye Farmer, but can't find body.It is easy to tell when a Patterson book is going to be horrible. That is when he has two to three unrelated plots going. All of them get tied up at the end, but the book ends up being a series of novellas where the reader has no time to care about any of the stories. The 9th book in the series was excellent because it had one plot, one goal, one purpose. Then the last two books added a few plots. This one has five that I can count in the first 17 chapters. Some may be related, but I can guarantee based on experience that most of them won't be.Take the trial where Yuki is going after the lawyer/murderer. Patterson gave opening statements and witnesses immediately. Seems like every other novel introduces Yuki giving the opening statement in the hardest case she has ever tried. How about a little originality. We've been there before and know what to expect. Patterson needs to create a plot that involves all the characters in one story. Don't create little stories for each character. That gives this book a tv show feel, when novels should be more like movies.I'm going to skip this book. I know what to expect. I know the book will only get worse and I will be disappointed.