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The Jester
by James Patterson, Andrew Gross
from Grand Central Publishing

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Not Just A Jester
  I loved the premise and the central character. This book feeds into my obsession with the holy fool who becomes a kind of sacred king. Like Robin Hood, he is an outlaw who defends his people against injustice. For me, this is powerful stuff. Where this book loses points is with the conventional fairy tale ending which diminishes the book's impact. It seemed to me that Patterson and Gross didn't really know what they had, and missed out on the full potential of their concept.

• Outside of the box
  This was a great departure from the Alex Cross novels that I have come to know and love. After reading Cradle and All and being a little shocked by how James Patterson is not only locked into mystery novels, I was again, a little apprehensive to start a book like Jester. However, it only took reading the first couple of chapters to get me hooked.
  This book was great. The detail and insight that Patterson has and his ability to tie facts in with fiction is what makes him a great writer. This book held... more info

• Hail to The Jester!
  I read The Jester by James Patterson, a few years ago, when it had originally been released. I had always been a long time fan of historical fiction, mostly from the Medieval Ages. What I needed, though, was a real kick start into first to propel me back into reading, and I could not have picked up a better book. You know how sometimes they say, "The teacher makes the class?" Well, for me, this book was it.
  The Jester is an adventure like unother. The story takes place in 1096, shortly after Pope Urban... more info

• A matter of expections, perhaps?
  
  NOTE: This review refers to the unabridged audio cassette version of this book.
  It was interesting to read the greatly varied reviews of this book. It seems that how you rate it depends in part on your expectations before hand.
  Many of you are apparently familiar with Patterson's other books and were expected more of the sameand were disappointed when you didn't find it.
  Luckily, I have never read any of his other books and I came to "Jester" with no expectations along that line. I... more info

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