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Honeymoon (Honeymoon #1)
by
James Patterson (Goodreads Author),
Howard Roughan
How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has dreamed about, the life she's worked hard for, the life she will never give up. Meet Nora Sinclair.
When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appe...more
When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appe...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
January 2nd 2006
by Grand Central Publishing
(first published 2004)
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This stands out as one of the worst books I have ever read. Just a taste of the cheesiness within:
"Connor vs. Jeffrey. They were both so much fun. They made her laugh, made her feel special. And there was certainly no denying that they were wonderful in bed -- or wherever else they chose to have sex. They were tall, in wonderful shape, handsome as film stars. No, actually, they were more handsome than the film stars she knew. The fact was, Nora loved being with Connor and Jeffrey equally. Which...more
"Connor vs. Jeffrey. They were both so much fun. They made her laugh, made her feel special. And there was certainly no denying that they were wonderful in bed -- or wherever else they chose to have sex. They were tall, in wonderful shape, handsome as film stars. No, actually, they were more handsome than the film stars she knew. The fact was, Nora loved being with Connor and Jeffrey equally. Which...more
Feb 18, 2012
Rie_dominique
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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just WOW!!!
James Patterson emang handal bikin plot yang memikat.
jadi teringat beberapa minggu yang lalu nonton serial TV Castle. tokoh utamanya adalah Rick Castle yang berprofesi sebagai penulis thriller. sewaktu terjadi kasus pembunuhan yang meniru pembunuhan dalam buku2nya, Castle membantu kepolisian buat memecahkan kasus ini. saat pembunuh tertangkap dengan mudah Castle jadi bingung dan ga puas. ada yang hilang dan tidak sesuai dengan kasus tersebut.
karena kebingungan Castle minta saran dari...more
James Patterson emang handal bikin plot yang memikat.
jadi teringat beberapa minggu yang lalu nonton serial TV Castle. tokoh utamanya adalah Rick Castle yang berprofesi sebagai penulis thriller. sewaktu terjadi kasus pembunuhan yang meniru pembunuhan dalam buku2nya, Castle membantu kepolisian buat memecahkan kasus ini. saat pembunuh tertangkap dengan mudah Castle jadi bingung dan ga puas. ada yang hilang dan tidak sesuai dengan kasus tersebut.
karena kebingungan Castle minta saran dari...more
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Jul 30, 2007
Monica
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Mentally handicapped
I picked this book up in the resort library because I had forgotten to pack a quality book. Yes, I finished it, but that was because I didn't have a lot more options. A quick, easy read, it left nothing to talk about. If you like sex scenes, there are some. But it was lacking in mystery, suspense...well, really anything.
The upside: This book will make me remember to pack a book next time!
The upside: This book will make me remember to pack a book next time!
Originally posted on My Book Musings.
I just finished reading James Patterson’s collaboration with Howard Roughan, Honeymoon. It is called the “2005 International Thriller of the Year” but sadly, thrilled I am not. I am deliberating whether it’s because of my high expectations from James Patterson or the book just really is dull. Frankly, I have no idea how it came to be a thriller.
The book revolves around the stunning, top-notch interior decorator Nora Sinclair. She’s such a knock-out, a lot of...more
I just finished reading James Patterson’s collaboration with Howard Roughan, Honeymoon. It is called the “2005 International Thriller of the Year” but sadly, thrilled I am not. I am deliberating whether it’s because of my high expectations from James Patterson or the book just really is dull. Frankly, I have no idea how it came to be a thriller.
The book revolves around the stunning, top-notch interior decorator Nora Sinclair. She’s such a knock-out, a lot of...more
Even though the story is still quite entertaining, the characters are very cheesy and credulous. How can Nora Sinclair pull it off with her marriage with one man and continue her affair of the other man, or how can she so easily transfer the money of her fiancé’s account to hers’ in Cayman Island. In the real world, transferring that sum of money of 1.9 billion to a different account registration can never be done online by a few clicks without attaining more authentication by phone or paper doc...more
Good JP thriller - fine plot, but sub-plots need more pages!
"Honeymoon" is so typical James Patterson -- an entertaining and clever story, doled out in short, fast-paced chapters that keep the action going at break-neck speed, and enough sub-plots and twists to build suspense. And while the main characters, especially the villainous Nora Sinclair and the resourceful FBI agent John O'Hara (aka "insurance guy" Craig Reynolds) are pretty well developed and interesting, there are two sub-plots that...more
"Honeymoon" is so typical James Patterson -- an entertaining and clever story, doled out in short, fast-paced chapters that keep the action going at break-neck speed, and enough sub-plots and twists to build suspense. And while the main characters, especially the villainous Nora Sinclair and the resourceful FBI agent John O'Hara (aka "insurance guy" Craig Reynolds) are pretty well developed and interesting, there are two sub-plots that...more
"A sizzling, twisting tale of a woman with a deadly appetite and the men who dare to fall for her..." - by James Patterson
James Patterson is very well-known for his thriller tales. I'm sure for those die-hard James Patterson's fans must have already read this "Honeymoon" long time ago yeah? I'm ashamed to say this is my first James Patterson read but oh well, now i know why James Patterson is so famous for his thrillers! It's a page turner with lots of great plots and twists! Once you started, y...more
James Patterson is very well-known for his thriller tales. I'm sure for those die-hard James Patterson's fans must have already read this "Honeymoon" long time ago yeah? I'm ashamed to say this is my first James Patterson read but oh well, now i know why James Patterson is so famous for his thrillers! It's a page turner with lots of great plots and twists! Once you started, y...more
Another James Patterson book that's quite enthralling and can't put down as easily.
Nora Sinclair a successful interior decorator, spends her time between New York and Boston. But why? Because she is engaged to one of her clients in New York and married to one of her previous clients, a book author, in Boston. She has plenty of money that she trasfers to a Cayman Islan account, and a mother in a psychiatric ward, that no one knows about. As her current fiance dies unexpectedly while Nora is serv...more
Nora Sinclair a successful interior decorator, spends her time between New York and Boston. But why? Because she is engaged to one of her clients in New York and married to one of her previous clients, a book author, in Boston. She has plenty of money that she trasfers to a Cayman Islan account, and a mother in a psychiatric ward, that no one knows about. As her current fiance dies unexpectedly while Nora is serv...more
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Mar 21, 2011
dreamer
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
someone looking for a fluff read
Shelves:
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The review across the top of the front cover reads "WHAT A HONEY OF A STORY IT IS!...HONEYMOON IS SEXY AND SCARY."
It really was neither of those things.
In all actuality, it was a predictable "black widow" story with a few PG-13 references to sex or having it. I saw the end coming 200 pages before it happened, and the few twists thrown in were kind of minute details that wouldn't have really been missed had they been left out.
I think the problem with me reading these sorts of novels (Patterson,...more
It really was neither of those things.
In all actuality, it was a predictable "black widow" story with a few PG-13 references to sex or having it. I saw the end coming 200 pages before it happened, and the few twists thrown in were kind of minute details that wouldn't have really been missed had they been left out.
I think the problem with me reading these sorts of novels (Patterson,...more
Like any James Patterson book, it was fast-paced and read quickly. However, like many of his books, Honeymoon was filled with half-baked plot twists, plot developments that were unnecessarily made into twists, and just odd narrative decisions throughout.
If the book had been straightforward, then I might would've enjoyed it better. Instead, Patterson treats every single event in the book as a soap opera style twist before the commercial. I was only waiting for the musical stings at the end of ea...more
If the book had been straightforward, then I might would've enjoyed it better. Instead, Patterson treats every single event in the book as a soap opera style twist before the commercial. I was only waiting for the musical stings at the end of ea...more
Nora Sinclair tem o dom de acumular fortuna na mesma proporção que colecciona companheiros "acidentalmente falecidos". Todos eles ricos.
Quando Nora descobre as palavras-passe que lhe permitem transferir grandes quantidades de dinheiro das contas dos seus companheiros para a sua própria, estes não tardam a padecer de mortais insuficiências cardíacas.
John O'Hara, agente do FBI, em pouco tempo se vê a braços com Nora e estas enigmáticas mortes.
Partindo destas premissas regadas com suspense, bom-h...more
Quando Nora descobre as palavras-passe que lhe permitem transferir grandes quantidades de dinheiro das contas dos seus companheiros para a sua própria, estes não tardam a padecer de mortais insuficiências cardíacas.
John O'Hara, agente do FBI, em pouco tempo se vê a braços com Nora e estas enigmáticas mortes.
Partindo destas premissas regadas com suspense, bom-h...more
Oct 11, 2010
Joy
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Penny Irwin, Sue Shaffner
How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has dreamed about, the life she's worked hard for, the life she will never give up. Meet Nora Sinclair.
When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appeal. The whole extraordinary package - and men fall in line to court her. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. If...more
When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appeal. The whole extraordinary package - and men fall in line to court her. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. If...more
3.5 stars. This is my second James Paterson book. My first book that I read from him was Lifeguard, and in my opinion this book is a lot better (or at the least more entertaining). James Patterson has admitted, "I am not a great prose stylist, I am a storyteller". So I'll agree, he's not the best writer but I do think he is being a little bit modest. I enjoy his way of writing chapters in that EVERY chapter leaves a sentence that entices you to read more. The chapters are so short you'll tell yo...more
This was my first Patterson but I wrote my review of the The Quickie first so that's where all my Patterson comments are. I picked this book because it was the 2005 International Thriller of the Year and also a best seller for Patterson. I liked The Quickie better. Again, really hard to explain but I just don't like any of his characters, even the good guys. The story is great. Totally got the thriller part of this but to me it's just not rounded out or something. I can't quite put my finger on...more
This was definitely something different for me -- I don't generally read the thriller/crime/suspense genre. But, a friend lent me this one and swore I'd like it, so I decided that it was at least worth a shot, right?
I do like that the story is told in a bazillion shorter chapters, which helps keep my attention a little better in this type of story. It was easy to pick this up in short spurts throughout the week without getting lost.
Basically, this is the tale of a black widow who finds rich men,...more
I do like that the story is told in a bazillion shorter chapters, which helps keep my attention a little better in this type of story. It was easy to pick this up in short spurts throughout the week without getting lost.
Basically, this is the tale of a black widow who finds rich men,...more
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Jan 11, 2010
Liz
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
someone who's stuck at the airport with nothing better to do
Well, one good thing about this book: it was a fast read. If it hadn't been I would probably have stopped reading altogether. The characters were one-dimensional, which was okay. I wasn't expecting anything detailed from a beach-read. But they were actually boring. I hate reading about stupid people doing stupid things. And not one of these characters did anything smart. Do rich men really not investigate the women they're about to marry? I thought pre-nups were pretty standard nowadays. Do FBI...more
Jun 05, 2012
Lee Kyle
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
yes most definatly to any fans of Patterson's
Recommended to Lee by:
myself
The tagline on this Patterson book reads "Don't give away the ending...don't give away the beginning!" Well at first reading this, i was thinking "Ok I can understand not giving away the ending but the start?" Now after finishing this terrificly suspenseful novel i can understand why..and no i am going to stick to James Patterson's words cause quite frankly he speaks the truth here it would ruin it for you! This is a novel about a woman who is murdering her rich fiances/husbands and then emptyin...more
I am a great fan of James Patterson. Having said that, I can say that this "International Thriller of the Year" did not thrill me. It has Patterson's short chapters and nonstop action, but its resemblance to his earlier books stops there. It has a painfully-predictable plot, an unbelievable protagonist, and an ending that deteriorates into political babble.
Nora Sinclair is a serial killer and the most interesting thing in the book. John O'Hara is an FBI agent in pursuit of Nora, but he has no r...more
Nora Sinclair is a serial killer and the most interesting thing in the book. John O'Hara is an FBI agent in pursuit of Nora, but he has no r...more
I listened to this book on CD. Sometimes the narrator's voice makes a book very enjoyable, even if the story was just eh, but these two narrators did nothing for the story, especially the male "lead". He is a good actor, but strangely, was very dry and monotone while portraying all the male voices in this story. It was quite confusing. Also, I have had enough James Patterson for a while. Although the story was different than many crime novels, in that the reader knows who the killer is from almo...more
HONEYMOON (Pub. 2005), coauthord by James Patterson and Howard Roughan, is a great read for many reasons.
The villainess, Nora, turns out to be a black widow of a woman, and although James/Howard let us know that she's the killer early on in the book, they spin this tale out in a way that kept me constantly turning the pages (389 in paperback) right to the very end.
I really enjoyed the way the authors developed Nora's character and the male lead, John O'Hara, who is the FBI agent that is sent in...more
The villainess, Nora, turns out to be a black widow of a woman, and although James/Howard let us know that she's the killer early on in the book, they spin this tale out in a way that kept me constantly turning the pages (389 in paperback) right to the very end.
I really enjoyed the way the authors developed Nora's character and the male lead, John O'Hara, who is the FBI agent that is sent in...more
entertaining enough to finish. I haven't enjoyed James Patterson in the last few years but this one at least I didn't throw down in disgust. A black widow story and as unbelievable as most black widow stories, but it moved along so I didn't have to dwell on the phony parts too long. Nora Sinclair has issues and the worst one is her need for money, lots of it at the death of husbands. She's a well paid and much sought interior designer with a cute body and great face - perfect but more perfect ar...more
I am just starting to get into these types of action books though I do enjoy especially since I am listening to them while driving home from work, which makes my commute a lot faster.
This is my second James Patterson book and I do enjoy it, and I think that I enjoyed this one a tad more than the first one, “The Lifeguard”. I was actually rooting for the villain, a sexy lady that kills for money! It was OK, will I remember this book in detail in 1 year probably not but I will keep listening to J...more
This is my second James Patterson book and I do enjoy it, and I think that I enjoyed this one a tad more than the first one, “The Lifeguard”. I was actually rooting for the villain, a sexy lady that kills for money! It was OK, will I remember this book in detail in 1 year probably not but I will keep listening to J...more
To pass the time at my mother in laws house, I plucked this book from the shelf. I finished it in less than 24 hours, so that should say something about the break-neck pacing of this novel. Somewhat predictable, though Patterson still incorporated a few twists that kept me guessing. There were a few too many loose ends for my liking, as I was left with a lot of questions regarding the characters' motives, most specifically the villain Nora. There was also underwhelming character development, tho...more
James Patterson's novel, Honeymoon, is about Agent John O'Hara and his case against Nora Sinclair, a sophisticated woman who has everything she could possibly want; especially when it comes to men. Not only are they extremely attracted to her, but eventually something happens to them. It is O'Hara's job to find out what is happening, except, he finds himself falling for her charm.
James Patterson did an amazing job, yet again, creating this book. He is known for his tantalizing words and within...more
James Patterson did an amazing job, yet again, creating this book. He is known for his tantalizing words and within...more
I do really enjoy James Patterson's books, they move with pace and get you hooked from the start. Recently James was voted the number one borrowed author from UK libraries and I can really see why. This book centres around Nora Sinclair the ultimate Black Widow and the undercover agent trying to find out more. I don't know another author that rights such short chapters but this has the effect of keeping you reading and the pages just fly by unlike other crime detective stories.
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This book kept me interested from the first page and keeps me interested till the end. This book is the book that got me hook on James Patterson's books and now i own almost all his books. This is my favorite James Patterson book and i've pasted in on to others and they all loved it too. the suspence is just so amazing that i didnt want to put the book down. I recommend this book to everyone, it's a real easy read and I think everyone will enjoy it. The main character Nora Sinclair is a woman w...more
I was able to read this book in a week. It was a good story and a few twists and turns. Had me captivated.
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Nora Sinclair has a gorgeous Connecticut fiance, Connor. She had an equally sexy Boston husband, Jeffrey. But bad things happen to the men Nora gets involved with--her first husband died of a heart attack, and before long Connor meets a similar fate. The FBI is suspicious and sends agent John O'Hara to pose as an insurance investigator who dangles a tantalizing prize in fron...more
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Nora Sinclair has a gorgeous Connecticut fiance, Connor. She had an equally sexy Boston husband, Jeffrey. But bad things happen to the men Nora gets involved with--her first husband died of a heart attack, and before long Connor meets a similar fate. The FBI is suspicious and sends agent John O'Hara to pose as an insurance investigator who dangles a tantalizing prize in fron...more
This book is absolutely awful, and the only reason I read it is because I was supposed to write a paper on it for English class of all things. I dropped the class before writing the paper. I can't believe any English teacher would actually like this horribly written book about shallow one-dimensional charachters who are as stupid as they are obnoxious, tawdry sex scenes that read like something from a bad soft-core porno, and a plot that has more holes than swiss cheese. If you are contemplating...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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The subject of a Time magazine feature called, "The Man Who Can't Miss," James Patterson is the bestselling author of the past year, bar none, with more than 16 million books sold in North America alone. In 2007, one of every fifteen hardcover fiction books sold was a Patterson title. In the past three years, James has sold more books than any other author (according...more
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