James Patterson - Roses Are Red

Pros: Features Alex Cross and John Samson
Cons: Bizarre sex practices, killing, and murder.

I got interested in James Patterson after I saw the movie Kiss the Girls, and decided to read the book. Since I have read a few of his books and really enjoy the character Alex Cross.

I just got finished reading the book Roses Are Red...

Pros: It doesn't take very long to read.
Cons: Patterson continues to manufacture senseless mind-candy.

Going home for Christmas means needing a break from family. There is a reason that some people choose to move away from their parents. Like Jerry Seinfeld would say "I need a buffer zone." Home this year with nothing to read led me to pick up a...

Pros: Entertaining at times. Likeable protagonist (at times). Easy to read.
Cons: Plot is overloaded with shocking events. Characters not well developed.

Roses are Red is James Patterson’s sixth installment of his popular “Alex Cross” series of novels. These books feature protagonist Alex Cross, who is a former psychologist and now works as Deputy Chief of Police Detective for ...

Pros: Plot twists and turns; highly suspenseful; unexpected ending
Cons: Do not read last page until you get there, Ruins story. Alex and Christine's relationship

WARNING: Do not under any circumstance read the very last page of this novel, no matter how much you may be tempted to do so. This will ruin your entire reading experience!!

James Patterson’s latest novel, Roses Are Red was...

Pros: Continuing series featuring Alex Cross
Cons: Plot was slow in parts

Washington D.C. Homicide Detective and FBI Liaison Alex Cross is back and he is hot on the trail of a man who calls himself Mastermind. This homicidal maniac is setting up the perfect bank robberies, which include senseless murders of bank...

Pros: page-turner, surprising, unlikely ending, won't want to put down
Cons: cruel, unyielding

I have to say that I am such a fan of James Patterson that I read this book and then went out and bought all of the one's in the Alex Cross series. I don't know what it is about Patterson, but his stories just intrigue me.

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Pros: Quick easy and somewhat entertaining read.
Cons: About 5th grade reading level. Part of a series; not good stand alone.

Poor Alex Cross.

His girlfriend’s dumped him, his daughter’s having seizures, and there’s some crazy guy out on the streets who hires bank robbers-slash-killers to do unspeakable things. It’s no wonder Alex stays out too late on his porch,...

Pros: The hero is a nearly perfect human being and father. The hero is also black.
Cons: He hero is so perfect and so perfectly black he's barely credible.

I think (speculation, not for sure) that the title is supposed to be a veiled reference to the Cross Family cat, Rosie. If this is so, I fail to see the logic. That, however, is neither here nor there. What matters is that I was both thrilled and...

Pros: Action, suspense, edgy characters, lots of suspects, mind twisting crimes
Cons: DO NOT READ THE LAST PAGE...EVEN THOUGH WE ALL KNOW YOU WANT TO!

Just this minute I finished “Roses are Red” by James Patterson and let me tell you that I could not put it down! This is the kind of book that goes so quickly that I lose track of time! The suspense, action and emotion in Patterson’s novel reveal the...

Pros: Alex Cross, A new kind of twist, fast read
Cons: none except that reading the last page will spoil the story

I have been waiting patiently for the proper heading for this book and now that it is a month after it's release date, I can wait no longer. Thanks to those of you before me that found a place to review this great book since Epinions hasn't given us...

Pros: Couldn't put it down!
Cons: none

As an Avid James Patterson reader, I could not wait until I got my hands on this book. I have come to enjoy the Alex Cross character so much that I think I must know him and his family. I truly enjoy reading this series and feel like a junkie wanting...

Pros: Detailed, interesting, well developed characters, good plot
Cons: only semi suspenseful, for a Patterson Novel.

Hi everyone.

I am a big James Patterson fan, I have read all of his books featuring main character, Doctor Detective Alex Cross, Washington D.C,'s detective, psychiatrist, and liason with the F.B.I.
Not much of a reader?, well perhaps...

Pros: Familiar Characters
Cons: Trick ending. Written so poorly that it is ridiculous

Ok, I am not the biggest Patterson fan ever. I have read most of the Alex Cross mysteries and about 90% of the time I skip all the homefront stuff and just read the crime stuff. I know all about Alex and his Nana Mama and Christine and The Boy (that is...

Pros: Suspenseful and well written.
Cons: Violent end of Alex's new romance.

Roses are Red was one of James Patterson's better novels in the Alex Cross series although except for the song his daughter sings I am not to sure of the meaning of the title. I wasn't too happy with the previous book in this series, however this newest...

Pros: Great novel until the last page!
Cons: The last page!

Please allow me to introduce myself I am a man of stealth and no face. That would be a great intro for the Mastermind in this JP novel. Thoroughly engaging and mind boggling is this Roses novel you will never guess who the man without a face is. The...