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Alex Cross is back--and so is the Big Bad Wolf. Terrorists have seized the worlds largest cities. London, Washington, DC, New York, and Frankfurt will be destroyed, unless their demands are met--and their demands are impossible. After a city in the western United States is fire bombed--a practice run--Alex Cross knows that it is only a matter of time before the bombers threats to the other cities are brutally executed.Heading up the investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol, Alex Cross is stunned when surveillance photos show Geoffrey Shafer, the Weasel, near one of the bombing sites. He senses the presence of the Wolf as well, the most vicious predator he has ever battled. With millions of lives in the balance, Cross has to see if the most powerful law enforcement agencies in the world can stay ahead of these two mens cunning.

Customer Reviews:

• A James Bond want-a-be book
  I listened to the CD version on a long car ride, and had no other books to substitute. The hero (alex cross), simply goes on and on, going from one place to another, and doing nothing. trying to catch a bad guy that seems to have unlimited resources. I think it was written in a hurry, just to have something in print maybe to trick his faithful readership into buying. In fairness I haven't read anything else of patterson, maybe he has something better previously written. But this has so turned me off from him I just had to find a means of telling, of warning somebody. In short I will never read or listen to this author again, don't waste your time....more info
• Great!
  I loved this book, I couldn't put it down for five minutes! James writes to keep you wanting more!...more info
• Flat Read All Around. Not a Good Patterson Book.
  James Patterson's works are certainly not classics of American literature. Most of his books are designed to be read on a beach, under the sun, when you want something fluffy that moves quickly and provides quick diversion. Generally, he hits the mark in this regard. "London Bridges" is an exception though. This one is not long by any means, but it moves terribly slowly. Oh, there is a lot of action and turmoil, but it comes so quickly and superficially that the reader cannot possibly care. Characters are introduced and disposed of quickly and without fanfare. Alex Cross' personal relationships come across as contrived filler material and little more. And Cross himself seems so helpless and lost for most of the book that he is merely floating along as is the reader. If Patterson's main character has no plan, is merely waiting to see what happens next, then what is the reader supposed to do? The inept plotline reduces Cross to an observer just like the rest of us, which destroys any tension or real intrigue. I found myself skimming the book quickly just to get done with it, which I never do when reading a novel. I would pass this offering from Patterson by in favor of one of his earlier works, which will certainly be more compelling than this one....more info
• Unbelievable--in more ways than one
  Honestly, this is the worst book I have read that I can remember, and I don't suffer Alzheimer's. I'd have given up on it before the end, but somehow I kept thinking Patterson was going to pull it off somehow. Instead, at the ending I was literally yelling out loud how terrible it was. There's one big mystery in the book--who is the "Wolf"?--and Patterson keeps answering it, and then having it turn out that that character was a red herring and someone else is the "wolf". I truly believe that by the end, Patterson himself had no real idea who the wolf should be; it certainly seemed like the resolution came out of nowhere and made no sense at all. The "clue" that identified him was literally stuck into the story 2 or 3 pages before the end, and the reader has no reason to believe that THIS particular character really was the wolf--if Patterson wants too, he can just claim the 'ball-squeezing' as yet another red herring. It's just plain bad writing, and this book was full of it.
  
  How did "The Wolf" even find "The Weasel", since law enforcement world-wide hadn't been able to do so? Why was "The Weasel" so easy to capture, since Alex Cross hadn't even been able to do so, and he's supposed to be an almost supernaturally alert killer? Why on earth (other than Patterson's prediliction for pairing up his serial killers from earlier books--this is getting old, you know!) did "The Wolf" even want "The Weasel" since he used him so little and so ineffectually? Why can't Homeland Security figure out where all those airplanes and helicopters came from?--they aren't just run-of-the-mill equipment anyone can get at Walmart! Why doesn't anyone try to trace the 4 BILLION dollar ransom--it surely wouldn't have been hard to do; and even international bankers would have contributed to the effort to find the guy who'd killed thousands of people and threatened the world with suitcase nukes. How come "The Wolf" is able to use so many highly trained people, none of whom think twice about the appalling things they're doing, and not ONE bit of information leaking out? I wouldn't have been surprised to discover that "The Wolf" was actually the President of the USA; he's the only person I could think of that might be able to pull that off.
  
  And it goes ON and ON...holes you could fly a 747 through, dialogue that sounds written by a sixth grader, and so forth. It is absolutely appalling that a guy who was good enough to write Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider has sunk this low. I've said before that Patterson writes comic books without pictures for adults. That's no longer true--London Bridges isn't even that good. Sure, maybe if like the former reviewer, you hate anything to do with reading, you might like this. Otherwise, give up on Patterson, try Michael Connelly, James Hall, or Robert Crais. I will NEVER read another Patterson book again! And what's more--I'm not alone--have a look at how many angry readers had the same reaction here....more info
• Is James Patterson still alive?
  I've been reading each of Patterson's books as they were published for years -- and I truly enjoyed them all. Until this one. (I'll refrain from mentioning Lifeguard and Honeymoon which were equally horrible). London Bridges is written in such a simplistic style it could have been written by a high school freshman. What is with all the exclamation points, for heaven's sake? Every sentence is NOT that exciting!
  
  If someone had never before read Patterson's work and was unfortunate enough to choose this title as a starting point, I'm afraid they would never read any of his earlier books.
  
  With all the books that Patterson has been writing with co-authors (Maxine Paetro, Andrew Gross, etc.), one might begin to wonder if Patterson himself is really still with us. My personal theory is that something happened to him in late 2003 ("The Jester" - published in 2003 - was one of his last compelling books; and "Sam's Letters to Jennifer" - published early in 2004 - was the last truly wonderful book I've read by Patterson). Everything published under his name since then has been increasingly trivial.
  
  Maybe he's in a coma or something, but his name has become such big business that they can't just pull the plug. Maybe his co-authors churn things out and the publishers issue them using Patterson's name to keep the dollars coming in. Unfortunately the quality is so poor that the sales can't possibly continue. No one can write 4 books a year and have them all be high quality, well-written novels (nope, not even Nora Roberts!). Patterson -- if he is indeed still alive and well -- needs to dump the co-authors, sit down and take a deep breath, and get back to writing the well-crafted suspense stories he was so good at. ...more info
• Simply not good enough!
  I usually enjoy James Pattersons' Alex Cross stories. I am not a die-hard fan, but I have always found myself entertained when reading most of the previous novels. But London Bridges hit rock bottom almost from the very beginning.
  
  The story is made from the same formula the past 3-4 Cross-stories has been, and you can almost guess what will happen in the super-short chapters.
  
  First we are inside the mind of one or more of the villains while they commit some gruesome crime, and the plotline is laid out. Then Dr Cross enters the stage, usually semi-depressed over something in his private life, a condition not made any better by the crime he is called in to solve, again usually with a bunch of colleagues, who can be detectives or federal agents, depending on where you are in the series. This time he is upset because of his youngest son, who lives with his mother in Seattle, a long way from Washington DC, where Cross resides with his older kids and his grandmother. Cross is also upset because he has to break up a date with his girlfriend Jamilla, a detective living in San Francisco, in order to get to the scene of this novels 'basic' crime.
  
  This time the villain The Wolf has blown a trailerpark community off the face of the earth, and threatens to do the same to some of the world's major cities, if he is not paid a gazillion dollars and if some political prisoners are not set free. A deadline is given, the clock is ticking and Cross travels from America to Europe and back again and then to Europe and then to USA again within a week or so, in order to catch The Wolf and his fellow thugs, each of the thugs acting out their piece of The Wolf's big puzzle and way to world dominion.
  
  The last 10 pages are utterly confusing, there is no tail nor head, the story seems to be all over the place, and at last you really could not care less if Cross and his whole family will actually survive the ordeals.
  
  This book is not recommend for anyone excpet die hard Patterson/Cross fans. It does not live up to the expectations, but if Patterson can write 5-6 novels a year, then maybe there is an explanation for this book's lacking in quality!...more info
• Not one of Pattersons' best!
  I never read a review for this and now I wish I had. Without a doubt the worst James Patterson book I've read and I've have really enjoyed all his previous books. This one, however, seemed to be written in a hurry. All Alex Cross did was jet from one city to another. The entire premise was bizarre and the outcome of events was, well, boring. Without giving anything away to those who have not read this, there are a couple of events at the very end that were so badly glossed over that you wondered if Mr. Patterson was trying to get to a dinner party and had to finish in a hurry. Nope, not a good read at all. I'm hoping his next book will be a huge improvement!...more info
• Poor Attempt
  It seems as if the author wrote this while running for a plane at an airport. Short, meaningless chapters, poor pacing, and inferior character development. Does anyone really care what happens to these characters? Not me....more info
• James Patterson Is Great!
  London Bridges, $7.99 US, is the tenth Alex Cross novel from bestselling author James Patterson. In this particular installment, two old foes (The Weasel, The Wolf) join forces in an attempt to target FBI agent Alex Cross for destruction, but why? What could these two psychopaths possibly have in common? The Wolf has gone haywire again, but this time he has a plan. In order to enact that plan though, he must first abduct Colonel Geoffrey Shaffer from his plush six-bedroom villa in Salvador, Brazil. With Shaffer's assistance then guaranteed, The Wolf vows to destroy Frankfurt, London, NYC, and Washington D.C. unless an exorbitant two billion dollar ransom is delivered.
  
  On a much anticipated vacation jaunt to San Francisco -- before that Seattle -- Alex's hookup with Jamilla is interrupted when fellow agents intercept the couple at San Francisco International Airport. Alex leaves for Nevada immediately, and investigates after Sunrise Valley (Population: 315) is obliterated by an airborne bomb. To further confuse things, a cadre of uniformed soldiers had hastily evacuated the town at gunpoint just 15 minutes prior to the explosion. All buildings and residences within 500 yards of the drop zone were reduced to confetti by the blast, but rock climbers on a nearby hill managed to photograph an odd man that someone obviously enlisted to videotape the destruction.
  
  Nobody is surprised more than Alex, when he visually identifies the suspect that the rock climbing enthusiasts happened to photograph. It can't possibly be true. He must be seeing things! Nonetheless, believing his eyes, Cross admits to his fellow investigators that the UNSUB in Sunrise Valley was tied to a Washington D.C. case he worked before joining the FBI. The man in the photo is Colonel Geoffrey Shaffer, the man in the photo is The Weasel! The mere sight of the Weasel sends his brains reeling, makes Cross sick. He doesn't understand what The Weasel could possibly have to do with the destruction of a small town. It just doesn't connect!
  
  Disbelief that The Weasel could be involved in Sunrise Valley is set aside when The Wolf takes credit for the attack -- implicating Shaffer for his piece -- on a conference call between Cross, the head of the FBI, and the head of the CIA. Just to clarify, Cross and his sometime partner Monnie Donnelley dig into The Weasel's past looking for clues to confirm his possible participation. Strike One: previous experience as a merc, a mercenary for hire. Strike Two: familiarity with D.C. and London, two of The Wolf's announced targets. Strike Three: The Wolf repeatedly sends veiled threats through messengers, as Cross attempts to track down Shaffer in D.C.
  
  One of the great things about Patterson is his propensity for globetrotting. The plot of this book zigzags from Brazil to Nevada, from Nevada to California, from California to Washington, from Washington to California, from California to Nevada, from Nevada to Washington D.C., from D.C. to Virginia, from Virginia to Cuba, from Gitmo to Saudi Arabia, from Saudi to New York, from Manhattan to Montauk, from Montauk to London, from London to Paris, from Paris to Washington D.C. and back, from Paris to Maryland, from Maryland to Virginia, from Virginia to the Allghenies, from the Alleghenies to Idaho, from Idaho to Zurich, from Switzerland to Nice, finally ending on Long Island.
  
  Now, I think Patterson needs to settle Alex Cross's conundrum with women. James appears unsure what path his hero should follow. Patterson keeps Alex in a bitter place, widowed, residing with his elderly grandmother and a couple of half-orphaned kids. He introduced complexity with Christine Johnson and a third Cross offspring, Alex Jr. But no, that situation couldn't work out. Alex and Christine separate, Christine relocates to Washington state, then things mysteriously warm up between them. Alex gains a sympatico *California girlfriend named Jamilla, but keeps his distance. Now another monkey wrench appears, when healthcare worker Kayla gives Alex an impromptu kiss. Come on James; make a definitive decision for Alex! ...more info
• inconsistent PLOT....none the less NOT THE WORST....
  OK Patterson has clearly no plot here.........
  I finished the book and i still dont know WHO exactly was the WOLF.......
  the book is Predictable and yet it has some shocks.......
  but again the paper thin plot ruins it.......
  none the less it is Interesting and holds attention.....
  But the ENDING was really BAD...........and how the WEASLE story line was ENDED was really CHEAP..........
  Weasle Deserved better........
  and so DID wolf!!!
  i mean there was a moment in the book where i was like "OH MY GOD! the WOLF Is ------" but again in the next page Somebody else was WOLF.......
  i mean Patterson clearly doesnot even know himself who WOLF is.......
  ahhh i feel cheated.........
  2.5/5...more info
• Being Had
  It's a pity that we are not given a choice of zero stars, for this book certainly deserves it. It is absolutely the worst novel I have ever read. Complete rubbish, so bad I will never read another James Patterson novel.
  
  One can forgive the weak, simplistic writing, especially for books that are easily read in airports and on planes; but even easy books should make sense, with a plot line that is discernibly interconnected, with point b following logically from point a, and with characters who don't just pop up out of the blue without foreshadowing or clues as to they're fitting in. But this book is full of so much deus ex machina, it reminded me of the intervention of Greek gods whenever their favorite characters got into trouble back in Troy or on Odysseus's journey back to Greece. To put it mildly, Patterson constantly stretches credibility in this book to the point that he insults our intelligence (and, for that matter, so does the publisher for allowing this book to be published and for burning us for the price).
  
  The clincher is when Patterson--not Cross--presents the Wolf in New York for plastic surgery, after which the Wolf is shot in the throat by Cross and falls nine stories to his death, while a few pages later, the Wolf is miraculously resurrected in the final scene to be killed again! And, no, it's not something I missed. Read the passages over and over again, and it is clear that the Wolf was actually slain twice. Well, if he's going to have more than one life, why not give him nine and change his alias to something feline, such as Lion or Cougar.
  
  Don't waste your money or your time on this book, unless you enjoy being had....more info
• Love James Patterson Books
  I was eagerly anticipating this book because of the way the book before this one ended, Big Bad Wolf. This one had me a little worried that Patterson would kill off Cross and I won't say if he did or not but it certainly keeps you at the edge of your seat wondering if this is the end for Cross. Two doubly bad psycho's in one book both gunning for Cross who team up to get him is one heck of a ride in this book....more info
• Big name author writes a dud
  I was very disappointed with every aspect of this novel. The story line was choppy and the plot was weak. None of the characters were well developed and the action sequences just didn't have any flow whatsoever. This was an amateurish effort and I'm a little disappointed that the reviews on the back blurb were so favorable. I'll need to check Amazon reviews in the future, to get a better sense of things next time....more info
• After the first three, each book gets progressively worst
  I read Kiss the Girls several years ago and was impressed with Patterson as an author. Several weeks ago my daughter loaned me five of Patterson's latest Alex Cross books. Before reading those books I went to the library and got the beginning eight books in the series skipping the Kiss the Girls book which was the number two book in the series.
  
  The first two that I read, Along Came a Spider and Jack and Jill were great books. Since then I have read books 4 through 10 and they have all been one star or two star at the most. His books are getting worst with each one that I read.
  
  London Bridges has a plot that is so contrived and unrealistic that it borders on comical. It's absurd that Wolf, the villain, had a mole in the FBI in the last novel, The Big Bad Wolf, that was never found and this same mold, or maybe a different one, reappears and is not discovered in this novel. Nothing is ever explained. The story just continues when the FBI gets a phone call, something is blown up, bodies are found or someone suddenly remembers something. No crime scene evidence is ever found to follow up on. And what an insulting conclusion....more info
• Finally giving up on Alex Cross
  It took me 10 books, but I'm finally ready to give up on James Patterson's Alex Cross series. They've gone from great mysteries to unbelievable, international espionage/warfare books. I didn't read "London Bridges" immediately after the other 9 and found I had forgotten enough to make it impossible to follow this book. And the character development seemed to completely stop. Then again, maybe something spectacular happens after page 65. I'll never know and don't care any more....more info
• Dumbed down
  I've read previous Patterson/Alex Cross mysteries and enjoyed them, but this one was disappointing. It felt like most of the story was about the agony of waiting helplessly for a terrorist's deadline to arrive. Many situations arose in which Alex Cross could do nothing effective or interesting, and the thrill of the chase was absolutely not there. Not much sleuthin' goin' on! My advice would be to forget "London Bridges" and read (or re-read!) some earlier Patterson/Cross stories. ...more info
• Senseless
  Everything about this book is senseless, including why I invested the five or six hours to read it. As 10th book in the Alex Cross series and the sequel to "Big Bad Wolf," I had a reasonable expectation that most of the dangling threads from that book would be resolved here, such as: who is the Wolf? What event(s) turned him into the sociopath he/she is today? What does the Wolf want - surely it's beyond just money or power since he/she seems to have infinite amounts of both? Who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? What about the child custody battle between Alex and Christine? What about Alex's relationship with Jamilla?
  
  Not to spoil the read, but very little gets resolved here so keep your expectation levels suitably miniscule. After something like a dozen zig zags in which the Wolf reveals himself/herself only to then have Patterson tell us "Ha! Just kidding!", the author ends up being quite literally the guy who cried "Wolf" too many times. By the time the book is through, we don't know whether to believe him when the Wolf is caught. Was it really the Wolf, or is this yet another twist? No confessions, no insight into his true identity, no explanation for what motivates him. You end up closing the book thinking "I endured 124 chapters for THIS?" The whole book may well be a red herring and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if Patterson decides to resurrect the Wolf. Why not? Heck, he's already created a character that has more lives than a cat. The only problem is that this isn't a character worth resurrecting. The Wolf has always been completely implausible and Patterson simply takes that unbelievability to the next level here.
  
  The plot here is like something out of Marvel Comics, not adult fiction. Really. Patterson brings together The Weasel, his antagonist from "Pop Goes the Weasel," and The Wolf, his antagonist from "Big Bad Wolf." Yes, even the antagonists here have to have comic-book names, but it's quite fitting - given the comic book plot of this book. The only thing Patterson could have done to conceivably make this novel any hokier would be to give our protagonist a cape.
  
  In this book, The Wolf decides to blow up a small Nevada town as a "preview of coming attractions" and then proceeds to demand several billion dollars and the release of a few dozen political prisoners (whose countries, affiliations, and identities are never given) in exchange for not destroying Paris, NY, London, and Tel Aviv via nuclear bombs. Who are these political prisoners and why should they be freed? We're never told. Why does the Wolf - who is supposedly made of cast iron and never, ever bluffs - end up extending his deadlines and ultimatums several times? Again, we're never told. What role does the Weasel have other than perhaps as a decoy of sorts? We're never told. It's as though Patterson was so caught up in creating tension that he couldn't be bothered with little things - like plausibility and motives for his antagonists.
  
  It's all summed up in my first sentence of this review: senseless.
  
  Unfortunately, that seems to be par for the course with Patterson's novels lately. For reasons I can't quite fathom, and as I have mentioned in my other reviews of his recent novels, he seems to be fixated on churning out as many books as he possibly can rather than producing anything approaching real quality in a mystery/thriller. I'm afraid this is the end of the road for me. No more Alex Cross thrillers or Patterson in general unless the reviews are very, very good.
  
  So let me make a recommendation: avoid this book and get yourself a Batman comic instead. It will cost less money, take less time to read, and make a whole lot more sense than this silly and utterly juvenile novel.
  
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• another unsatisfied customer
  Wanted to chime in with another negative review of this book. I think this is easily the poorest Alex Cross offering to date. Big Bad Wolf was good and I was excited to find out how the saga would unfold. The end was such a let down. After 600 pages of build up the final confrontation between the Wolf and Cross couldn't have felt more anticlimatic. Big thumbs down. ...more info
• My First and Last Patterson Book
  This was the first Patterson book I have read, and it will be my last. Life is too short for this stuff. Nothing happens for the first four fifths of the book, and then when it does, it was like: "What was that?" I kept thinking that this is low-grade "James Bond versus the arch- villain". For some reason Patterson inserts a bunch of relationship stuff and "boo-hoo-hoo I can't see my kid because I'm divorced". Many loose ends and a conclusion(?) with no resolution.
  
  Permit me to summarize for you: Bad guy is very bad, he shoots people, escapes, good guy chases, bad guy gets away, bad guy blows other people up, bad guy shoots more people in the head, yadda, yadda, yadda.
  
  I wanted to enjoy this book, buy I really did not like it at all. The unabridged audio book version is horrible with annoying sound effects and distracting music.
  
  If you choose to abuse yourself and read this book, do yourself a favor and borrow it from a library. Or better yet, pick up something written by Tom Clancy....more info
• Where is the Crazy Wolf? Alex Cross Tries to Capture Him
  This book was okay. Not the very best of Patterson that I have read, but I stuck it out to see what happened. I thought the ending was kind of vague.
  
  The WOLF is destroying everything he can from London, Paris, to New York. He blows up buildings and murders people in cold blood without a thought. And he wants Alex Cross dead of course.
  
  Throughout the entire book, Alex is chasing the Wolf, trying to find out what his next dangerous move is going to be. But the Wolf makes it nearly impossible, and if Alex isn't careful, his own life and those of his family may be in the worst danger yet....more info
• I love Alex Cross
  and read all of James Patterson's books!! I didn't like this one as much as some of his older Alex Cross books but would still recommend it to those who just can't say goodbye to this detective! ...more info
• About What I Expect from Patterson
  I did not pick up this book with any great expectations as James Patterson's Alex Cross novels are, to me, uniformly medicore. That being said, this novel is typical Alex Cross- Cross spends time with his children. Cross tries to romance his girlfriend. In the middle of all the quality family time, Cross chases bad guys.
  
  In this book he's working for the FBI instead of the police. He's dealing with international terrorists. He has 4 days to save the world. He's fighting two adversaries from previous books, the Weasel and the Wolf. At least in this book he does us the courtesy of letting us know at the end who the Wolf is. In his last book, he just left us hanging in a most frustrating way.
  
  Yet, despite the mediocrity of this series, I continue to read them, and I do enjoy them- I think because the action is usually fast-paced and because I don't have to think too hard, because Patterson's writing is so simplistic. The Alex Cross novels are the ultimate in relaxation books. Lying on the couch reading about Alex Cross dashing from one locale to another in an effort to catch the bad guys is not a bad way to spend a lazy afternoon.
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• Fast and Easy
  I'm surprised at some of the low ratings reviewers have given this book. I really liked it, and even considered it one of the better in the Alex Cross series. That is, until the very end, which left me saying "Huh"? It just sort of ended all at once in one paragraph, almost as an afterthought, which is the only reason I deducted stars.
  
  I still think the Wolf is one of Patterson's better creations, sort of the Voldemort of the thriller world. I didn't mind the constant, horrific murders, although they eventually took on a cartoon-like quality, and I avidly followed the storyline. This is my first time back in Alex Cross-land in a while, as I had to take a break from the earlier novels. But having read Big Bad Wolf and London Bridges back-to-back, I'm satisfied. I will never consider Patterson a Grade A writer, but so what? The books are fun, fast, and furious...perfect escapism....more info
• A fast read is not necessarily a great read. Still, it's passable fun
  "London Bridges" is a shallow, yet fast and painless read. Slick and impersonal like the last several Alex Cross thrillers, enough warmth and personality still comes through in the main character to somewhat make up for the goofy plot contrivances and lack of depth. And it was also kind of entertaining to see Mr. Patterson, apparently with a straight face, revise the true identity of the villainous "Wolf" every fifteen pages or so. I swear, there seemed to be at least twenty distinct dramatic "revelations" about the Wolf's secret identity during the course of the book, each one almost immediately discredited in favor of the next "no, it's really HIM!" or "no, it's really HER!" moment. Sheesh, it was enough to make your head spin.
  
  But, in the end, shortcomings aside, "London Bridges" is silly, harmless fun. But, I have to admit, the best I can say about the book is that it's not boring, which is not quite the same thing as saying that it's very good. ...more info
• Wow, how did this ever get published?
  This is just a REALLY bad book. First I blame James Patterson, but I really REALLY blame his editor. What editor worth his salt would allow this mess to be published?
  
  The villains are so grotesque as to be almost cartoon villains. Just - over the top. The plot line is unbelievable. Aside from Alex Cross and the two villains, nobody in this book gets more than a few pages before they disappear forever. Alex Cross spends more time eating meals than using the resources of the FBI to foil the villains. This is supposed to be one of those "the villains have given us a deadline before they blow up the world" type thriller but - there's no sense of urgency, and the law-enforcement agencies on the case are poorly sketched, and inept (but not deliberately written that way).
  
  I could go on and on but it's not worth the words. This book is REALLY a waste of time. I can't believe anybody published it!...more info
• Outstanding Suspense
  Outstanding in ever sense of the word. This is a real page turner and I could not bring myself to put it down. ...more info
• Another Alex Cross Winner!
  James Patterson again provides a great read with the novel London Bridges. ...more info
• Are Falling Down
  If you like high intensity books that are filled with action this is the book for you. This is a book that makes you feel involved and never wants you to put the book down. It's a book all about FBI and cases that deal with murders and terrorist situations. If you like the way this sounds then "London Bridges" by James Patterson is the book for you to read.
  In my eyes I would consider this book to be a mystery. From its various loose ends to its many murder cases. People are being paid to be killed and cities being held for insane amounts of money this book are a thriller. It really gets you excited to find what's going to happen next and gets your blood flowing.
  I really like this book because of how involved I feel when I read it. It makes me not want to put it down. If you like action packed and books that deal with FBI and terrorists then this is the book for you.
  This book is written by a spectacular author by the name of James Patterson.
  This is a man that holds the New York Times best seller lists with 39 best selling titles. He is responsible for one out of every fifteen hardcover novel sold in the U.S. in the year 2007. He is truly an amazing author his books have sold an estimated 150 million books worldwide. I say after hearing this who wouldn't want to read his literature, it's truly great and many people around the world love it.
  When your reading this book the characters you have to focus on are the Wolf, Geoffrey Shaffer, and Alex Cross. The Wolf is the terrorist who plans on killing many people and is holding multiple cities for ransom. Shaffer is the Wolf's puppet he gives him orders and they almost work together. Now Alex Cross is the big FBI agent who is in charge of the cases who is determined and dedicated. He stops at nothing and always fights as hard as he can. All three men play a major role in this book.
  
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• Fun Read For A Stormy Night
  As the old joke goes, when you look for "guilty pleasure" in the dictionary, what you find is a picture of James Patterson and a list of his thrillers. Patterson's chapters are very short, often only a page or two, that become snapshots to keep the action moving, It's as if he writing in story-board format, preparing for the screenplay. This is apparently the last in his series starring the "Wolf" and the "Weasel" as impossibly evil men who hold the world hostage to their diabolical schemes. (I say "apparently the last" since both men die in this book, but reincarnation is always a possibility with these guys.) Patterson does not write literature, but he does write excellent, scary stories. The biggest weakness with Patterson is that both his heroes and his villains are simply impossible to believe. They are bigger and badder than life, and that gets in the way. His strength, on the other hand, is that while you're reading, especially at night, the impossible becomes eerily possible. Lock the doors, curl up by the fire, and enjoy....more info
• Gut Wrenching
  Excellent, fast paced, and suspenseful. Alex Cross is my favorite James Patterson character. He was true to form in this novel. Great read! Very hard to put down. I recommend this book to true crime solving, murder mystery readers....more info
• London Bridge Fell Down
  This book seemed a formulaic labor that Patterson had to get through and be done with. Once he got to the point where Cross was going to capture the criminals he wanted to get, the rest seemed matter of fact. Cross chased these two guys through two previous novels, and this book - where he finally got them - seemed, to me, anti-climactic....more info
• Big Fan Felt very dissapointed
  I am big fan of James Patterson. But this book disappointed me so much that this is the first time, I am writing review any book. This book forced me write this review. If you are big fan of James Patterson, please please skip this book. Because this is nothing but big big disappointment. The story takes you to a peak and drop you from 50,000 foot free fall till you hit the rocky ground and felt I have wasted all this time on this stupid book. I am sorry to say this, but it is very true. ...more info
• Lost Book London Bridges
  London Bridges was ordered, paid for, but never received. So I cannot review a book that I did not received...more info
• Patterson really blew it on this one
  Hunh? I walked away from this one unbelieveably disappointed. As a big fan of Patterson and in particular the Alex Cross series and a big fan of "The Big Bad Wolf" I couldn't wait for "London Bridges." What a mistake. There is so much wrong with this book, including; its NEVER made clear who the Wolf is, a plot that sort of moves along without purpose, the re-introduction of a bad guy from a previous novel that seemed nonsensical and added little to the plot, numerous characters that could have been the Wolf then weren't, then some that weren't the Wolf that were (if you think I sound confused, wait until you read this one) and an Alex Cross who sort of meanders through the story in his new life as an FBI agent taking the G3's and G5's to far off places chasing the mysterious Wolf. Too many holes to plug for this ship to float.
  
  To cap it off, the prose is so poor and sophmoric that I couldn't help but think that the editor took a vacation and Patterson met the deadline anyway. Too many pieces never connect and to make matters ultimately worse, the "Wolf" meets his demise so suddenly at the end that I put the book down and asked the question of "Did this thing just end?" As if Patterson had to just get it done, and he did... lamely.
  
  Some advice, read "The Big Bad Wolf" and forget "London Bridges."...more info
• Patterson's Second Worst?
  I rank this book slightly higher than Season of the Machete, simply because I only got to page 25 of that book before giving up on it. I finished this book, but it was hardly an enjoyable read. The one positive is that the chapters are very short, so it feels like the novel moves along at a nice pace. The actual content, however, is very poor. This book is just surviving off the past Cross novels. If someone was just picking up this book having not read any of the prior Cross novels, they are just not going to understand or care about the subplots involving Cross's estranged son, his other two kids, this new love life, etc. I've read all the books leading up to this book, and I barely cared or understood what was going on.
  
  Compare this to Kiss The Girls or Jack and Jill, and it comes up way short. The story and the plot are very thin and very disjointed. Nothing about this book keeps you on the edge of your seat, and you will only feel compelled to finish it if you are a completist. This was by far the worst of the Cross books. ...more info
• How not to construct a plot or characters
  From Publishers Weekly
  "Any thriller writer, wannabe or actual, would do well to study Patterson's 10th Alex Cross novel."
  
  My mistake was reading this comment from Publisher's weekly (it appeared on the back cover of the paperback edition) and thinking that it would be an example of how a book should be written. That sounded like a strong endorsement. Having purchased and read it, I realised they must have meant it as an example of how a book should NOT be written....more info
• Unfascinating
  I love James Patterson but I have to say this book is a weak book. Characters seem to pop out from nowhere to give information and useless pieces at that. Even catching the Wolf at the end was such a letdown after using two books to tell the story. Reading this book didn't do it for me at all or maybe it's cos there's now a huge difference between reading his books when I was 17 and in high school and now when I'm 20 and in college. ...more info