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Season of the Machete (Turtleback)

by James Patterson (Author)
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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  • Turtleback
  • Publisher: Demco Media (April 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0606288074
  • ISBN-13: 978-0739411803
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars One for Patterson fans only, 10 Sep 2007
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This review is from: Season of the Machete (Mass Market Paperback)
I've been a massive fan of James Patterson's books for quite a few years now and have read a lot (most) of his 43(!) novels that he has written since he first started in 1976, so I thought I'd go back to some of his earlier work that (with the help of Amazon) I have been able to get my hands on.

'Season of the Machete' is Patterson's second novel and is mainly based on the tropical island of San Dominica where a series of brutal machete murders are happening each day by two hired killers, Damien and Carrie Rose. During one of the first murders, Peter MacDonald sees Damien committing one of the murders and is then forced to be on the run with his girlfriend to keep out of reach of the Roses.

For an early book this isn't too bad but it doesn't come close to the quality of some of Patterson's more recent books like the Alex Cross or The Women's Murder Club series. There are also a lot of inconcistancies in the storyline, for example the murder that happens in the prologue is dated 1980 but in Chapter Four it is 1979? It also feels like Patterson had a lot of ideas and just clumped them all together as at some points (especially at the start) there is so much going on that it is quite hard to follow the story.

Overall this is a quick and easy(ish) read that has a couple of decent plot twists and is full of action and murder. It's not quite the quality I'd expect from Patterson, but it is a very early novel, so it can be forgiven. I'd only really recommend this book to really big fans of Patterson as there are much better crime thrillers out there to choose from (many of them by Patterson himself).
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars a reasonable start for a great author, 8 April 2001
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This review is from: Season of the Machete (Mass Market Paperback)
Had this had been the first book I'd read from the author I would have been mildly impressed, it's just like Tiger woods though, you expect so much from a person because of they're previous form. Of course you have to bear in mind this was one of first books and the quality of his later books certainly outshone this offering, but as a quick pick up and read I found it to be quite engaging, not as clever as some of his other works, which seem to delve right into the minds of the characters he writes about. But if you've read all the rest of his books well worth a look just to see what patterson wrote like before he picked up that magic which led to his other books being so well received.
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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars MACHETE MURDERS !!, 8 Feb 2004
This review is from: Season of the Machete (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a big JP fan and was suprised when I found this early effort missing from my collection. Especially when it has such a fantastic title, the word **MACHETE** captured my interest when I saw this on the shelf!! I am a seasoned JP reader and thought this book was great although lacking some of the twist and character portrayal of books like 'Pop Goes The Weasel' which incidentally is in my opinion one of the best books ever written by JP. Hence if your not an avid fan best start at the top end of JP's range with an Alex Cross detective novel before you will appreciate this early effort. Happy MACHETE reading...!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Annoying!
A reasonable early effort from James Patterson which I read having become hopelessly addicted to the Alex Cross novels. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad for an early James Patterson
I enjoyed reading this book, as a page turner goes its not bad. But it is not in the same league as Along Came A Spider. Read more
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