194 reviews for:

The 24th Hour

James Patterson

3.54 AVERAGE

buaslbutterfly's review

3.0
challenging funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

kimroberts92's review

3.0
tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No

Bit of a slow read and the storylines were a bit all over the place. 3 different stories going on at the same time with no link together. 
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toriap's review

2.75
slow-paced
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was fine. I was annoyed with Boxer's story because there was a lot of repetition. I liked Yuki's story best but it fell flat in the end.

lcs032345's review

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book follows James Pattersons tried and true recipe of small chapters that you can't help but find yourself saying '"I'll just read one more chapter ..."

I really enjoy reading the Women's Murder Club series however for some reason I felt that this book didn't dive into the sub-plots enough, with their endings fizzling out rather than ending with a bang like previous books.

It would have been great to have had a bit more depth in each of the sub-plots - for example, Joe's case with the hospital hackers seemed to plod along in the background for most of the book, without much detail and then seemed to be wrapped up a bit too neat (and slightly far-fetched) for me. Yuki's trial case felt a bit rushed in between the other plots, which was a real shame as this sub-plot started off strong and drew you into the book, and Lindsey's case was very similar, a lot of build up, but the finale lacked that shock/surprise factor that I usually love in the Women's Murder Club series.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: No