LIGHTS
All's quiet in the small town of Holliswood. Television sets, computers, and portable devices are aglow in every home, c... read full description
All's quiet in the small town of Holliswood. Television sets, computers, and portable devices are aglow in every home, c... read full description
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Aug 12, 2011
Karl
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Yeah..................................................................................................This book wasn't amazing..............................................................................
My friend loaned it to me along with the first (he loves them)........................................
It's like a more poorly-written more non-story driven version of "Max"................................
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My friend loaned it to me along with the first (he loves them)........................................
It's like a more poorly-written more non-story driven version of "Max"................................
If that is even possible........................................... More...
Jul 11, 2011
Tiffany
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Watch the Skies Daniel X by James Patterson and Ned Rust is the second book in the Daniel X series. My son Nick and I read it together becaue we both loved Daniel X so much in the first book.
This time Daniel X is fighting a new alien from The List, Number 5. This alien is filming a reality tv show on Earth to entertain his home planet. His minions are torturing humans by making them do silly stunts and then killing them for the tv show. The aliens in the audience love the t More...
This time Daniel X is fighting a new alien from The List, Number 5. This alien is filming a reality tv show on Earth to entertain his home planet. His minions are torturing humans by making them do silly stunts and then killing them for the tv show. The aliens in the audience love the t More...
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Jun 07, 2011
Melissa
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I paid $19.99 for the hardback (published by Hachette Book Group), a sum the average teen would be hard-pressed to part with for a book that didn’t also slide neatly into the slot of his Wii.
As a woman squarely in middle-age (depending on how you calculate my potential life-span), I am clearly not the target audience for this testosterone-fueled romp, but I liked it nonetheless. Each short chapter ended in a mini-cliffhanger that kept me turning the page, much like a snowball rollin More...
As a woman squarely in middle-age (depending on how you calculate my potential life-span), I am clearly not the target audience for this testosterone-fueled romp, but I liked it nonetheless. Each short chapter ended in a mini-cliffhanger that kept me turning the page, much like a snowball rollin More...
Jun 19, 2010
Monica
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Strange matters arise when the town beams light from all it’s electronic devices. The people in town are being slaughtered for entertainment. Women are becoming pregnant from eating caviar. Has the world gone mad? No, it’s only alien number five making a spectacular gory movie of human killings and the glorious finale of Daniel X’s death. Who is this Daniel X aliens are rooting to die? He is one among the few left of his kind, an alien hunter. Daniel is on the hunt to kill every alien on The Lis
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Apr 03, 2010
Mardel
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Daniel X is a teen-age alien hunter with some special powers of his own. He rides a motorbike and can do wheelies on his front tire. He has four imaginary friends, but unlike most kids, he can materialize them and they often help him out when he needs help, or just keep him company when he needs company.
The town of Holliswood is being taken over by aliens - from outer-space. These particular aliens are able to manipulate the radio waves, and t.v. stations to control humans. They also More...
The town of Holliswood is being taken over by aliens - from outer-space. These particular aliens are able to manipulate the radio waves, and t.v. stations to control humans. They also More...
Mar 27, 2010
Heather
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I didn't realize (not knowing that this was part of a series) that this was Young Adult until I started listening to it. But the second that I started listening to it, it became very clear very quick that this was geared towards teens.
Daniel X is an alien hunter. He is something of a superhero from another planet, hunting down dangerous aliens that would bring harm to earth. He is assisted by a motley gang of cohorts that left me a bit confused. I'm still unclear whether they were real More...
Daniel X is an alien hunter. He is something of a superhero from another planet, hunting down dangerous aliens that would bring harm to earth. He is assisted by a motley gang of cohorts that left me a bit confused. I'm still unclear whether they were real More...
Jan 23, 2010
Cornerofmadness
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I recently read a review where they complained James is only in it for the money and seeing the sheer amount of chapters for OTHER books (I think there were 5) attached to this I can see where that argument came from. I know this is the second in the series. I missed the first (had a different co-author too) but you didn’t really need it.
Was this James Patterson at his best? Not even close. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t bad. In fact it was entertaining enough, a very fast read but it More...
Was this James Patterson at his best? Not even close. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t bad. In fact it was entertaining enough, a very fast read but it More...
Nov 05, 2009
Aaron
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Daniel X is back on Earth and has settled in the small community of Holliswood. Our 14-year-old Alien Hunter (think Men in Black) is focusing on trying to deal with Number 5 on his list of most dangerous aliens on Earth. It is expected to be the biggest challenge he has.
Fortunately for him, his own alien nature gives him special abilities such as the ability to bring to physical form anything he can imagine just like DC Comic's Green Lantern Corp. This allows him to bring back his pa More...
Fortunately for him, his own alien nature gives him special abilities such as the ability to bring to physical form anything he can imagine just like DC Comic's Green Lantern Corp. This allows him to bring back his pa More...
Sep 11, 2009
Jennifer
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Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.com
Daniel is the coolest alien out there! Don't take my word for it...pick up DANIEL X: WATCH THE SKIES and find out for yourself.
This is the second installment in James Patterson's science fiction series aimed at the younger reader.
This time, Daniel is determined to take on number 5 on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma. Daniel's father was the keeper of the list, but was murdered when Daniel was very young. He's dete More...
Daniel is the coolest alien out there! Don't take my word for it...pick up DANIEL X: WATCH THE SKIES and find out for yourself.
This is the second installment in James Patterson's science fiction series aimed at the younger reader.
This time, Daniel is determined to take on number 5 on The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma. Daniel's father was the keeper of the list, but was murdered when Daniel was very young. He's dete More...
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Jul 30, 2009
Julie
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Aug 25, 2009
Kristen
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Daniel X returns with another story of how he and his friends triumph over the evil aliens bent on taking over the world. Trite? Sort of. But you have to give Patterson props for writing a book that can make anyone "aged ten to one hundred and ten" keep flipping those pages.
Kind of like how I view the Twilight phenomenon.
Anyways, Daniel X is taking down Number Five on the list this time--and it's going to be his toughest task to date because Number Five is always one More...
Kind of like how I view the Twilight phenomenon.
Anyways, Daniel X is taking down Number Five on the list this time--and it's going to be his toughest task to date because Number Five is always one More...
Jul 10, 2010
Isaac
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IF you hate the first book don't come back for the sequal. I don't know why I did. Perhaps in hopes that since he did so well with maximum ride that I hoped he would redeme himself. HE didn't. I hate this book and am so glad i didn't buy It. In truth I didn't even finish it I just skimed it to see where it got good. SPIOLER; It's good at the last word of the last page, you know, where the head ach ends.
Seriously don't even concider this book. The begining is interesting, mind controling al More...
Seriously don't even concider this book. The begining is interesting, mind controling al More...
Jun 06, 2009
Karin
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Once again Daniel, who readers met in The Dangerous Days of Daniel X, is on the hunt for a big, bad alien from The List. This time it is Number 5, a creepy catfish looking alien with the ability to manipulate electricity and electric devices.
Number 5 is in Holliswood for a reason. He has a plan for the residents. Number 5 plans to make the people of Holliswood the stars of his latest interstellar reality television show. Number 5 coined the phrase endertainment because he kills t More...
Number 5 is in Holliswood for a reason. He has a plan for the residents. Number 5 plans to make the people of Holliswood the stars of his latest interstellar reality television show. Number 5 coined the phrase endertainment because he kills t More...
Aug 21, 2011
Vito C.
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Patterson, James, and Ned Rust. Daniel X: Watch The Skies.1st ed. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. 001-251. Print.
Daniel X, my favorite alien hunter, is back and ready to hunt more aliens in this, the second, of James Patterson’s Daniel X series, Daniel X: Watch The Skies. Daniel X, the main character, is an alien hunter who has the power to create things by using his imagination. He is on a quest to eliminate the alien who killed his parents when he was three years old. I More...
Daniel X, my favorite alien hunter, is back and ready to hunt more aliens in this, the second, of James Patterson’s Daniel X series, Daniel X: Watch The Skies. Daniel X, the main character, is an alien hunter who has the power to create things by using his imagination. He is on a quest to eliminate the alien who killed his parents when he was three years old. I More...
Oct 17, 2011
Jimmy
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2 1/2 Stars It Was Okay/I Like It: I liked this audiobook less than the previous. The Daniel X series remains to be highly recommended for pre-teen/teen audiences, but for me it was only just entertaining. Milo the narrator continues to give me the reason to continue listening to this high action, a bit gross at times, and weird mystery alien TV show story. He gives the villain a voice that reminds me of Admiral Ackbar from ‘The Return of the Jedi’. Where this story lost me was the lack of
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Aug 01, 2011
Christopher
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The main point that I have to make regarding this novel is that I strongly feel that it is a much bolder effort than that of the first of the series. The first novel is somewhat scrappy and disorganized, containing a lot of unnecessary fluff that really has nothing to do with the overarching story, but this novel was not like that by any means, at least not by such extreme means, anyway. This one manages to get directly to the point while still having a lot of fun. I also felt that it flows very
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Feb 06, 2010
Mike (the Paladin)
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I almost gave this a 3...but finally went with 2. It's "not too bad".
I certainly don't "know" so I can't speak with any kind of authority, but this book makes me suspect something. I wonder if possibly Mr. Patterson may not have discovered the wonderful world of "franchising". In other words, his name is there with the co-author, but it makes one wonder.
The fist Daniel X book was I'd say marginally better than this one. I actually picked thi More...
I certainly don't "know" so I can't speak with any kind of authority, but this book makes me suspect something. I wonder if possibly Mr. Patterson may not have discovered the wonderful world of "franchising". In other words, his name is there with the co-author, but it makes one wonder.
The fist Daniel X book was I'd say marginally better than this one. I actually picked thi More...
Feb 09, 2010
Andrea
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Nowhere on the cover or in the review does it reveal that this is a book for 14 year old boys. I'm not sure it wasn't written by a 14 year old boy. I bought it through my Mystery Book Club thinking it would be a departure from Patterson's usual murder/thriller stuff. It was really awful. A teenage alien has come to earth to hunt other aliens who have invaded with the intent of taking over. The bad aliens are silly and gross while the "hero" is more interested in a human teenage gi
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Jan 06, 2010
Holly
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Another alien hunter book! I also read this one outloud to my 9 year old. He loved it. I read the first one alone to make sure it was appropriate- I didn't do this with this one and panicked when halfway through the book the women of the town were all pregnant with alien babies. Mercifully they got that way from eating caviar ( the bad alien is a giant catfish). There were some kissing scenes between Daniel and his crush Judy, but nothing offensive. AJ rolled his eyes for those few pages. I thin
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Dec 06, 2009
Kirthi
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I I didn't like this book as much as the first one, probably because there's a co-author, Ned Rust. James Patterson's amazing creativity was speckled with Ned's not-so-amazing creativity. I'm satisfied though, most of what lacked in this book was made up with the most revolting, unimaginable terrors that shocked me. Daniel is a fun, easygoing, deadly killing machine, who is actually portrayed as a hero. I'd love to read an alien's point of view on Daniel, haha.
Lately I think I've been rati More...
Lately I think I've been rati More...
Jan 02, 2010
S.E.
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Sigh. This book is written like Maximum Ride. If you've read those books, then you know. It gets kind of obnoxious after awhile, I mean, the main character's asides to the reader. The idea of this book is cool though. Maybe if I was a kid I'd like it more. Unfortunately, I'm not. Somehow, this book was good enough to make me read the second (of course my dad had this book, so I just stole it from him. I didn't go out and buy it). But the second one was even harder to get through than the first (
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Dec 09, 2009
Nancy
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I felt that Watch the Skies was not nearly as good as the original (The Dangerous Days of Daniel X) novel. The two books have different co-authors; and the difference in style, quality, and overall feel of the books leads me to wonder how much actual writing James Patterson is doing for this series.
I will probably read the future books in this series, but will be more inclined to borrow them or wait for a really good deal, rather than buy as soon as they become available. More...
I will probably read the future books in this series, but will be more inclined to borrow them or wait for a really good deal, rather than buy as soon as they become available. More...
Sep 18, 2011
Spencer
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The second book of this series was not a let-down. It was almost as fantastic if not more than the first. I read it last year and thoroughly enjoyed the descriptions and the fantastic "alien" words used. It was a great thriller, and I plan on finishing the series. I loved the villain, he was perfectly evil as all of the alien doers are. The people that don't like this book should. There is nothing not to like, I liked every bit. The short chapters are great, and I loved the mini-cliffh
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Dec 27, 2009
Kathy
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Daniel faces off with alien #5 - (#1 being the most difficult alien to defeat). He brings in his friends & family to help him, as well as a girl at a diner. #5 is using the radio waves to control people in the town... his goal is to finish a reality show to be broadcast across the universe... featuring Daniel X. He has the help of goons alien #21... and they are reproducing at a great rate... (all they need are females, cavier, motor oil, and marshes). Daniel X, of course, defeats him in the
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Jun 08, 2011
Ahmad
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In the second book in the series Daniel embarks to elminate Number 5, a filmmaker with a destructive sense of humor. He kills people and films for other alien's amusement. Sometimes he just fries one of his minions for no reason. He has isolated a city from the rest of the world and is using it for his comedy show. After this city, he plans to move on. He will keep going until Earth is his comedy show. It is up to Daniel to stop him or get fried for comedy doing so. This book will catch an
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Sep 23, 2010
Erica
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Daniel X: Alien Hunter is a unique book. It's about a teenage boy that is an alien hunter. Most of humanity are unaware that aliens exists. When he was three, he parents were murdered by the number one, most dangerous alien in the universe. Daniel X is trying to get back at this creature and eliminating any other alien in his way. This story is very intriguing and well written. The characters are very interesting, which makes the book hard to put down. Both books are very easy to follow. If I ha
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Dec 29, 2011
Caleb
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Daniel X Watch the Skies, by James Patterson and Ned Rust
Date Published: June 2010
Genre: Science fiction
The protagonist, Daniel X, is 14 and was sent to earth to hunt down evil aliens, even though he is an alien himself. His ability is linked to his imagination. For example, Daniel makes friends out of thin air and these friends help him to find and fight the aliens. The antagonist, an evil alien named Number 5, is a reality film producer who likes t More...
Daniel X Watch the Skies, by James Patterson and Ned Rust
Date Published: June 2010
Genre: Science fiction
The protagonist, Daniel X, is 14 and was sent to earth to hunt down evil aliens, even though he is an alien himself. His ability is linked to his imagination. For example, Daniel makes friends out of thin air and these friends help him to find and fight the aliens. The antagonist, an evil alien named Number 5, is a reality film producer who likes t More...
Jul 28, 2010
Victoria
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May 23, 2010
C
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I was pretty anxious to get past this book. I thought the first Daniel X book was okay, but this one was not enjoyable. This book lacked value in both substance and entertainment. I wasn't expecting much substance from it, but I was expecting a readable story. There were too many problems with this book; I breezed through it and don't feel like I missed anything I would have gotten if I took more time to read it.
Daniel has way too many superpowers, but I can understand the appeal of More...
Daniel has way too many superpowers, but I can understand the appeal of More...
Jul 26, 2011
It's a shame. This book had such potential and it wasted it by the author's choppy sentences, poorly depicted characters, shameless merchandising mentions, and horrible pacing. In the hands of a true author, it would have been a masterpiece. As it was, it had such great potential that you winced in sympathy for the characters being mishandled.
And I'm sorry, Danny boy, but you're a teenager now, right? It's time to realize you're an orphan and stop imagining yourself friends and family. It's also More...
And I'm sorry, Danny boy, but you're a teenager now, right? It's time to realize you're an orphan and stop imagining yourself friends and family. It's also More...
