A review by sarahjaye89
Confessions: The Private School Murders by Maxine Paetro, James Patterson

1.0

This read like a first draft of a creative writing 101 assignment. It would have been nice if one plot line had been chosen and explored more deeply, but instead there were 4 or 5 unrelated plot lines that wandered in and out of importance. Mysteries were solved by happenstance, and I remain unconvinced that Tandy has any actual skills as a detective other than a little luck and good timing.

So much of this was just unbelievable. Tandy never actually seemed like someone worried about her brother on trial for murder, nor someone dealing with the aftermath of brain washing and emotion numbing vitamins (?!?).

I've never read anything else by James Patterson, but I have to assume that he's resting on his laurels here. It's as if he knows he doesn't need to try at all to get something published. I mean honestly, he actually wrote down a character named "Judge Mudge."

Really, this was just a juvenile and lazy attempt at storytelling.