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| The Lake House | 
 enlarge | Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (299 reviews)
Sales Rank: 72316
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446696587
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446696586
ASIN: 0446696587
Publication Date: April 20, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 James Patterson April 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As usual a gripping book. JP is the best writer and I have
collected all his books. Highly recommend this book to anyone.
 Good story April 11, 2008
I listened to the audio book of this story. This was my very first James Patterson book. I was hooked and found it to be a great listen/read. I think I have figured out why I loved the story - the narrator, Stephen Lang, is just awesome. And I liked the fact that there were 2 narrators - it made it more interesting and entertaining. I really don't have anything bad to say about this audio book version of this story. It was a good pace and kept my interest the entire time. Since I hadn't read any previous books, I cannot compare this as a sequel. But as a book on its own, it was great! Especially with Stephen Lang as the narrator!
Huh? Is this really where the plot went? April 8, 2008
I knew I was making a mistake deciding to pick this book up. When the Wind Blows didn't have much meat to it and was very surface level. That being said it did enough to catch my interest while reading it, but not caring once I was done with it. I should have heeded this feeling before picking up this one.
With The Lake House you get the same depthless writing (which in all honesty is probably how all Patterson books are, although I have only read two of them), with no character development and nothing that allows the reader to become invested with the characters. In addition the dialogue and narration gets old quick. I couldn't tell if Patterson was trying to mimic a young teen's and young children's style of thinking (at least his perception of it) or if that was how he always writes. I would tend to lean towards the latter.
Finally, where the first one had some semblance of a possibility this one just went way out there, a bit too far to make anything believable. With robot clones and "shucking", it just became more and more far fetched and unbelievable. After a while you being to roll your eyes as Patterson adds something new. And that was part of the problem. It seemed as though the story was forced, that because he did so well (sales wise) with the first one that he absolutely had to write a sequel to reap the benefits of the first one.
A plus is that his books are a fast paced read and it didn't seem like I wasted my time. Also, despite the story becoming more and more far fetched I still enjoyed picking it up and seeing what was going on with Maximum and the gang. But I am glad it is over and will probably not read another Patterson book.
2 stars.
English Teacher's Opinion March 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed the book. It was fast paced with a lot of action and characters that seem real.
 The lakehouse fails to soar February 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The only thing this story is missing is a good plot, good writing, substance, and round characters. Other than that everything is fine. Now I'll admit that I didn't read the first book, so I was kind of thrown into the whole kids-with-wings previous plot. I only read this book because someone left it at my work. Having just finished a 4,000 page book series, I found the writing to be cheesy and the story to be hurried. I felt like Patterson was holed up at his house trying to make his publisher's deadline, so he just wrote this story with little or no effort. And why does it go from 1st person to 3rd person so much? The characters are incredibly flat (evil docotr Kane who is a mad scientist,i.e.)This is such a disappointment from a writer who gave us Kiss The Girls and Along Came a Spider. Gimme Alex Cross anyday over this waste of time. I want my 6 hours back.Blah.
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