Crazy House

This was not what I expected from J Patterson. Not does the review describe the book. This is a story about a cult population where everything in their lives is controlled. From education, career, when to become pregnant to when and how to die. They do not know any other lifestyle exists. But when the children began to disappear, no one bothers to ask why or where they go. The children are taken to a former prison and put on death row. Forced to live in squalor, fight each other like heavy weight boxers, spend hours on education, and exercise used as brutal punishment. And just when it can't get worse, they are forced to watch each other be executed with no reason given. It's was not a pleasant listen for me and this I didn't finish.

Patterson needs to stick to the genre for which he is known. This book is way outside his area of experience. And it is apparent again and again in this latest book. I really wonder if he is just selling his name and letting anyone who has the bucks stick it on their novels. Disappointed.

Nothing. I wouldn't have purchased it if I'd known it is "young adult" and young girl oriented.

Take James Patterson's name off! Very disappointed.

Not if it "YA".

Waste of time and money. Violent.

Should have been a warning. Will think twice before ordering any more Patterson books. Either he is getting stale or his ghost writer has a problem

Not a book I would recommend. Weak by comparison to other Paterson stories. Disappointed. It went nowhere at the end.

Not fond of hunger games theme but story was interesting. Don't think I want to read the series.

The violence made me feel it in my bones. A thriller which I think is extremely important in this world. It could help us open our eyes for a near-chilling future. Left me grateful this topic is too big to ignore. Hopefully there will be more in this series. Glenn Beck would be the perfect co-author for future books in this which I hope someday is a trilogy.

I loved the performance of the speaker, very well done part of the story line was very grim for a little longer than I'd like but it was a great story.

great speaker, fantastic story, couldn't turn it off and didn't want it to end !

I don't know which I disliked more, the story or the narrator. It was so hard to get through, so juvenile and corny, and went nowhere. If I could go back in time and save myself from one mistake in my life, it would be downloading this book.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It kept moving, kept my attention and I didn't ever want to turn it off- "always - what was around the next corner!"