Cross
by James Patterson
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Book Reviews of Cross
Book Review: Cross tries to find Maria's killer "The Butcher"
Summary: 4 Stars
The death of Maria Cross over ten years ago by this book has always haunted Alex since. He goes back in this novel to when Maria was shot and died right there in his arms before he got to the hospital to save her. And she was carrying a baby at the time.
The "Butcher," known as John Sullivan in this book is the killer of all killers and a serial rapist on top of everything else. He wants to seek revenge on everyone around him, for the abusive past he had with his father who was a hateful man. Sullivan had actually killed him too before many others in this story. As he commits his heinous acts, he makes all of his victims promise not to tell, or he'll come back and kill them later, chopping them to pieces with a scalpel. After he does his killings, he turns around, takes a bow, and runs, never getting caught. This is what the man did who shot Maria ten years before-and Alex knows he is the one.
Capturing Sullivan will not be easy, and Alex who has been in retirement from the police force, and back into his psychology practice, decides along with his friend Sampson to try and take the monster down. That is a dangerous task, and in the process, this killer may murder them both if they don't watch their backs very carefully.
Book Review: Wanted to love it but only liked it (a little) .....
Summary: 2 Stars
I was excited to read "Cross," as I had read two of James Patterson's earlier works, and enjoyed them both. However, I was pretty disappointed with this one. While I thought the book was faced-paced and the plot moved quickly with all the action (murder, rape, murder, rape, murder, rape, etc.), I found the writing quite bad and even laughable at times.
I also felt there were a number of details that were never explained, such as where his youngest child came from? Perhaps I would know that from reading his other works, although if one were to pick up this book as I did without knowing the main character, such details should not be overlooked.
Overall, even though I did enjoy certain aspects of this book, I have a hard time recommending it. If you're a fan of serial-killer, suspense-type, action novels, you may enjoy this one, although you will have to look past the writing style a bit to really enjoy it.
Book Review: If I paid money for this book - I would be upset
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was better than most of the more recent Alex Cross series but not up to the level of the first three. There was no suspense, no thrill. The most disappointing was the ending which seemed like the author had something else to do and just threw in a conclusion.
You have to keep your disbelieve very active for things such as why - did rape victims report the crime if they were going to refuse to describe the assailant - Kayla in serious condition was still in the emergency room when Alex arrived - the villain did not explain to his unknowing wife why his kids and car got shot up in the ballpark that day - Sampson waited more than 10 years to tell Alex about Maria's real killer - Alex Cross was not in trouble when he violated the therapist/patient confidentiality - the villain cut the faces of his victims - did the villain let victims live after showing them pictures of his previous murders - etc. etc.
Book Review: In the middle fo the Cross-hairs
Summary: 3 Stars
I have read most of the entire collection of books with Cross and found this one smack in the middle of his writing. While the story finally brought to an end the death of his wife, the rest of the storyline didn't fare up to the others. I did complete this on one flight , as usual, so it was decent enough to keep me reading. But it lacked the flavor and strength of the others.
The new characters were well defined and believable, but some of the actions by Cross and his family had me wondering why I believed them as characters before. It seems the kids are just too good to be true.
So put this one right in the middle of your reading aim. Not something to pass up and not something to read first. In the middle of the Cross-hairs.
Book Review: terrible!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the worst book I have ever read! I read Kiss the Girls years ago, but not enough to remember if it was good or not. With reading all the success that J Patterson has had, I thought he must be great!
I was so, so wrong. The book was boring, flat and all over the place. Most of the book is just scattered and random, jumping from one unimportant point to another. There was so suspense, no thrill. The characters were completely flat, and I found that the backstory was completely missing from some very important parts. How did Cross get another kid? Where did HE come from? That would have been nice to know.
And then, it all got worse at the end. Terrible!!! I will never read another Patterson book!