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A review by sean67
Treasure Hunters by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson
2.0
Some people are innovative and some are imitators and Patterson falls in the imitation camp, taking ideas from others and working them in his way. The trouble is his way is quite often poor.
This the idea of people, in this case young people, seeking out treasure and with an overarching themes has been done before, and it has been done better.
The writing is not only sloppy it is also insulting to young readers and treats them not like a reader but an idiot.
It has no gravitas and is full of needless pictures, the 451 pages of the copy I had could easily be said to be closer to under 300 by the time you took out all the extraneous crap.
By all means write for young people, but treat them as a reader and don't insult them.
This the idea of people, in this case young people, seeking out treasure and with an overarching themes has been done before, and it has been done better.
The writing is not only sloppy it is also insulting to young readers and treats them not like a reader but an idiot.
It has no gravitas and is full of needless pictures, the 451 pages of the copy I had could easily be said to be closer to under 300 by the time you took out all the extraneous crap.
By all means write for young people, but treat them as a reader and don't insult them.