Mary, Mary

So my last post may have been wrong about the female killer. I don't know yet for sure but I'm pretty sure its a guy killing the actress's. Alex Cross thinks it is a guy also, though the rest of the police force doubt it. So far in the story there have been many killings, some unplanned by the Storyteller, as the killer calls himself. Another conflict occurring throughout the story is Alex's battle to keep custody of his son. Sadly enough he lost custody though now his son's mother wants to be with Alex even though she just took his son away. In my opinion this book is mostly about psychology and the human mind.

Mary, Mary By James PAtterson

Mary, Mary is another book by James Patterson, it is also in the Alex Cross series. This one so far does not seem to be able to be twisted as badly as the last book in the series "The Big Bad Wolf." So far there have been about 6 murders, in the beginning though it seemed as if it was from the perspective of a man. Later it was shown that the killer was in fact a woman, unless its more than one killer. Out of the people killed 4 were random targets, 3 of them were killed because they walked in on the killings. The last two murders were planned out and thought through carefully, both of these murders were of famous people. Both of them were women, this may not be a pattern though. The Killer maybe after famous actors but the fact that the first two were women could be a coincidence. The other four in fact were all men, though only one was planned, but not thoroughly. So far its a pretty good book.

The Big Bad Wolf

James Patterson is a very interesting author, he must enjoy twisting the story very much. Through out the story, their are constant twists. The latest twist is towards the end of the book, they captured the Wolf but then they find out he actually is not the wolf and gives them the name of the person from the Wolfs Den known as the Sphinx. The Sphinx is one of the captured womens husbands who was unhappy with their marriage. SO instead of getting a divource he sold his wife to be a slave to the man believed to be the Wolf.

The Big Bad Wolf

So far the setting of The Big Bad Wolf has been in Virginia, Florida, and many other places in the U.S. While in Quantico it is usually from Alex Cross's point of view, the other locations it is often in the Wolfs point of view or many other characters who usually are related to the Wolf or the Whit Girl case in general. Alex Cross does not like working at Quantico, he thinks knowledge is better found while on the streets instead of in a dark cubical. He was a police officer so he is used to working in the streets more than working inside. He also dislikes that he is kept out of the circle while things are going down, he is often one of the last people to hear about what the FBI is going to do. This is very frustrating for him because he is one of the main researchers and is used to always being the center of focus for cases while working for the Police Department.

The Big Bad Wolf

So far in The Big Bad Wolf I have noticed a lot about James Patterson's writing style that is different from other authors I have read. He does not use very many descriptions of places or people, he rarely goes in to deep detail on physical looks. He also has very short chapters, like 1-3 pages as a maximum. So far the shorter the chapter the more intense it is, it seems like he uses these chapters as a way to keep the reader interested and always on edge because of the constant cliff hangers. He also uses the short chapters as a way to change the point of view from one character to another, they sometimes describe the same event.

The Big Bad Wolf

So far in The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson, there has been 3 kidnappings, 4 murders, and 100's of confused agents. There have been two women and one man kidnapped. One of the women was a supreme court judges wife. The other was a famous fashion designer. The male was not famous or anything special like the other two. The 2 people that had abducted these people were slowly becoming more sloppy trying to make the kidnappings more interesting. The problem with that is the Wolf does not like to look bad, since they are his team they are making him look bad. When he finds out he they are doing this intentionally, they were not kept alive long. Another of the murders committed by the Wolf was of an American mob boss/modern day Godfather. The final was committed by the man who had "ordered" the guy to be kidnapped. That was kinda weird...

The Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf is often from a first person point of view, switching from Alex Cross, to The Wolf, to many other people including victims of the kidnappings. The reader has a lot more information than the main character Alex Cross, because the reader sees who the Wolf is and where the women are being taken. The reader does not get very good descriptions of Alex Cross or the Wolf, there are few physical descriptions of any of the characters. The Wolf is a modern day God Father of the Red Mafia, he is a Russian killer involved in drugs, car theft, and the enslavement of women for prostitution. Nobody knows his true identity but he is rich and has many names. The Wolf fears nobody, he killed a mob leader in prison in front of guards and walked away untouched. Crazy.

The Big Bad Wolf: By James Patterson

In The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson, Alex Cross is an ex cop trying to become an FBI agent. He was some what of a "Super Cop," people thought he had a gift for finding killers, he was so talented the FBI involved him in a case before he was even out of orientation/basic training. The cases code name was the "White Girl" case, white women were disappearing in broad day light often, though their were witnesses nobody could stop the couple. The women disappearing were likely being sold in foreign countries as prostitutes. It is up to Alex Cross and the FBI to stop these kidnappings and find the missing women.