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Blindside by James O. Born, James Patterson

jhallobc's review against another edition

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2.0

The laziness of this book can be summed up in one snippet.
The “genius” young hacker, on the run from another “genius” hacker, stops to send an email to her mom from her known email address via church wifi.

tafrito's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious 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

2.5

katkinney's review against another edition

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4.0

Detective Michael Bennett is in the wrong place at the wrong time and is involved in a shooting of an armed robber holding a gun to his head. When a PR nightmare turns against him, he has to take time off, and the mayor asks him to look into the disappearance of his daughter, who has gotten mixed up with cybercriminals in Estonia. This was a fast-paced international police procedural with lots of POVs and not a lot of background on characters, but more a quick, action-based novella type telling. Some twists and turns when we get to Estonia, and of course lots of back and forth between the NYPD and the FBI and bad guy chases through the streets.

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.

rbweb3's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

4.5

mandylovestoread's review

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4.0

Another explosive story from James Patterson - can you believe this is book 12 from Michael Bennett! I love this character and his family and hope for many many more books!

bookworm84's review against another edition

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4.0

I enjoyed this book. As with Patterson's other novels, he is repetitive with the amount of times he told the readers that Bennett has 10 kids.

em_mcd's review against another edition

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3.0

Overall I really enjoyed this book! My issues were with the overkill of references as to how great the police are. We get it...police officers are trained and only kill when absolutely necessary. There are a few bad apples that ruined the name of the entire force...got it. There were also some super cheesy moments that made me cringe...
The storyline was great though. Going to a different country to rescue the mayors daughter from a cyber criminal was cool and very Die Hard inspired (even referenced in the book).
In the end, I had to give this a 3. Not the best book I’ve read from him, or even the best in this series, but still a good read.

xkay_readsx's review

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3.0

First couple chapters were really good. Then... Extreme action hero alert.

Michael Bennett, NYPD Detective followed leads from NY to Estonia to find/rescue the Mayor's daughter. Pretty much all by himself.

I still like this series because of the Bennett's family, especially his eldest son who is in jail. But the thriller (cyber crime) was just okay.

scott_a_miller's review against another edition

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5.0

I have a soft spot for Bennett and Cross. Generally I love these books. This one was just as much fun as I’ve come to expect. I wonder just how much Patterson actually writes anymore, but the Bennett and Cross books seem to be the ones he spends the most time on. This series is almost always good

bajebookclub's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

This is the 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. I love this series  and James O. Born is a great co-author.

A cop with a good soul and many children, that’s who Michael 
Bennett is and oh trouble always finds him on the job.  This book was a page turner and a great blend of Michael’s trouble with the shooting and his hunt to find the Mayor’s daughter.  There was no shortage of action as contract killers, a maniac hacker, a church with secret hallways added to the mystery of whether the Mayor’s daughter was kidnapped or ran away.

If you’re ready for the action, go take a read.