What Do DUers Think About James Patterson's Alex Cross Books

I had heard a little about the Alex Cross series before yesterday, but did not pay that much attention to the series. However, yesterday, I learned that an Alex Cross movie is being made. Today, I did a search for Alex Cross books and found the series. I am considering reading the series so I just wanted to get the opinions of DUers. So, what do you all think about the series?

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What Do DUers Think About James Patterson's Alex Cross Books (Original post)	erpowers	Jun 2012	OP
If you like James Bond/Robert Ludlum stuff you will enjoy.	OffWithTheirHeads	Jun 2012	#1
Starting with #12 in the series, which was Cross…	Little Star	Jun 2012	#2
Enjoyed a number of them	getting old in mke	Jun 2012	#3
They seem kind of formulaic to me, almost as if they were written with TV in mind	Lydia Leftcoast	Jun 2012	#4
Exactly.. but if you need a quick read, they're ok.	russspeakeasy	Jun 2012	#5
I enjoyed them	NEOhiodemocrat	Jun 2012	#6

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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:22 AM

OffWithTheirHeads (9,031 posts)

1. If you like James Bond/Robert Ludlum stuff you will enjoy.

Try to read them in order.

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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:51 AM

Little Star (11,649 posts)

2. Starting with #12 in the series, which was Cross…

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I lost interest in that one and all the rest, Double Cross, Cross Country, I, Alex Cross and Cross Country.

The first eleven books in the series, I really, really liked a lot!

Don’t know what happened/changed!

ps: except I stopped reading them at that point. lol

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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 10:56 AM

getting old in mke (401 posts)

3. Enjoyed a number of them

Mostly from early in the series. Haven't read too many of the recent ones. Can lose track of folks coming into and out of his life.

He has some recurring opponents, but mostly one on one villians along the way. I'd say they were more like Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series.

I went to see the Morgan Freeman version of Alex Cross in _Along Came A Spider_ back in 2001 and remember thinking it was a messy movie--I was glad I had read the book to provide some missing context.

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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 11:15 AM

Lydia Leftcoast (46,805 posts)