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roelia 's review for:
The House of Wolves
by James Patterson
In the ‘book world’ there seems to be a lot of readers (and maybe authors) who seemingly has got a love/hate relationship with James Patterson. Has it got to do with the fact that the speed in which he manages to bring new books to market? Is it the fact that he seems to mostly collaborate with other authors (and, if rumours are to be believed, even ghost writers), instead of writing books “on his own”? Is it a quality issue or a quantity issue?
To be honest, I don’t care at all. I’ve been an avid reader of James Patterson’s since “Along Came a Spider”, the first of his “Alex Cross” series. I have lost track of that specific series, purely because I had a couple of “absent reading” years.
I still find his books (and those he co-authors with others) to be entertaining, unfussy, and pure escapism – taking it into “guilty pleasure” territory.
So, with that in mind, I saw that “House of Wolves” is the first book in a new series that he is co-authoring with Mike Lupica. Judging a book 100% on its cover (as I do with most books I read – I prefer to go in “blind”), I didn’t realise that this will be so “sports” heavy. Afterwards I did find out that Mike Lupica is a veteran sportswriter, so that may have been a tip off. BUT even though the plot revolves around an American football team (two, actually), I still enjoyed this.
The men in the Wolf family are ruthless, conniving, and disjointed. When the family matriarch is murdered (no spoilers here, it happens within the first couple of pages in the book), the greed, distrust, and mayhem just amps up to the next level.
Including the themes of sibling rivalry (with one sibling having a strong resemblance to Don Jr for me), control of the media, NFL behind-the-scenes, women in sports and influence.
If you like sport, family drama, nasty succession battles, a bad-ass female protagonist and criminal intrigue – and an effortless read, you should enjoy this one!
To be honest, I don’t care at all. I’ve been an avid reader of James Patterson’s since “Along Came a Spider”, the first of his “Alex Cross” series. I have lost track of that specific series, purely because I had a couple of “absent reading” years.
I still find his books (and those he co-authors with others) to be entertaining, unfussy, and pure escapism – taking it into “guilty pleasure” territory.
So, with that in mind, I saw that “House of Wolves” is the first book in a new series that he is co-authoring with Mike Lupica. Judging a book 100% on its cover (as I do with most books I read – I prefer to go in “blind”), I didn’t realise that this will be so “sports” heavy. Afterwards I did find out that Mike Lupica is a veteran sportswriter, so that may have been a tip off. BUT even though the plot revolves around an American football team (two, actually), I still enjoyed this.
The men in the Wolf family are ruthless, conniving, and disjointed. When the family matriarch is murdered (no spoilers here, it happens within the first couple of pages in the book), the greed, distrust, and mayhem just amps up to the next level.
Including the themes of sibling rivalry (with one sibling having a strong resemblance to Don Jr for me), control of the media, NFL behind-the-scenes, women in sports and influence.
If you like sport, family drama, nasty succession battles, a bad-ass female protagonist and criminal intrigue – and an effortless read, you should enjoy this one!