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Violets Are Blue (Alex Cross, #7) (Alex Cross #7)
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James Patterson (Goodreads Author)
Detective Alex Cross must confront his most terrifying nemesis ever -- and his own deepest fears -- in this electrifying thriller from the master of suspense, James Patterson.
Alex Cross has never believed in vampires. But when two joggers are found slain in a manner that suggests a macabre ritual, he has to reconsider. Someone believes in vampires enough to have committed
...moreMass Market Paperback, 391 pages
Published
October 1st 2002
by Warner Vision
(first published January 1st 2001)
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According to this book, here are James Patterson's 7 Golden Rules of Writing:
1. Write simple sentences. Don't use big words or describe people wearing colors other than black or "powder blue."
2. Dialogue should be monotonous. Have your characters say the same thing over and over. Especially the hero. He has to bemoan his life yet cheer himself on in the next breath, reminding himself how great he is. Over and over. Bemoan, cheer, repeat! If that doesn't work, ha...more
1. Write simple sentences. Don't use big words or describe people wearing colors other than black or "powder blue."
2. Dialogue should be monotonous. Have your characters say the same thing over and over. Especially the hero. He has to bemoan his life yet cheer himself on in the next breath, reminding himself how great he is. Over and over. Bemoan, cheer, repeat! If that doesn't work, ha...more
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The bodies of men and women are turning up all over the U.S. showing signs of attack by animal and human teeth. As it turns out, a pair of brothers who just so happen to also be vampires are responsible for the attacks. Known by the FBI for his ability to profile killers better than just about anyone else, Dr. Alex Cross is brought in to investigate and is terrified beyond anything he has ever experienced before in his life. His investigation takes him to San Francisco where he meets and, in typ...more
The book before this one ended with a Cliffhanger. Unusual for Patterson, not to solve the case within the book but continue the chase in a second novel. Fortunately I had the sequel at hand (half of my books are in Germany, the other in Austria...so they're not always available right away for me)
New main characters (for this new case) are presented, including 2 vampire-like siblings and 2 guys that reminded me of "Siegfried & Roy", and I'm sure Patterson got his inspiratio...more
New main characters (for this new case) are presented, including 2 vampire-like siblings and 2 guys that reminded me of "Siegfried & Roy", and I'm sure Patterson got his inspiratio...more
This will be my last JP book. It seemed like a recap of all the other books and I kept thinking "why can't he come up with some new material??" I've read all the others and didn't need to spend another 8 hours recapping. Yes - there was a new pretty good story but I got hung up on the numerous references to all of the past books.
In typical James Patterson fashion, Violets are Blue begins in an explosive way. Alex Cross’s partner and girlfriend has just been murdered in a completely defiling way. At the scene of the crime, the Mastermind calls Alex to taunt him. The Mastermind begins calling Alex almost every day, at all hours, threatening, teasing… Mystery One.
Mystery Two is unveiled as two joggers are killed in San Francisco. People are turning up in various cities, hanging upside down, bitten and drained ...more
Mystery Two is unveiled as two joggers are killed in San Francisco. People are turning up in various cities, hanging upside down, bitten and drained ...more
Violets Are Blue, written by James Patterson, is now my new favorite novel. Unlike the rest of the books in his Alex Cross series, this one focuses on something most people don’t believe in. So rather than the original, and more often portrayed, serial killers, in this book Alex Cross is busy hunting “vampires”. His searching, or hunting, takes him to countless places and experts that will hopefully give him some clues to help him find his blood drink...more
Patterson once again produces another bestseller as he follows up his book Roses are Red with an award-winning sequel Violets are Blue. Cross-is dragged into another horrifying case that even sends a shiver down his spine. Real live vampires are on the loose throughout the nation and everyone in a panic with no one to look to for help. Cross-chases the blood trail from coast to coast while trying to ignore the psychotic killer who is stalking and threatening to kill his family. This book was a...more
This was the first James Patterson book I have ever read. All right... The problem with this book was that the first two-thirds were very good and incredibly tense and the pacing of the story was well done. Patterson's major hero, Alex Cross faces three villains, the Mastermind and a couple of vampire brothers...
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What ruined this was certainly the last act. He spends the majority of the story building up the bothers as actually h...more
SPOILERS AHEAD
What ruined this was certainly the last act. He spends the majority of the story building up the bothers as actually h...more
James Patterson- Violets Are Blue (Little, Brown and Company 2001) 3.5 Stars
Still haunted and taunted by the Mastermind, Alex Cross must hunt down a new serial killer. This serial killer believes he is a vampire and uses his fellow vampires to commit murder, allowing them to drink their blood (I hope you all thought of a Dracula like voice as you read that, because that is what was running through my mind). Meanwhile he must also try to figure out just who the Mastermind is.
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Still haunted and taunted by the Mastermind, Alex Cross must hunt down a new serial killer. This serial killer believes he is a vampire and uses his fellow vampires to commit murder, allowing them to drink their blood (I hope you all thought of a Dracula like voice as you read that, because that is what was running through my mind). Meanwhile he must also try to figure out just who the Mastermind is.
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VIOLETS ARE......PURPLE!!!!
I usually try to make it my business not to read any books relating to either werewolfs or vampires. As a matter of fact, I stopped reading Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta series for this exact reason....the werewolfs had invaded the pages. Since I like to read all of my series "in order", Violets Are Blue was the next one up at bat in the Alex Cross series. Little did I know that it would have the "dreaded" vampires as ...more
I usually try to make it my business not to read any books relating to either werewolfs or vampires. As a matter of fact, I stopped reading Patricia Cornwall's Kay Scarpetta series for this exact reason....the werewolfs had invaded the pages. Since I like to read all of my series "in order", Violets Are Blue was the next one up at bat in the Alex Cross series. Little did I know that it would have the "dreaded" vampires as ...more
Treading the Middle Ground, by an Alex Cross Fan
Having read every Patterson book, including the non-Cross stories, and in general pretty avid Patterson/Cross fans, we feel this book is neither as bad as the one-star people say or as good as the 5-star people say. Therefore, we compromised at three. Our logic is that Alex is back and in fairly good form, though we start to hear much career doubt in this one, and fear his days are numbered. On the other hand, the plot and story-t...more
Having read every Patterson book, including the non-Cross stories, and in general pretty avid Patterson/Cross fans, we feel this book is neither as bad as the one-star people say or as good as the 5-star people say. Therefore, we compromised at three. Our logic is that Alex is back and in fairly good form, though we start to hear much career doubt in this one, and fear his days are numbered. On the other hand, the plot and story-t...more
The book was about investigation of several murders that occured.They noticed that on each victum their was bite marks on the neck and that all the bllod was drained out of the body.The two brothers who are vampires would go on man hunts and suck peoples blood out while they were still alive. Kyle Craig who is known as the mastermined was the one sending the two brothers to kill specific people. Alex Cross got bit by a boy who claims hes a vampire and got an infection because he didnt go to the ...more
James Patterson needed better fact checkers in this one. At least the section on skydiving was short. Yes, you fall over 60 mph when you belly fly. But when you go vertical, you can easily pass 200 mph, not 100 mph. If an otter flying flat and stable at 16000 feet lost its pilot, the skydivers jumping out of the plane wouldn't see it crash near them shortly after landing.
OK, beyond that, I could have done without the vampire murders. That was a bit graphic. I did get a kick out...more
OK, beyond that, I could have done without the vampire murders. That was a bit graphic. I did get a kick out...more
After being thoroughly disappointed by the last two novels by Patterson that I picked up--his Murder Club series--I figured I'd give him another chance with the latest Alex Cross story, Violets Are Blue. ...Violets are Blue is just plain deplorable. The sentence structure reads like something out of a "See Spot Run" book and the storytelling isn't much better. Supposedly, Cross has been pursued by some person called the Mastermind... However, the secret to the identity of the Mastermin...more
My First time to read an Alex Cross series book from my favorite Author James Patterson. And as usual, I loved the book! Well the story started in the killings happening across America. And what really got me hooked with this is the two killers who thinks of themselves as vampires and actually drink the blood of their victims as they brutally murder them.
The Question is: Who is "Mastermind"? And what is the real reason for him to hate Alex Cross that much?
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The Question is: Who is "Mastermind"? And what is the real reason for him to hate Alex Cross that much?
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OK well here it is...
I just started reading Patterson. This being the second book I have read by him(that i know of, or remember). The 1st one was Double Cross, which I liked. This one seems like...Well I was missing something. I didn't realize he had done so many books with Alex Cross being his main character. Had I realized this i would have liked to have started from the 1st one in the Alex Cross series. That way I wasn't to lost over his dealing with different people through this b...more
I just started reading Patterson. This being the second book I have read by him(that i know of, or remember). The 1st one was Double Cross, which I liked. This one seems like...Well I was missing something. I didn't realize he had done so many books with Alex Cross being his main character. Had I realized this i would have liked to have started from the 1st one in the Alex Cross series. That way I wasn't to lost over his dealing with different people through this b...more
"The most impossible person, is always the final answer."
This is my conclude for the detective books, movie, and soap operas I have watched so far.
In this book, there is one thing author didn't make it clear.
If Kyle Craig was that mastermind, how could Alex Cross received the phone from mastermind when Kyle was next to him. How could Kyle listen to mastermind through telephone when Alex was there.
"The most dangerous living thing in the world is human bein...more
This is my conclude for the detective books, movie, and soap operas I have watched so far.
In this book, there is one thing author didn't make it clear.
If Kyle Craig was that mastermind, how could Alex Cross received the phone from mastermind when Kyle was next to him. How could Kyle listen to mastermind through telephone when Alex was there.
"The most dangerous living thing in the world is human bein...more
Alex' new case, and possibly the last, confronts him with vampires, or that's at least what it looks like. The killers are on a spree across the US and Alex is right behind them. And just when he thinks he found them, he has to realize that those were just the puppets of the real killer, the Sire.
And as if this weren't enough, Alex is also still being hunted by the Mastermind, who is threatening his life and the live of his family and friends. And he would never have guessed who the...more
And as if this weren't enough, Alex is also still being hunted by the Mastermind, who is threatening his life and the live of his family and friends. And he would never have guessed who the...more
An absolutely wonderful read nonstop action and the Vampire Mythos stuff was great to. This Alex Cross book is also notable for the unmasking of the Mastermind. Now for me this had a slightly different feel because I started reading the Cross Novels at Double Cross so I already knew the identity still I think it worked very well in its suspense and wrong footing the reader at every turn. I can't recommend the Alex Cross series enough it is exciting and enthralling and it feels so real, CSI: Miam...more
I first read Violets Are Blue at the young age of eleven when it first hit the shelves. I was hungry for vampire novels (Please remember in those days there was no Stephenie Meyer sparkle vampires there was Anne Rice and her beautiful creations, Stephen King and his brutal monsters, and Poppy z. Brite and her delicate separate species). Violets Are Blue was full of twist and it was so unlike any other book I had ever read it sticks in my mind to this day. Beautifully written and very powerful. I...more
This was such a fast and enjoyable read that I got though it pretty fast, about two evenings of reading and once done I was ready for the next book, that's what I love about them the most, the need to know more and more, endings are never satisfying enough when it comes to Alex Cross books. The main character grows through the series and develops into someone that the reader cares and certainly worries about. Sometimes I forget that when Patterson writes these books, that he creates the good and...more
I absolutely LOVE all of James Patterson's work, and I actually had the honor to meet him. I really enjoyed Violets Are Blue because it is part of the Alex Cross series and I really like his character. I also really enjoyed this novel because I have a fascination with vampires - REAL vampires - and I love watching and reading anything that has to do with investigation. I always tell people to check out James Patterson books; they keep you on the edge of your seat and not wanting to read them at ...more
This was a book club book. I had heard some pretty horrible things about Patterson and was prepared for a boring and predictable reading experience. I can see, even from this one book, how this may be true if I were planning to trudge through his entire series. However, as a singular reading experience, it was really pretty good. The bad guys were unconventional, there was a surprise twist if you're not familiar with his usual plotline, and the writing style was about what you expect from a best...more
After years of working in a bookstore and making jokes about this author and the frequency of his books being released ("Every other Tuesday"), I felt a sense of duty to actually read one at some point. So, on a slow work day, I picked up a copy of this that a co-worker had left in the office. It truly is as bad as I suspected. Ridiculous dialog, unrealistic characters and situations that are supposed to be suspenseful, but instead are just vulgar and tedious. Avoid at all costs.
So I have been reading this series in order - determined to stick with this series until the end. But now that school is starting I am going to have to put the adult James Patterson books to bed for awhile so I can stick to the young adult literature that I really need to be reading. It's good that I love YA lit. too! The shocking end to Book 6 gets investigated and solved in book #7, Violets are Blue. It is a good stopping point in the series for now!
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Well when it comes to vampires, this is probably as realistic as any vampire story on the market, but I'd rather one of Anne Rice's old scary stories or Stephanie Meyer's recent series any day. This one is not just scary it is nauseating in detail. I learned to pick up on the gore and skip several paragraphs or a chapter, to find out more about the mystery. Alex Cross' so called friend and coworker, turns out to be just what you think.
Though Patterson has been highly recommended to me by many others, I can't say I enjoyed this book. It took me forever to read. My husband says there are too many books for me to continue to read something I don't like, but I like to finish what I start. I didn't hate it, but I just will be very hesitant to read another Patterson. I loved the movies with the Alex Cross character though. Probably would have been better if I read this years ago when it came out. Now vampire anything is so overdone...more
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Very gruesome but so over the top it became less disturbing as it became less real as the story played out. Not really my normal genre -- I don't mind some gore murder mysteries but this warped toward some paranormal and, in any case, as the story became more "fantastic" it left the realm of "this could really happen". I think that's a "jump the shark" sort of thing.
Still, there was some nail biting ...
Still, there was some nail biting ...
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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 ...more
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