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I haven't read a James Patterson book, but he does this thing called a Master Class where he teaches people to write, a friend of mine offered to pay for the class for me, so I did some research. That's when I found out that he has a 'stable of writers' who do his work for him. So basically I'm paying to take a writing class from a guy who just jots down ideas and then passes them off to some lackey? Pretty sure anyone (with money) can do that.
IMO, no. When he was writing just those books (and doing his own writing), they were pretty good--entertaining. As time went on, not so much. Any long running series has the problem of becoming repetitive, and it happened to this one in spades.
That one is my very favorite of the series
I don't think there is a bad Dostoevsky novel. He was a very interesting writer!
I agree. I'm not a huge fan of Dostoevsky, mostly because his works are slightly hard to read in some aspects. I mean you have to grow up to his level, grow up psychologically and morally. But "Idiot" is exceptionally clear for me.
It's honestly probably my least favorite, but I'm 100 pages in and liking it much more than I remembered.That one is my very favorite of the series
I haven't read a James Patterson book, but he does this thing called a Master Class where he teaches people to write, a friend of mine offered to pay for the class for me, so I did some research. That's when I found out that he has a 'stable of writers' who do his work for him. So basically I'm paying to take a writing class from a guy who just jots down ideas and then passes them off to some lackey? Pretty sure anyone (with money) can do that.
I finally stopped reading him when he used a 'co-writer' for the Alex Cross books. I really liked all of the characters in the Cross books so it's a shame that he turned those over to someone else. Plus, it's too darn expensive to keep up with him as there's a new 'James Patterson' book every other week now......
I really enjoyed all of the Cross books- love the characters! But, once he brought in a 'co-writer' for the series I stopped- if the man can't write the books in the series that he created and that 'made' a name for him, then he's just lazy or stretched way too thin, and it shows in the books. Love his first 5 novels tho!!
Also like it, but i could finish it only at the second attempt, it seemed too hard for me then, but i was only 17 yo reading it.
His stories are deceptive. They appear to be difficult, but once you get used to the way he puts words together, they're actually pretty simple stories. Not cheerful (lol), but not obscure, either.
