The problem that I have with James Patterson is that he doesn't really write novels........he writes novellas.......
He cranks out about one a month in league with some other writer (who, I suspect does all the work), and when they are published, they are double-spaced, with chapters that are about a page and a half long. If you take all of the blank paper out of one of his books, you have about a hundred pages, that I can go through in about two hours........I like a 400 page book that is a challenge that I can sink my teeth into.
This is why I usually buy the Patterson books that I read off of the "publisher's overrun" table at Barnes & Noble for $5.75.......they just are not worth paying full (or even discounted) price for, in my opinion......
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