Tick, Tock

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  Tick Tock

  Reviewed by Tina M. | see all reviews by Tina M.

  22/12/2010

  The story is a lot better than the title. Patterson knows how to set the scene and manipulate tension to keep you reading to the last page. The women are a man's version of them and don't ring true. Patterson doesn't capture the complexity of people but rather distils them so they work for his plot lines. This novel is a good read but not a great story.
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  Tick Tock

  Reviewed by Elly-May C. | see all reviews by Elly-May C.

  22/12/2010

  Poor title but good story. I agree the characters are subordiante to plotting, but they do have dimension to them although they do not lift off the page to become real people. I'd like Patterson to stay true to the quality of his first novel and not dilute his style under the production-line pressure to churn out more novels.
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  Reviewed by Annelise I. | see all reviews by Annelise I.

  01/01/2011

  I felt the time taken to read this novel. That aside the plot kept me involved so that I read the book through to the last page. Characters are distinguishable and typically Patterson in style. Maybe other novels read this season are affecting my attitude to these characters- Patter5son's characters did not lift off the page as far as I am concerned. Scene setting was a strength as were twists in plot.
  
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  quite a good plot

  Reviewed by Marianne V. | see all reviews by Marianne V.

  13/11/2011

  Tick Tock is the 4th book in the Michael Bennett series by prolific author James Patterson. Bennett is on his summer holiday at Breezy Point with his ten children, nanny, Mary Catherine and Grandpa Seamus. With a romance possibly budding with Mary Catherine, Bennett is called back to work as a series of bomb attacks starts in New York City. As the action escalates, with murders and explosions and a kidnapping, Bennett enlists the help of FBI agent, Emily Parker. It seems that the perpetrator is copy-catting notorious New York crimes from the past. As Bennett and Parker try to track down the killer, Bennett also finds himself attracted to Parker. The pace of this novel is fast, once again with Pattersons trademark short chapters. Quite a good plot: I will look forward to the next Michael Bennett instalment.
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