I thought that there were angels

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	• Sail James Patterson, Howard Roughan Little, Brown and Company, 2008 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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A great summer read.

At this point in his career, James Patterson has written so many thrillers that it must be hard to create a new angle. This may be why he so often writes with others, and this is one book where I think his co-author had a lot to say and I think it was well worth saying.

As a summer thriller, this book more than satisfies. It is a very good tale of survival (although the mom in the story engages in a little too much introspection and self-flagellation for my taste) of a family in crisis, each member having his or her own issues apparently arising from the fairly recent death of the father/husband in an accident connected with the family sailboat. We know from fairly early on that the family's own accident, on that same sailboat while trying to heal some of their familial wounds, is no accident, and there is no doubt about the identity of the perpetrator. That removes some of the usual whodonit type of tension and transfers it to the very compelling story of the family's survival: will they survive at all, and if they do, will they survive their family crisis or will it be even worse? Will this process be rendered better or worse by the capture and/or conviction of the perpetrator of this viciously violent crime?

The family is far from a perfect unit, but each of it's members brings some unusual abilities to the many crises they face. They are wonderfully fallible and likable. I enjoyed reading their story. As to the demons among them, they are truly ogres, and their stories were also interesting if a little too pat. I must say I am just a little tired of the lawyer always being the one with absolutely no scruples or humanity, even if he is not the only one!

All in all I don't think Mr. Patterson's readers will be disappointed in this one. It was quite a tale, well told and with enough twists of an unusual variety to hold one's interest.

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I thought that there were angels

For months I'd been saving all the change from my heroin transactions to purchase this masterpiece and it didn't disappoint. The Patts Man certainly has a knack for building characters who are one part homespun salt of the earth, one part zombie tree-dwellers and one part fictional. Painstakingly depicted against the backdrop of Nazi Antarctica in 26,000 BC, you'll stare with wide wonder at the joy you have found. Words cannot begin to express what will be expressed to you by the words in this book. Enjoy, my friends. Enjoy.

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A definite 5 Starrer!!!

I am a die-hard, avid Patterson fan and before starting his newest bookSail I told myself that "this one" couldn't be as good as the one I just finished, or even the one before that. Well, I was wrong. SAIL is fantastic! I didn't want it to end, and because I couldn't put it down, I finished reading it in a day and a half.....probably would've finished it sooner had I not had a full-time job to go to.

The characters are all interesting, and certainly not without their personal problems..which makes it that much more real and easy to relate to. SAIL is a MUST READ!! I'm hoping too much time doesn't elapse before the next Patterson/Roughan novel. Thank you.

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Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.
Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.
Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror.

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