bryonie's review
3.0
This book is a collection of 3 Bookshots. I'll rate each story separately, and my final, overall rating is the average.
Dead Man Running - James Patterson & Chris Farnsworth
4 stars
My favorite of the three bookshots. Could have easily been a full novel (in fact, I wish it had been). I think the ending was a LITTLE too contrived (not the ending of the standoff, but where Beck found himself... you know what I mean if you've read it).
113 Minutes - James Patterson & Max DiLallo
2 stars
Too confusing and, at the same time, too straightforward. The confusing aspect is all the timestamps that are thrown in at the beginning of each scene. I still don't know what they were alluding to. I also assume that when you add them all up, they will give you 113 minutes? I dunno. I did this as an audio book, so I am not going back through the thing to do the math. The straightforward part is the twist relies on both portraying the police as idiots, and vigilante justice being achieved instead of actual justice. Don't get me wrong, I felt for these people, but I just found the outcome problematic on a number of levels.
13-Minute Murder - James Patterson & Shan Serafin
3 stars
I really liked the main character in this one. It's hard to make a hitman personable, but it definitely happened in this book. But I found the plot a little too linear and zero surprise at the end. I kind of want to have at least SOME form of suspense, or trying to puzzle out who the guilty party is.
Dead Man Running - James Patterson & Chris Farnsworth
4 stars
My favorite of the three bookshots. Could have easily been a full novel (in fact, I wish it had been). I think the ending was a LITTLE too contrived (not the ending of the standoff, but where Beck found himself... you know what I mean if you've read it).
113 Minutes - James Patterson & Max DiLallo
2 stars
Too confusing and, at the same time, too straightforward. The confusing aspect is all the timestamps that are thrown in at the beginning of each scene. I still don't know what they were alluding to. I also assume that when you add them all up, they will give you 113 minutes? I dunno. I did this as an audio book, so I am not going back through the thing to do the math. The straightforward part is the twist relies on both portraying the police as idiots, and vigilante justice being achieved instead of actual justice. Don't get me wrong, I felt for these people, but I just found the outcome problematic on a number of levels.
13-Minute Murder - James Patterson & Shan Serafin
3 stars
I really liked the main character in this one. It's hard to make a hitman personable, but it definitely happened in this book. But I found the plot a little too linear and zero surprise at the end. I kind of want to have at least SOME form of suspense, or trying to puzzle out who the guilty party is.
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