No. 86: The Lake House

The Lake House by James Patterson

I am not sure whether I have ever read anything by James Patterson before, but I am fairly certain I won't be doing it again in the near future. I know you might be shocked because he is a famous bestselling author, but I am telling you this book was weird and not great. And if his other books are any thing like it, they are also weird and not great.

The only reason I read this book in the first place is because I was at a lake house, and I didn't have anything to read, and I saw this book and thought it might be a sign. That I should read a book called The Lake House at a lake house and it was destined to be good. I didn't even read the back cover, which was my second mistake (the first being ever picking the book up to read)

First of all, it is about bird children. Children who are part bird. That is weird, I could handle that maybe, if the rest of the book about the bird children was so interesting that it made up for the weirdness. Unfortunately for me it was not. It was just weird. It completely lost me with the mysterious killers and clones and shucking, and tragic lack of investigation into the GIANT RASH OF UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES in Maryland!!! And the clones, and robot wives, and of course, the whole book is about bird children. I like weird books as much as the next person, with crazy science and mystery - I read Jurassic Park and all the other Micheal Crighton books and liked them. But I guess I am no fan of bird children.