Non-Fiction
In reply to the discussion: Has anyone read the new James Patterson memoir "Stories of My Life" ? [View all]anobserver2
(922 posts)This day just keeps getting better.
I couldn't read the entire review, because you need a free trial to do so, but here's what I saw:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/james-patterson-invented-magic-bestseller-formula-life-story/#comment
REVIEW
James Patterson invented a magic bestseller formula so why is his own life story so
putdownable?
3/5
The Stories of My Life starts off like a thriller but devolves into non-anecdotes about famous friends like Tom Cruise and Donald Trump
By
Jake Kerridge
9 June 2022 5:00am
James Pattersons moreish, easy-on-the-brain thrillers have made him the worlds bestselling author, a favourite even of normally reluctant readers. His new autobiography deploys his customary simple, declarative sentences and very short chapters a narrative method so seductive that I found myself resenting the mental effort demanded on the very rare occasions when a chapter stretched to four pages. And yet, for all the addictive qualities of his style, his fans may find that this is the first Patterson book theyre able to put down before theyve finished....