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Sail

Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Century
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

13 reviews
Sales Rank: 671

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.4

ISBN: 1846052548
EAN: 9781846052545
ASIN: 1846052548

Publication Date: June 5, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: BCA Unwanted gift. Never been opened.

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5 out of 5 stars

Sail - was just what I needed! August 1, 2008
After reading You've been warned by the same authors I wondered if this book was going to be such hard going! To my delight this was a book I did not want to put down and found myself reading it through the night.

James Paterson deserves his money as he has produced some brilliant books which I have enjoyed. His skill from going from tense thrillers to love stories, one off stories to follow on stories speaks for itself and I hope he is around for many years for me to continue reading and enjoying his books.

As for SAIL read it and enjoy!

3 out of 5 stars

An OK 'time filler quickie' July 26, 2008
Another page turning quick read from Patterson and another ghost writer. The story reminds me of a Tales of the Unexpected episode, it is straight out of the Roald Dahl quick thrillers with a twist. A fine quick pop-corn read where you don't have to think too much. It doesn't really pull any punches, thrill, or shock, but really is a time filler OK read. Overall, I guess it took as long to write as it does to read.

1 out of 5 stars

cash cow July 22, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I am disgusted with myself,I can't even look myself in the eye. Because I read this piece of dross till the bitter end.

Like some horrible blind date I can still feel Mr Pattersons sticky cliches and clumsy plotlines licking around my conscious. Worse even than that is the hum of utter contempt and hubris he generates to the reader as he nibbles around your inner ear.

This is an author who despises his readership.The very same people who have made him as rich as Midas and kept him published for years.

He thinks you are a bunch of fools. He really does. So arrogant and convinced of your innate stupidity is he, that he's dropped all pretense of even trying to deliver a story of any worth whatsoever.

Why else would the characters all be fleshed out like so many finger puppets;immobile,hackneyed and contrived?

A plot so A to B predictable?

A complete neglect of any aspect of technical detail it can only be described as nothing less than pure bone idled laziness?

And just in case you still thought Mr Patterson had even a shred of respect for you he then pisses all over your face with a denouement so rushed, cheap and cobbled together you choke.

Come on James. It's time to come clean. Tell us it was all a dinner party joke. That you just wanted to see if your publisher and public would fall for it?

And we did. In our tens of thousands. You must be laughing into your Krug.

I bought a hardback. 7.95 .

And I want my money back.

Yours sincerely

RJA

3 out of 5 stars

Decent July 16, 2008
As this was the first title I read by Mr Patterson I don't know if "Sail" was typical of his work. It is however a decent 2-3 hour read.
The characters are defined like a crew profile at the beginning of the book. I was not keen on this as I prefer characterisation in novels to be part of the overall story, however the cross-section of the character's lives puts the reader streight into the action.
Too much information is given away in the summary, If you read this title you will know what I mean (I don't want to give away too much).
This book is worth a read but perhaps it would be better to wait for the paperback.
I also recommend Novels by Clive Cussler with particular reference to "The Chace"

1 out of 5 stars

Not Impressed July 8, 2008
I have not read any of Mr Paterson's previous works so I have no yardstick to judge the novel within the body of his work. On a standalone basis I thought the novel was embarrassingly bad, more like the screenplay of a straight to video film. The characters one dimensional and the plots contrived. I selected the novel as light holiday reading and was attracted to the yachting theme. Despite this relatively undemanding requirement I was still disappointed, even some of techie sailing stuff was poorly researched. I won't be visiting Mr Patterson's oeuvre again