237 reviews for:

Roses Are Red

James Patterson

3.85 AVERAGE


One of the best ones yet :)

Another exciting book.

Lots of twists and turns and its not until the end, do you realize who the real Mastermind is. Very interesting plot and character development. Definitely a fast-paced book.

A good read.
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wow! Did not see that ending coming. A great book.

one of Patterson's best efforts!

A great, fast-paced read. Not too big on originality, but I liked the attention-grabbing ending and can't wait to read "Violets Are Blue"!

More like 3.5. The pacing and suspense were just right. Alex Cross is a great character. The story was good, but a few things happened that felt a little familiar. Hopefully he isn't out of ideas yet.

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Such a classic James Patterson. I love his writing and i was reminded of that immediately. Although this wasn’t my fav of his. For some reason i felt a little disconnect with it. I did both read and listen to the audio as well and i did not love the audio. It was a little dry but not only that the audio left out whole chapters. Like consecutive chapters & i went to the book to read the excluded ones. It also didn’t have chapter breaks.. it just kept going like the book was one long chapter. So weird

Back to the actual book, i did not figure out the who so that’s always good. I thought Alex was unusually tied to his job and less so to his kids like i remember him to be. So his character felt a little flat. It was a good mystery tho.

It was a bit drawn out but surprise ending.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No