Sail

Well written and super suspenseful. I couldn't put it down! Highly recommend. My only issue was they seemed to wrap it up a little too quickly.

Goodreads Description- Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror.I listened to this as an audio book and the male narrator was just awful. I couldn't stand the affect in his voice and it bothered me the entire time I listened to Sail. It was so distracting because I kept thinking about how awful he was rather than listening to the story and often had to go back and listen again to parts I missed because I was distracted. So my first recommendation is to read the book rather than listen to it. I am sure that, since it is a James Patterson, that the chapters are short and thus will read quickly. The plotline was pretty boring but I had to get through with it because I was reading it for a challenge. Sail is one of the "unpopular" books by James Patterson and I received it quite cheap on Amazon. The writing was nothing close to the writing in his earlier works, but that is pretty typical of Patterson's recent books since he doesn't write them by himself but rather uses other authors to write the book and then Patterson puts his stamp on the book to make sure that it sells. This practice of Patterson's really bothers me but that is another story for another day. Back to the book...the premise is that Katherine Dunne decides to go on a vacation with her three kids with her brother-in-law Jack as the captain in hopes to bring her family together again and closer after the death of their father which caused the family to become disjointed. While at sea, they are hit by a huge storm that has basically ruined their boat. Then following the storm, an explosion occurs on the boat meant to cause the demise of the Dunne family. I don't want to give any more details to avoid spoilers but the reader is informed of the background and what really is happening and why. Then the family floats for days until they find a deserted island where the family finds refuge while waiting for rescue.Like I said, the plotline was rather boring. I didn't feel quite connected to any of the characters and the actual writing seemed rather simplistic. I was going to give the book 2 stars but there is such a twist at the end that I never saw coming that I absolutely had to bump the rating up to 3 stars because the ending was written so well. The ending actually saves the book. If the author would have written the entire book in the style that the ending was written it definitely would have been a much better book. I don't think I would recommend it to anyone but if you find yourself reading it, don't give up on it. Finish the book. I think you will be surprised at the big twist at the end. There are definitely much better Patterson books out there and I understand why Amazon was selling this book at a reduced price. 3 stars.

This book was in exellent condition

As usual, it was an easy, quick read. Surprises at every turn of the page. 🤗

I really like the way the book caught your attention right from the beginning and kept it throughout the entire book. Lots of twist and surprises! Love, love, love it!!!! ❤️

I think I read this in a day, couldn't put it down. Lots of action right from the start.

This book held my interest and it is not the usual genre I read. It was suspenseful, but not gory.

A page turner. The book and it’s characters stay with you. A great read while traveling.

I love James Patterson books and this book is no exception. A great storyline, characters and a plot that you could believe could and probably has happened somewhere in this crazy world full of greedy humans who would do anything for money. Brilliant twists and turns and a family who needed to heal and rediscover themselves and each other. Another Brilliant book by this amazing author!

I actually read this book many years ago, and to be fair I couldn't quite remember it! But having since read it again makes me realise how much I enjoy books by James Patterson. He is very good at pulling you in and being right there with the characters, and this one was no exception. You have the charming suave Peter Carlyle, Katherine Dunne heart surgeon and her 3 kids Carrie, Mark and Ernie; also the rugged good looking brother in law Jake. Mix it altogether and you get a good read. What I like about the novel is the way he writes it from Katherine's point of view. He also writes very short chapters which I like as it makes it virtually impossible to put down! I haven't read a James Patterson book that I don't like. He is a very good story teller, and I would definitely recommend this one!

Brilliant thriller. Mr Patterson had me hooked again, Had to keep going till the last word. A dysfunctional family goes on a trip to reconnect after the loss of their father causes them to slowly fall apart. Newly married Katherine does not want to leave her new husband behind but he has an important trial coming up but she fears for her families future happiness if radical changes are not made. For too long she has put her work first her children need this hell she needs this. Enlisting the help of her brother in law they set sail not realising the challenges ahead will eventually unite them against an unseen enemy. Who will make it and who will become the killers next victim? The saying "the family that unites and sticks together stays together" comes to mind but there is always someone that makes the ultimate sacrifice. Katherine has been hiding a secret for a long time, its time for that secret to be told.Typical family mayhem, its the type of holiday I'd have if it can go wrong it would! Brilliant just brilliant

This is the first book I have read by James Patterson, and I had high expectations. After all, he's so hugely successful that posters advertising his books are plastered all over the underground. So I was somewhat shocked to discover that he has the writing ability and style of a fourteen-year-old girl, complete with every possible cliché, characters stereotyped to the point of caricature, and breathy exclamation marks! As I closed the book I found myself looking at it askance asking, "Seriously?"Having said all that, I quite enjoyed it. It kept me guessing, it moved along quickly, and it was easy to read. And it left me with the comfortable knowledge that I can write better than James Patterson, and thus posters advertising my books should shortly be adorning Liverpool Street station.

This story, with its many different layers and one disaster occuring after the next is riviting. The idea that so much could go wrong on one family vacation trip makes me feel bad for complaining about all the excursions my parents lugged us on as kids. They had nothing on this trip from hell. And then to come out of everything to discover that someone you loved and trusted set you up to die is infuriating...and they get away with it...sort of. The end had me gloating that the bad guys did not win in the end. My only beef with the story is that once the uncle died he was almost forgotten except for a mention here or there. And he was a pretty intregal part of the story. But other than that it was a really entertaining tale and a fabulous book to have read to me with two very distinct narrators