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A review by oumaima_mekni
The Quickie by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
5.0
No matter how many great books and stories I read or will read, this book will ALWAYS remain my ultimate favourite, because this book introduced to the world of reading, a world I never thought I'd be interested in honestly (I was a movie-lover kind of girl, never fathomed all the fuss and thrill people find in books, I always thought movies were better because of the visuals and acting).
Anyways, it's been a long time since I've a read this book. I don't remember the exact details but I do remember this book never left my hands for two days straight because the plot was thickening page after page and the protagonist was one of the best well-written and developed characters I've ever read, (it was a female character by the way, and it's really hard to come across a gripping female protagonist like this one. She was written without all the infuriating knick-knacks that usually come with a female character like being self-deprecating, pretentiously bad-ass, unbelievably beautiful from head to toes but for some reasons she doesn't know about it, you know the ordeal...)
I also the remember the plot twist at the end that kept me dazed for days (you have to excuse me, it was my first book and first experience of a literary plot twist). It wasn't actually a twist that suddenly popped out of the blue, it was paved for in the previous chapters and Patterson dropped several hints, any reader could see it coming, but still! And I blame James Patterson for making me a big plot-twist trash, because now whenever I read something, I always expect some twist to spice things up (even in non-fictions goddammit..)
I might be exaggerating and this book might not be as great as I say. Hell, I read it like two years ago. Maybe If I reread it again, I may not get as hyper as before. But it's still going to be dear to my heart and the most precious book I own.
And please if you plan on reading it, don't judge it by its cover. The cover doesn't give the book justice and it gives away the wrong impression. Really, poor choice of cover.
Anyways, it's been a long time since I've a read this book. I don't remember the exact details but I do remember this book never left my hands for two days straight because the plot was thickening page after page and the protagonist was one of the best well-written and developed characters I've ever read, (it was a female character by the way, and it's really hard to come across a gripping female protagonist like this one. She was written without all the infuriating knick-knacks that usually come with a female character like being self-deprecating, pretentiously bad-ass, unbelievably beautiful from head to toes but for some reasons she doesn't know about it, you know the ordeal...)
I also the remember the plot twist at the end that kept me dazed for days (you have to excuse me, it was my first book and first experience of a literary plot twist). It wasn't actually a twist that suddenly popped out of the blue, it was paved for in the previous chapters and Patterson dropped several hints, any reader could see it coming, but still! And I blame James Patterson for making me a big plot-twist trash, because now whenever I read something, I always expect some twist to spice things up (even in non-fictions goddammit..)
I might be exaggerating and this book might not be as great as I say. Hell, I read it like two years ago. Maybe If I reread it again, I may not get as hyper as before. But it's still going to be dear to my heart and the most precious book I own.
And please if you plan on reading it, don't judge it by its cover. The cover doesn't give the book justice and it gives away the wrong impression. Really, poor choice of cover.