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You've Been Warned | 
 enlarge | Authors: James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Publisher: Vision
Category: Book
List Price: $9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  385 reviews
Sales Rank: 2167
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0446198978
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446198974
ASIN: 0446198978
Publication Date: August 1, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Product Description
Kristin Burns is making her way in New York City. Her photos are being considered at a major Manhattan gallery, she works by day with two wonderful children, and the man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. But just as everything she's ever wanted is finally within reach, her life changes forever--with one murderous nightmare. Kristin wakes up every morning from the same chilling, unforgettable dream. And suddenly, it's visiting her during the day too. As her life turns stranger by the minute, Kristin is haunted and terrified. Is it all in her head? Or is the nightmare becoming her life? Kristin searches desperately for what's real through the lens of her camera, only knowing two things for sure: that no place is safe and the fate of everyone she loves lies in her hands.
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 This one is awful! August 21, 2008
Like a reviewer before me, I picked this up because James Patterson's name was prominently displayed on the dust jacket and I've read and enjoyed several of his books. Boy have I learned my lesson! Always read a few pages of a book before purchasing. I couldn't get past the first few pages. My husband felt the same. Patterson should be ashamed to put his name on a piece of junk like this. We will be donating our copy to a local library simply because we can't bear to throw a book away. Don't waste your time or hard earned cash on this one!
 I've Been Warned August 21, 2008
You've Been Warned
You've Been Warned
James Patterson
Howard Roughan
Aside from all the clever marketing tactics, including the title itself (which is what drew me to the book) and the scary looking book cover with the bloody hole cut out mid-page to reveal a "Don't Look" teaser, this book was incredibly engaging and incredibly hard to put down once I started reading it.
It's a mystery, it's a thriller and it has that all-important twist toward the end of the story that catches you by surprise. In a way, I was expecting the ending, as I was reading through the story, and for a brief moment I thought it was just too unbelievable, but that soon passed and he brought it all together to the point that I really did believe something like this could happen in the real world.
Being a writer myself, I always hesitate to give away too much in a book's review, because I don't want to spoil it for the next guy, who hasn't read the story yet. I've noticed that some folks make their reviews sound as if they're writing a high school book report and they tell you what the entire story is about, literally ruining the experience for the next reader. It's almost as if they feel they need to prove that they actually read the book. Heck, if you give away everything there is to know about the book, then all the suspense and excitement has been diminished, especially in a mystery novel.
I got hooked on Patterson's short chapter, extremely tight style of writing when I read "The Honeymoon" not too long ago. He knows how to keep you turning pages, even when your eyes are burning and stinging from reading for hours, and even though you know you must get some sleep or you won't be able to get up and go to work the next morning.
It has been said that other writers learn and mimic other writers' styles in their own books, and I have tried Patterson's tactics, while writing my own novels, but no one can pull it off like Patterson does.
Also, his character descriptions leave no doubt in your mind what the people roaming around in the story look like. I especially enjoyed the way he portrayed Penley, "the pencil", the "other woman" who stands in the way of Kris's object of affection, Michael.
Patterson and Roughan did a fabulous job writing this book and I'm sure I will be picking up and reading another one soon. Good job, guys!
Joyce Marie Taylor
Author
It's too quiet August 18, 2008
Picked it up at the airport because the choices were so slim. There must be somekind of kickback to stock this sort of thing. There is not much to say other than to quote this portion of the book:
"It was quiet in there.
Too quiet."
That may be a word or two off and do not want to go back now but how trite can it be. Actually I know the answer to that. "It was trite. Too trite."
Warning! August 15, 2008
I've read just about all of Patterson's books and this is by far the worst! No longer will I just assume if it's James Patterson's then buy and read! If you want a clue, just read the writer's comment in the section immediately following the last page. If you then decide to waste your time and money on this book, you can then at least say that "you were warned"!
I never throw books away, but I left this on the plane in the seatback with a suitable review. And what did I find there, but another copy of this book. Apparantely, a previous passanger felt the same about the book as I did!
You have been warned ... August 12, 2008
... Do.not.read.the.book.
Absolutely horrible. Tremendously boring. Factually inconsistent, as another Photog had mentioned. Very insipidly written.
Such drivel.
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