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Title: See How They Run Author: James Patterson Rating: Not available Avg. Score: 3 Submit Comment Hits: 25

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• Posted on 2008-03-25
  Would Be Hard to Recommend This Book
  
  I have read many of JP's books and find this is not one of his fast-paced, keep you on the edge of your seat, waiting to turn the next page books. It has several implausible, seeming contrived ideas (microwaving entire dormitories!). The main character has suffered the loss of all his immediate family and a wife he cherishes by terrorists, but quickly takes up with an old girlfriend who is also (unbeknownst to him) one of the bad-guys. Seemed very contrived and a bit stereotypical, i.e. all the Jewish Holocaust survivors in the book had become wealthy and internationally known personages. We all know this wasn't (isn't) the case.
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2007-09-04
  I thought I would ignore the reviews on here...
  
  too bad I didn't. If you want to start out reading James Patterson, this would be a bad place to start. It's nice too read to see how Mr. Patterson has come as a writer. The story is unreal and crazy, in a really bad way. He does do a good job of describing everything to you, but that's about it.
  
  Ugh!
  
  There are some funny parts though, like when he spends 2 pages describing the setting, so that they characters can say two lines.
  ...
  
  I repeat, DO NOT BASE YOUR OPINION ON JAMES PATTERSON WITH THIS BOOK.
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2007-06-25
  Boring and Flat
  
  I like James Patterson's later novels, but I think he made a mistake by re-issuing some of his earlier books under new titles. SEE HOW THEY RUN, which was Patterson's third book, was originally titled the JERICHO COMMANDMENT and was originally published in the late 1970s. This plot deals with a terrorist plot involving the Olympics -- I won't say more than that, because it would spoil certain twists in the plotline (many of the reader reviews do exactly that, so be wary of reading them!).
  
  Unfortunately, SEE HOW THEY RUN has really thin characterization and a meandering plot that doesn't really excite or satisfy the reader. I also wasn't thrilled to see the Holocaust used as a cheap plot device, which is essentially what this book boils down to.
  
  Patterson, like most writers, got better with time. My advice is to skip this early effort and focus your attention on the Alex Cross series and Women's Murder Club series, which are far superior to this misfire.
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2006-06-27
  See How They Run
  
  James Patterson is such a gripping writer. I couldn't put the book down. There's always a surprise somewhere waiting to jump out and get you.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2006-03-26
  not impressed
  
  too slow--this book was not enjoyable. The story did not flow well.
  Score: 2