"Barely out of sight of land, the Dunne family finds its summer getaway to paradise already turning into the trip from hell. Carrie, the eldest, ha...
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Jun 28, 2008
Susan
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This was a real good story and had a great ending...I am so glad he left out all that gory stuff, kept me on the edge of my seat. Don't know if I will be getting on a sailboat for a vacation any time soon!!
Patterson has won me back after this book...
Susan
Patterson has won me back after this book...
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Dec 20, 2008
Amanda
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This story, with its many different layers and one disaster occuring after the next is riviting. (Sorry Lisa, I really wanted to hate it) The idea that so much could go wrong on one family vacation trip makes me feel bad for complaining about all the excursions my parents lugged us on as kids. They had nothing on this trip from hell. And then to come out of everything to discover that someone you loved and trusted set you up to die is infuriating...and they get away with it...sort of. The en
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Aug 10, 2008
Bernadette
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It’s been a while since I read a James Patterson book and even longer since I read one of his co-written adventures. I have to say they haven’t improved in my absence.
In this outing a dysfunctional family tries a last-ditch ‘save our family' bonding session on a sailing boat but things don’t go to plan. Shock horror.
The characters are universally one-dimensional and generally unbelievable. Evil lawyers, perfect mothers and cute-but-precious ten-year olds included. The More...
In this outing a dysfunctional family tries a last-ditch ‘save our family' bonding session on a sailing boat but things don’t go to plan. Shock horror.
The characters are universally one-dimensional and generally unbelievable. Evil lawyers, perfect mothers and cute-but-precious ten-year olds included. The More...
Mar 18, 2009
Kaila
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Sad to say, but I only made it about 45 pages into this book before I decided to move it along unread. The story sounded like it might be on shaky ground to begin with but I had heard such great things about the author that I was determined to give it a fair shot.
The story goes that a family that has recently fallen apart since the death of the father that acted as the linchpin takes a vacation on the very boat that was the scene of the father's death. Mom, who is a workaholic heart More...
The story goes that a family that has recently fallen apart since the death of the father that acted as the linchpin takes a vacation on the very boat that was the scene of the father's death. Mom, who is a workaholic heart More...
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Feb 12, 2012
E.R.
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Okay, this is what I get for picking up a book by two authors. The believe-ability scale was near zero. I had some serious problems with this book namely some important details. First one of the main characters, Jake, "...spent more time at sea than on land." Got that? A great sailor, you think. Nope, this guy doesn't bother to look at weather reports and gets the boat and the woman and kids caught in a huge storm, Such bullshit. If you sail anywhere, especially the salt, you l
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Oct 25, 2011
Jasmyn
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Sail by James Patterson
James Patterson and Howard Roughan have wrote an outstanding novel Sail. In this novel everybody is at risk of death, many don’t survive. Cardiac surgeon Katherine Dunne has had many terrible twists and turns in her life. Her husband has died and Katherine is barely keeping herself and her family together.
Along came Peter Carlyle, a successful attorney who swept Katherine off her feet. Married for a few years, this gave More...
James Patterson and Howard Roughan have wrote an outstanding novel Sail. In this novel everybody is at risk of death, many don’t survive. Cardiac surgeon Katherine Dunne has had many terrible twists and turns in her life. Her husband has died and Katherine is barely keeping herself and her family together.
Along came Peter Carlyle, a successful attorney who swept Katherine off her feet. Married for a few years, this gave More...
Jul 03, 2011
Sheila
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A quintessential James Patterson – fast paced, multi-layered page-turner with a surprise ending.
Overview: Peter Carlyle is a NY defense attorney who decides to off his new wealthy wife and her three children. She gives him the perfect opportunity when she plans a month-long sailing adventure for herself and her children in order to "bond." Hiring an ex-CIA agent turned hit man, the plans are laid. What Carlyle doesn’t count on is his wife and her children’s survival and subs More...
Overview: Peter Carlyle is a NY defense attorney who decides to off his new wealthy wife and her three children. She gives him the perfect opportunity when she plans a month-long sailing adventure for herself and her children in order to "bond." Hiring an ex-CIA agent turned hit man, the plans are laid. What Carlyle doesn’t count on is his wife and her children’s survival and subs More...
Jan 26, 2011
LindyLouMac
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Preferring something quick and easy to read while travelling recently I accepted my husband’s suggestion of reading this title which he had just finished. He is a fan of James Patterson novels and although feeling this one is far from his best, thought I would find it good enough to hold my interest. It did, I devoured it in just a few days not for any reason other than it was an easy read though.
The book is divided into six parts plus a prologue and an epilogue. The Dunne family cons More...
The book is divided into six parts plus a prologue and an epilogue. The Dunne family cons More...
Dec 31, 2009
Jayesh
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Read this book during the Christmas holidays. Generally knew what the ending was going to be, it's the how that kept me turning the pages to the end.
Last book of the year, and it was a quick read as always whenever I read a James Patterson book. Doesn't take a lot of reading effort, it's quite relaxing, I fly through the pages, and get the expected entertainment out of it.
Sail is co-authored by Howard Roughan. Patterson now has a number of books where he has co-authore More...
Last book of the year, and it was a quick read as always whenever I read a James Patterson book. Doesn't take a lot of reading effort, it's quite relaxing, I fly through the pages, and get the expected entertainment out of it.
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May 25, 2009
Dlora
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Sail is a fast-moving story that jumps back and forth from being an adventure/survival story to a suspense thriller to a courtroom drama. It's the story about Katherine Dunne who realizes her children are falling apart after the death of their father four years before--the college-age daughter is bulimic and depressed, the high school son is using drugs and doing badly in school, the ten-year-old boy can't figure out how to related with his family, and they all bicker and fight with each other c
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Apr 27, 2009
Aaron
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Action and suspense comes to the fore with this high-seas romped penned by Patterson and Roughan. The trouble centers around the Family Dunne, a sailboat owned by a 45-year-old heart surgeon named Katherine Dunne. The book actually belonged to her former husband Stuart, who had died years earlier in a scuba accident. Now, she is planning on taking her three kids for a watery vacation, which will kick off from Newport Rhode Island. Her brother-in-law, Jake will be along to the ride and help by ca
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Apr 16, 2011
Kim
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This book was absolutely excellent! I read it in an evening because I couldn’t put it down. The action starts right from the beginning and doesn’t let up until the end. I didn’t want to put it down because I just had to know what happened next.
This book had it all. Mystery, deceit, martial affairs, corruption, attempted suicide, and murder were all a part of the plot.
Katherine’s intention is to take her three children sailing for two months on her deceased husband’s boat. She has nev More...
This book had it all. Mystery, deceit, martial affairs, corruption, attempted suicide, and murder were all a part of the plot.
Katherine’s intention is to take her three children sailing for two months on her deceased husband’s boat. She has nev More...
Sep 05, 2009
Laura
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As I reflect over my reading, it seems that I read a lot more romantic suspense than straight thrillers these days. In many cases, the things I didn't like about Sail were what made it a good thriller, and made it not fit in the romantic suspense category.
The book was well written. It has me on the edge of my seat, waiting to hear what would happen next. There were many twists of the plot that I didn't expect.
I just kept waiting to see who the couple was going to be! More...
The book was well written. It has me on the edge of my seat, waiting to hear what would happen next. There were many twists of the plot that I didn't expect.
I just kept waiting to see who the couple was going to be! More...
Nov 24, 2008
Jen
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The Dunne family is going on a summer boating trip to "bond."
The mom, kat, is a doctor and has taken 2 months off work to be with her kids (Mark, Carrie, & Ernie). Mark is a high school sophomore who is doing drugs, and hates "hanging out" with his family. Carrie is at Yale; though she is having problems with bulimia. Ernie is overweight and very smart, making him a target of many bullies at school. Needless to say, the kids don't want to spend the summer together. More...
The mom, kat, is a doctor and has taken 2 months off work to be with her kids (Mark, Carrie, & Ernie). Mark is a high school sophomore who is doing drugs, and hates "hanging out" with his family. Carrie is at Yale; though she is having problems with bulimia. Ernie is overweight and very smart, making him a target of many bullies at school. Needless to say, the kids don't want to spend the summer together. More...
Jan 31, 2009
Angela
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Awesome book!! Surprisingly, this was the VERY FIRST James Patterson book I read, and before reading it, I was not into reading books at all, not since I was much younger, in high school. I had tried to get back into reading over the years, but just didn't take the time to do so. I was at a book store and Sail happened to catch my eye on the book stand. So I bought it and ended up reading it in like 3 days!! This was just about 6 months ago. Since then, I have ready over 15 James Patterson
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Nov 24, 2010
Stina
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Another great read from Patterson with just the right amount of suspense, keeping you enthralled and turning pages from start to finish. Just when you think you know what is going to happen along comes another surprise in true Patterson style.
The story begins with the fate of the Family Dunne aboard their yacht of the same name, who set sail for a two-month long voyage over summer in an effort to bring the family together again, having drifted apart after the death of their father a More...
The story begins with the fate of the Family Dunne aboard their yacht of the same name, who set sail for a two-month long voyage over summer in an effort to bring the family together again, having drifted apart after the death of their father a More...
Aug 20, 2009
Thomas
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"Sail" is about Katherine Dunne and her three children, who all have been recovering from the death of Stuart Dunne, her husband. Katherine decides that a good way for the family to reform is to go on a sailing trip together, along with their uncle (Katherine's step-brother), Jake. Also, while Katherine is on the trip her newly-wed husband of a few months, Peter, is back in New York with his mistress and maybe a scandolous affair of his own. Little does Katherine know that this trip wi
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Aug 27, 2011
Chelesbells
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*4.5 stars*
Four years after her husband’s death, Katherine Dunne fears she may be losing her children too. 18-year-old Carrie has a severe eating disorder, Mark, 16, is a pothead, and Ernie is the oldest 10 year old on the planet. They haven’t felt like a family since Stuart’s death. Enter Katherine’s brilliant plan to have a family vacation aboard the family yacht. With her former brother-in-law Jake as captain, they set out to save their family, quickly realizing this may be th More...
Four years after her husband’s death, Katherine Dunne fears she may be losing her children too. 18-year-old Carrie has a severe eating disorder, Mark, 16, is a pothead, and Ernie is the oldest 10 year old on the planet. They haven’t felt like a family since Stuart’s death. Enter Katherine’s brilliant plan to have a family vacation aboard the family yacht. With her former brother-in-law Jake as captain, they set out to save their family, quickly realizing this may be th More...
Dec 14, 2010
Rhiannon
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This is the first book I've read by James Patterson and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a simple plot-line and was written in an easy to read manner. Definitely a quick read...with the chapters so short, you fly through the book.
It's the story about a mother and her 3 children who plan a sailing trip for 3 weeks, with their uncle (her ex-brother in law) as their captain. The mother, Katherine, was just recently married after 4 or so years living as a widow. She inherited over 100 More...
It's the story about a mother and her 3 children who plan a sailing trip for 3 weeks, with their uncle (her ex-brother in law) as their captain. The mother, Katherine, was just recently married after 4 or so years living as a widow. She inherited over 100 More...
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Aug 01, 2011
Christopher
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This is by far one of Patterson's superior works. I love the way the story flows and how he never fails to surprise. The plot consistently counteracts itself with twists and turns and therefore provides you with the sail of a lifetime. I found the characters to be very dynamic and real, people that I could relate to, and I also felt that this was very unique in comparison to anything he's ever done. Then again, Patterson always seems to manage to concoct something new no matter how many novels h
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Sep 01, 2009
Rachel
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Good for people who want a cheesy easy read, or a good laugh.
Bad for people who want an intellectual or factually correct book with believeable characters.
I am a bit sceptical about James Patterson as it appears that he churns out books at the rate of 100 a minute and often writes them with other people which makes me think he just uses his name to sell books and gets the credit for other people's work. I listened to this on an audio book while I was doing the housework, and i have t More...
Bad for people who want an intellectual or factually correct book with believeable characters.
I am a bit sceptical about James Patterson as it appears that he churns out books at the rate of 100 a minute and often writes them with other people which makes me think he just uses his name to sell books and gets the credit for other people's work. I listened to this on an audio book while I was doing the housework, and i have t More...
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Feb 10, 2011
Dan
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Not my favorite Patterson book, but the storyline was very interesting and it is still a great read. The story is about a woman who takes her three children on a saoiling vacation with her brother-in-law it turns out someone does not want her returning from this trip. The characters are alright, the children are the highlights, but the suspense to the book is great. Pretty much every chapter ends with a "well what is going to happen next" moment so it makes the book pretty hard to put
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Aug 04, 2011
What a crappy book! The short chapters were really distracting. What am I reading, a children's book? And why, right at the climax, would the authors zip the reader months into the future to Peter's trial? How many pages did it take to discover what had happened to Anne and her kids? I was on the edge of my seat (such as it was) to see what happened with Peter's murder attempt. And then...whoosh...a total let down. Were the authors just too lazy to write the action and then take us to the
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Aug 27, 2011
Breanne
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This book had its ups and downs for me...
The storyline kept me turning the page, which speaks for itself - however there were multiple times where I looked up from reading it and scoffed, thinking to myself "Come on now". Meaning, there were so many portions of it that were either ridiculously judgmental, poorly planned out, and/or miraculously impossible.
There were just one too many close calls, and perfect endings (in comparison to those close calls), that ki More...
The storyline kept me turning the page, which speaks for itself - however there were multiple times where I looked up from reading it and scoffed, thinking to myself "Come on now". Meaning, there were so many portions of it that were either ridiculously judgmental, poorly planned out, and/or miraculously impossible.
There were just one too many close calls, and perfect endings (in comparison to those close calls), that ki More...
Jul 11, 2011
David
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I like James Patterson. I wanted to like this book. I really tried... but this was terrible. Maybe it's because of the whole "co-author" nonsense, but this is just an embarrassing effort. In fact, if you are a speed reader then this is the perfect book for you; no depth, lazy writing, no development of characters... you just want to get through it as quickly as possible. It reminds me of some of the drivel churned out by John Grisham in recent years; his early work was so good and
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Mar 29, 2009
Tia
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"Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror."
Um...not so much! I've never read anything by James Patterson before, and I don't think I will again. I didn't like this one at all. I picked it up at the library because I like sailing and adventure, but this one was really boring. It was like an outline of a plot - there was no indepth look at characters More...
Um...not so much! I've never read anything by James Patterson before, and I don't think I will again. I didn't like this one at all. I picked it up at the library because I like sailing and adventure, but this one was really boring. It was like an outline of a plot - there was no indepth look at characters More...
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Nov 12, 2009
Jan
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This is the first book of James Patterson I've read that is not of the Women's Murder Club series. At times I felt I wanted to get back to reading it to see what happens to the characters and other times I could leave it for a few days and read something else. That I could put it down tells me it wasn't that exciting at times. But the nice thing about Patterson books, they are easy to pick up again and start reading.
I enjoyed the storyline and characters which were developed early. T More...
I enjoyed the storyline and characters which were developed early. T More...
Aug 07, 2008
Maggie
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A bit of a slow start, which is surprising from Patterson. Around the end of disc one the story takes off and doesn't stop twisting and turning until the last moments of the epilogue.
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Nov 19, 2008
Ruth
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Dr. Dunne had lost her husband and her family was falling apart. She worked long hours as a cardiac surgeon and yet had time to find another husband. Peter Carlyle was a lawyer and was indeed fantastic at what he did. They hadn't been married long but Kat Dunne decided that to save her family she needed to get them out of their messed up every day lives. She decided to spend two months sailing. Sailing on the very boat where her husband lost his life. Besides her three children Kat took he
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Jun 07, 2009
Matt
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This may be the stupidest book I have ever read. I ran to the library before our vacation to get some books to read at the beach. This book says on the back something like "may be the perfect book to read at the beach" so I checked it out. I haven't read any other books by this guy so I don't know if it is normal for him to write like this or not. I was in the mood for something sort of mindlessly entertaining but I wasn't expecting something designed for the absolutely lowest comm
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