MY wife gave me James Patterson's new book, Sail, co authored by Howard Roughan. One of Patterson's previous books, Kiss the Girls, was a favorite of mine, so was the movie, but then that was more about Ashley Judd than the story line .
Anyone else read it yet? I was captivated for most of the book, it took a few unexpected & unnecessary twist, but overall found it a fun read.
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I am in the process of reading it (about half way through). So far it is ok. With a new chapter starting about every third page, there is a lot of empty space making the book look bigger than it actually is. What is driving me nuts is his name dropping; or should I say product name dropping: who cares what kind of hoity toity watch he's wearing, or the name of his $6,000.00 designer suit, he could just say it's expensive. It's almost like he's trying to show off how many expensive things he knows about.
Just my opinion.
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"It's almost like he's trying to show off how many expensive things he knows about. "
Russ, I've heard that some of the authors drop names because it is--literally--a paid product placement. Same way that Fedex or Coke pays a movie studio to show their product on the screen. Can't say for sure--but I've heard top authors have been paid to drop names.
Patterson's popularity would make it a real possibility. I doubt that old Alastair MacLean got such benefits from his references to the Schmeisser submachine gun. (g)
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