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Daniel X: Game Over (Daniel X #4)

by James Patterson (Goodreads Author), Ned Rust

3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 · rating details · 980 ratings · 74 reviews

When Daniel X discovers that a duo of evil extraterrestrials is plotting to control kids around the world through videogames, he's determined to take them both out of commission. This pair of wicked game masters wants to destroy the human race by turning brainwashed videogamers into an unstoppable army of doom! They're also running an endangered species hunting club on the...more

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Published September 19th 2011 by Little, Brown and Company (first published September 1st 2011)

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Jan 08, 2012 Michael F rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Daniel X, Game Over is the fourth book in the Daniel X series. It is about an alien boy named Daniel X who has the power to create things with his mind. When the number 1 alien on ‘The List’- a super high tech list of the most dangerous aliens on Earth- murders Daniel’s parents when he is only 3 he becomes an alien hunter. With the help of his friends and family that he creates with his mind he takes on Number 7 and 8 the tag team. Soon he finds Number 1 his parent’s murder may be involved in t...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Julia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Okay, I love James Patterson, and his writing style is awesome and refreshing. But at this point the series is just driving me insane! First of all, I find Daniel, like, the most annoying character ever. He's cocky and smarmy and superior just way to powerful. It's like, here I am this hero protagonist Alien guy. Going up against thousands of all-powerful aliens! Oh horror! Except wait, I can manipulate matter into ANYTHING I want. Like, period. And I can transform myself. Oh, and I can read min...more

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Feb 03, 2012 Charlie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: syfy

4th book in the Daniel X series… This is a very quick and entertaining read. J.P. books are fun to read and I’ll continue pick them up as they come out. I'm not sure of the 4 star rating, but I don't think it was deserving of 3 either...didn't see a way to give half stars. I do like the stories though...what's not to like about an alien hunter?

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Dec 13, 2012 Colin Mccreary rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The author of this amazing book is James Patterson. The books name is Daniel X game over. This is one of the Daniel X books in the series. There are 5 books in the series. All these books are about a boy named Daniel who chases bad aliens for a living. I would say this is an action and adventure book. It was published in September 2011 by Young Arrow. This book will cost you $12-$15.
Daniel is from another planet and he was sent here to fight horrific aliens that usually want to take over the w...more The author of this amazing book is James Patterson. The books name is Daniel X game over. This is one of the Daniel X books in the series. There are 5 books in the series. All these books are about a boy named Daniel who chases bad aliens for a living. I would say this is an action and adventure book. It was published in September 2011 by Young Arrow. This book will cost you $12-$15.
Daniel is from another planet and he was sent here to fight horrific aliens that usually want to take over the world. He is a very interesting person because his parents were murdered when he was 3 years old by the number one worst alien on earth. Ever since then he has raised himself and has been chasing down aliens on earth and learning how to use his powers. He is very smart and can do things you can’t even imagine. This book sounds pretty good because it was written by James Paterson who has been writing since 1976. He has written many extremely good books, in fact he has written too many to count.
As I said before this book is about a young teen age boy that has been set out in the world to fight aliens. Lucky for him he can use his powers. Basically he can create anything from thin air by using his mind. Also he can change his appearance from a boy to a fly or any other object. But he is still learning and has many tricks up his sleeve. So in the book he finds two aliens that are very rich and evil. They really aren’t humans but they disguise themselves as humans. They are the ones behind the making all those video games. When all the kids are addicted to the games the aliens come up with a cruel plan to brain wash all these kids. Then once they have them brain washed they want to turn them into crude killing machines that massacre the world. Pretty crazy right! Well Daniel is the one who has to go and take them down, but how!
I liked this book a lot because I thought it connected to a lot of teenager’s lives. Teens just want to play video games all day. Next, I also think that it would be the coolest thing in the world to be able to create anything I wanted whenever I needed it. Oh yah and I forgot that with that power he could even create humans. In the book he created or recreated his mom, dad, and all of his friends. Now that’s pretty amazing. Second, my favorite character was Daniel just because he used his powers in such a cool way that he could do anything. The book will give you a great excitement to keep reading and never set it down. Third, it was very interesting to read and always kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what will happen next. Lastly, I think that James Patterson had a moral to the story. The moral was that no matter what happens to you just keep moving forward.

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Oct 16, 2012 Kaiyuli rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Overall, I feel that James Patterson has an amazing writing style. His ability to make the characters seem like they are talking to you is almost surreal. This experience is exemplified in this book, the fourth book in the Daniel X series. However, there are also many flaws that I feel ruin the experience of reading this book. The main problem is that I feel that the characters are all the same. Although Patterson tries to distinguish the characters by giving them unique characteristics, they al...more

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May 11, 2013 Seth owens rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Author’s Purpose for writing this book is to entertain the reader. I would say that the author does this by putting funny parts and parts that have a lot action in them to really make the reader want to read more. I would say that the readers age is a factor in the fact that to young of a reader wouldn’t get what was going on in this book and too old of a reader just wouldn’t find it extremely entertaining compared to other books they might like. With that in mind I would say that the reader...more The Author’s Purpose for writing this book is to entertain the reader. I would say that the author does this by putting funny parts and parts that have a lot action in them to really make the reader want to read more. I would say that the readers age is a factor in the fact that to young of a reader wouldn’t get what was going on in this book and too old of a reader just wouldn’t find it extremely entertaining compared to other books they might like. With that in mind I would say that the readers age for this book would range form younger teens to young adult. The Subject of the story is that Daniel the main character is trying to stop an extremely powerful alien couple from destroying the would by brain washing the people who play their video games and making them hurt other people. In this book I would say that the fact that its first person protagonist point of view helps because it helps you to understand better what that person is going through as they are going about their business in the progression of the story.
I would say the theme of this book is that its not about having the power to do anything but being able to learn how to use that power in the correct way. The biggest example of this is when Daniel is fighting with 7 and 8 who are colonial beings who have just taking their son and Daniel has to figure out how to fight a 7 and 8 who are in cloud form well not hurting their son. Another example is when Daniel is trying to save an alien from a giant lizard who is trying to eat it when he tries to turn into an diamond rod the giant lizard almost breaks him and the alien lets the giant lizard eat him to save Daniel.
This book is a narration because it tells the story of how Daniel saves the world by going to Tokyo, finding #’s 7 and 8 on the inter-galactic outlaws list and destroying them and their many alien henchmen who hunt Daniel and his friends throughout the story. Another reason is because the book goes in chronological order from when Daniel arrives in Tokyo to when he destroys 7 and 8.
I really like this book because it had a lot of action and funny moments that I found to be very entertaining. The Only thing that I did not like about this book is the fact that it ended very abruptly and the fact that the two people that Daniel could have been friend with during and after the story ended up dyeing very suddenly and for not very good reason. I did like though when Daniel and the family who were trapped in Tokyo celebrated one of their people’s holidays by having a huge party. I would say that this book is similar to the lighting thief series because the main character usually has to stop someone from destroying the world or his friends. In both there is also a lot of humor and a lot of action.
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Feb 23, 2012 Keith rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another entry into the Daniel X series. I wasn't sure if I was going to read this one, because I really lost interest in the series after the last two books, but I have a very hard time letting go of a series once I started it, so here we go. This one was definitely better than Demons and Druids, but I still had to fight to keep interested. I think there is a major flaw in the series and that is the fact that there is really only one character. All of the other characters who transfer from one b...more

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Aug 07, 2012 Mark rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, james-patterson, library-books

This is the fourth book in the Daniel X series and probably the best one since the first, if not better. That said though this book took quite a while to get into and took me a while to read, which considering it is just over 200 pages long was quite surprising. But this book just did not get going until after about 100 pages or so, and up until that point it just dragged.
I'm not the biggest fan of James Patterson's childrens books and only read them, well, because they're James Patterson books...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Brady Conklin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

it was an awesome book i loved it.

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Feb 07, 2013 Izzy99 ~ Izzy Lightfluer, Kick-Butt Shadowhunter rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: awesomest-books-ever-read, boy-lead, can-you-believe-how-freaking-awesom

You think your jobs stinks? Try doing what Daniel X does. Without being paid.

Daniel X the Alien Hunter returns in the fourth book of the Daniel X book series. Being a teenager Alien Hunter isn't easy. Especially when you're hunting down aliens Number 8 and Number 7 on the The List of Outlaws on Terra Firma. What's Terra Firma? Earth. Daniel's adventure takes place in Tokyo, Japan in Game Over by James Patterson.

This book is action packed, full of thrills, and awesome/funny comments. Want to read...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Julia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Great book! There's probably another book after this because it was written so recently (2011.) Besides, the series hasn't reached the most anticipated point yet. :)

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Nov 19, 2011 Valerie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book was... okay. As usual with James Patterson's novels it was fast-paced and contained tons of humor. However, I just felt like I couldn't get into this book. I'm greatful it was a very quick read. It only took a couple hours to get from cover to cover.

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Aug 17, 2011 Amanda K. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: done-with

Patterson, James and Rust, Ned. Daniel X, Game Over. (September 2011) New York, NY .Little Brown and Company. 229 pgs.
Not every day you can travel all over the world, fighting aliens, and going back in time. That’s Daniels life every day. Daniel and his companions go around Tokyo, Japan to hunt down KIlldare’s parents, the evil aliens in the top ten most deadly list. On his journey he runs into aliens number 7 and 8’s minions. SO threw out the book he tries to hunt down Killdare’s mom and dad....more

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Mar 17, 2012 Steve Opperman rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Nov 26, 2011 Cecilia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorite-books

It was really good! not my favorite daniel X book but it was good.

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Nov 03, 2012 Morgan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-older-reads, 4-month-countdown-till-2013

“‘Their virtual hunting games have become real hunting games?’”

I don’t really know what to say. I read the first three a few years ago, and maybe that’s just the reason this was not one of my favorite books. It was enjoyable, but I guess I just wasn’t as into it. I really can’t blame the book, because Daniel x is probably one of the first series I have read, but… well I really don’t know what to say. Fortunately I picked this book up at the library so I didn’t waste my money. I also picked the 4...more “‘Their virtual hunting games have become real hunting games?’”

I don’t really know what to say. I read the first three a few years ago, and maybe that’s just the reason this was not one of my favorite books. It was enjoyable, but I guess I just wasn’t as into it. I really can’t blame the book, because Daniel x is probably one of the first series I have read, but… well I really don’t know what to say. Fortunately I picked this book up at the library so I didn’t waste my money. I also picked the 4th book (Armageddon) up as well. I’ll probably wait a few days until I read it, but I hope its better.

What I liked:

•I feel like we saw a lot more of Dana in this book, and that’s always good because she’s one of my favorite characters.
•The aliens! In this book Daniel hunts number 7, and number 8. He doesn’t know much about them, but throughout the book you learn more in bits and pieces. Also not only are they aliens, but I also liked the way they planned to take over the world.

What I didn’t enjoy:
•I feel Daniel was a little careless in everything he did. I know it was part of the plot and all, but it got a little childish.
•The fact that he barely know Kildare (Number 7, and 8’s child) and then suddenly they’re best friends and ready to risk their lives for one another.
•I feel the problem was resolved a little too quickly. The chase was great and all, but it was just like Daniel snapped his fingers and the aliens were taken care of.
•Sometimes Daniel was in the midst of fighting and then he’d be backed up in a corner and then he’d basically forget that he has powers, and then all the sudden *light bulb* and he was good.

Overall:

A book that I would recommend for 5th-6th graders maybe a few older teens as well that enjoy alien hunting, and fast packed action.

“I wanted to run and hide. I wanted to teleport myself to another continent or, heck, another planet. But this was Number 1.I couldn’t afford to get distracted. And, most of all, I couldn’t afford to miss this chance to find out what he was doing here.”
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Oct 30, 2011 Kurt rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Daniel X Game Over (Daniel X 4)
James Patterson
ISBN 978-0-316-10178-3
U.S.A. $16.99

In this installment of Daniel X, Daniel travels to Tokyo to take down Number 7 and Number 8. This means that these two are the 7th and 8th hardest villians on planet Earth. Number 7 and 8 (a married couple) are the owners of the most popular video game company and are planning to use that popularity to kill. They want to make a shooter game come to life and kill everyone. To get the information he wants, Daniel must...more

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Nov 12, 2011 Melissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Another good installment in the Daniel X series, even though I didn't like it as much as the first books. My favorite was the first one and for me, the quality has been slowly decreasing. Not to say I didn't like it, because I did. Daniel was still awesome and funny. He actually talks to the readers, which is something I really like about this book.

The thing that I'm not crazy about is the pacing: it's too fast. I know you must be thinking, "how can a book be too fast paced? ". All the major eve...more

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Oct 22, 2011 Heather rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, multicultural-titles, young-adult-books-i-would-recommend

Not life-changing, by any means, but a good bit better than the previous book. The series still seems to have no great goal other than to provide a series of episodes featuring Daniel, but many teens won't care. (Although I do! I want to see that we are progressing towards some sort of resolution eventually, although probably 15 books will be created before then!) Anyway, it is a fun enough diversion. This series may attract some fans of I Am Number Four, and Daniel X fans may also find that the...more

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Jun 09, 2012 Xiao Hui rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 9-th-grade

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Jan 27, 2012 Tiffany rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, action, supernatural-paranormal

Even more evil aliens? And this time with even weirder superpowers? James Patterson does not disappoint. And neither does his co-author, Ned Rust. Daniel X is still a fun little action read, but it feels more like a poke than a punch: the books just go so fast. It usually only takes me a day or two to get through one. But it's refreshing, to a point. Keep up the good work.

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Oct 08, 2011 Mia Bernal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have read many books by James Patterson and I have enjoyed every single one of them, but this was my least favorite by far. I was just happy with the story line and I felt like I was reading the samething over again from all the other Daniel x books. I would like to think that James Patterson will have something even more amazing then this in the next book in the series. I won't give up on him for any reason.

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Apr 01, 2013 Zoe rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a perfect book. I loved how he was sent on one mission and one mission only: To defeat 7 and 8, but bumped into other missions on the way, and completed them just as well. Daniel X is one of the people who wants to change the world, and won't give up until he does :D

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Oct 24, 2011 Tammie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book via audio. Well... I purchased the book/audio because I read Patterson's books previously. I did not realize this book was written for kids. The book sounded a lot like the cartoon Ben 10 Alien Force. The book is too juvenile for me but kids may like it...

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Feb 01, 2013 Christopher Dodds rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was a great book, but the only thing that spoils it is the short chapters that James Patterson has in the book that kind of slows the pace a little.But I do like it is told from the first person view of Daniel and how deals with each situation.

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Nov 09, 2011 Louise rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

JUST READING THIS BOOK, READ ALL THE SERIES OF THESE BOOKS THIS IS THE LASTEST ONE HALF WAY THREW IT VERY GOOD, FUNNY IN PLACES WOULD HAVE TO READ THE FIRST BOOK THO TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE STORY, RECOMMEND IT IS A CHILDREN BOOKS BUT VERY GOOD.

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Feb 19, 2012 Hurricane rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

When Daniel saw "somebody" in that building (I'm not trying to spoil anything and i'm trying to keep it from giving away anything) I was very, very, surprised!! I love this series as well as the Maximum Ride, and Witch and Wizard series, the writing styles are just amazing, and im glad this book and the books before this are real action packed. The way he builds up the suspense for the final book is amazing and JP hasn't let the series go down hill. Just book #2 the ending when he erased Judy's...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Sakura rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another great chapter in the Daniel X series! Can't wait for the next one! My love for this book is slightly bittersweet however since the ending is so sad! These books are beautifully written in a very realistic and cinematic tone. The author doesn't waste time on lengthy descriptions, and yet we can see everything Daniel sees so clearly. It's genius storytelling!

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Jan 17, 2012 Danielle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My least favourite of the series. It was to short, and it wasn't very involved. I don't think I've ever come across a book that was lacking a plot, but this one bothered me. I hope the next one is better :(

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Jun 13, 2012 Mary Ann rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: elementary, science-fiction, tween

This is bound to have an appeal to young guys, especially those who have a need to overcome bullies! It should also appeal to those who enjoy video gaming. Dana is the sole character for girls to identify with.

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