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LuvNewcastle

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9. He's good at what he does.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun Dec 13, 2020, 08:37 PM

Dec 2020

I wish I could write as well as he does. He's able to keep his reader interested and invested in his novels from beginning to end, usually. I don't think he pretends that his novels are great literature or anything. He doesn't want them to be because that stuff hardly sells most of the time. But even being popular fiction, it's still better than just about anything you see on cable.

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huge California thrift store with large book section: James Patterson books dominate the shelves [View all] Demovictory9 Dec 2020 OP

I don't know about that but I liked the ones I read. Srkdqltr Dec 2020 #1

I have liked a few. some of them had stupid endings. don't like the ones about the guy with a Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #5

Comfort food exboyfil Dec 2020 #2

is that the character with 1 billion children? Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #4

Three according to Wikipedia exboyfil Dec 2020 #7

no... another regular James Patterson character has 10 kids. Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #8

That's Michael Bennett -- a New York City detective. rsdsharp Dec 2020 #10

yeah, that's the one. Patterson also has a series starring a group of women Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #12

The Women's Murder Club. rsdsharp Dec 2020 #14

yes. I've read a few. That series is highly rated (amazon review stars) Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #23

It is good. Far better than the short lived TV series rsdsharp Dec 2020 #25

Or are they that bad? RockRaven Dec 2020 #3

yep, they do sell well. no need to pay full price. Sooooo many at the thrift shops. Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #6

He's good at what he does. LuvNewcastle Dec 2020 #9

I say this as someone who has all of the Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club series rsdsharp Dec 2020 #13

I didn't know he used a co-author. LuvNewcastle Dec 2020 #16

most of his books now list a co-author Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #21

I liked his work better GP6971 Dec 2020 #11

Yes I used to read his books a few years ago until I read a couple with doc03 Dec 2020 #20

Speaking for my Friends of the Library group, we are frustrated by authors who churn out japple Dec 2020 #15

Dean Koonz isn't anywhere near as prolific as Patterson Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #22

I see Coulter, Cussler & a few others taking a lot of space at the library but none like Patterson Demovictory9 Dec 2020 #24

There was a series of books madamesilverspurs Dec 2020 #17

no they are not. drray23 Dec 2020 #18

I love every book I've read so far - but I become so engaged in his writings that I 42bambi Dec 2020 #19