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    <body><![CDATA[I'm only reading this because I haven't gone to the library recently and it was one of the few fiction books on the shelves that I hadn't read. It's terrible, but yet I keep reading. Morbid curiousity, I guess. It's supposed to take place in France during the Crusades, but the writing style is all w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7727157">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think the nicest thing I can say about this book--and possibly all of Patterson's books--is that it would be an excellent book for adult learners (especially male) to cut their reading teeth on. The chapters are short, the sentences are short, there's very few big words, and there's no complexitie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21815254">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Without a doubt, this is the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. I mean that, and I’ve read a lot of books. This is worse than The Da Vinci Code in part because it pretends to have done research, while Dan Brown at least admits he writes fluff intentionally.<br/><br/>I saw Morris Bish...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26312536">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just reviewed Sail, saying it was the first Patterson book I'd read.  I was unaware that he had also written Jester.  I stand corrected...and Patterson has been redeemed in my eyes.  Jester was so great.  I cared so much for the characters in that book - and felt as though I was right there with t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31512222">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a fan of James Patterson.  I'm sorry.  Maybe I'm just too  much of a skeptic.  How can he write so many books in so little time?  That's my problem with him.  Okay?  Sorry, JP fans, but there it is.  Nonetheless, I absolutely LOVED The Jester and have recommended it to a lot of people.  I en...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16248064">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am realizing that I am a James Patterson fan but I tend to not enjoy his collaborative books.  This was immediately doused me with SO many details I just wanted to close it and take some ibuprofen. I toughed it out, but didn't enjoy it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sue passed this on to me and it was an entertaining although it was a story from 1030 or so and not his usual current day thriller.  The main character is an Inn keeper who runs it with his wife but goes off to fight a religious war leaving her alone.  Of course, nothing good ever happens when the h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56489322">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My dad is a huge James Patterson fan and recommended me this book. I took it for a weekend trip down to Baltimore to catch a ballgame and read it the whole weekend. I really enjoyed the story line, as I've always loved the Middle Ages time period and whole battling of the knights, good vs. evil back...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45251981">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Jester is about a man who heads off to the Crusade and comes back knowing that knights have burned his house and abducted his wife and son. They are all in search of a particular relic that is deemed the most valuable in the world.<br/><br/>I would have liked to see the end the way the book st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62955655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a fascinating and intense story that was diminished by distractingly profane language and graphic descriptions.  I loved the setting and the man writes characters beautifully.  Unfortunately, Patterson is such a great literary illusionist, my senses were piqued and I was close to throwing u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42514732">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book. Set in France in 1098, it is during the times of the crusades and the heavy influence of the Roman church. Knights, Ladies, royal courts and Jesters alike. You follow the journey of a simple inn keeper and his quest to find justice for all that's been lost.<br/><br/>A v...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81625889">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't know what I was getting when I picked up Jester.  I was just looking for something to listen to as I went to see my sis.  I am glad I did pick it up as it was a good read.......um listen(?)  I liked that the little guy won, but more than that I like what he had to do to on the way to winnin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77214707">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It sounded interesting, and based on Patterson's track record (though I've never read any other books by him) I expected it to be pretty good or at the very least, entertaining.<br/><br/>So much for expectations. This was by far, the most abysmal book I've ever read. Poorly written, severely lacki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11668560">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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