I remember when I finished the book putting it down and sitting there in awe and wondering to myself "what just happened?" One of the best written stories I have read. I never expected anything that had happened.

Enjoyable and fast-paced. Found the big twist at the end both unexpected and predictable. The twist was so obviously unexpected, that you could have predicted it. I didn't like it, and didn't really find it believable... but anyway, a fun read for a summer's day.

If this was a parody of itself, it’d be genius. This is a level of stupidity that’s borderline entertaining—sometimes you just want to see what else the authors could possibly pull out their ass. There’s nothing wrong with bestseller-type books, but holy shit, this one robbed me of a few IQ points.

Read this book on the off chance of being available in the small library down the block and it did not fail to keep me on my toes.

A legal thriller which includes the combination of murder, drugs, racism and cops, the book manages to keep you engaged throughout. The courtroom drama is short and leaves you wanting for more. Also, the other aspect is, the story is being told in first person by various main characters in the story, thus, despite the chapters being short, you have to keep on checking the names under chapter no, to identify who is speaking, gets a little confusing, when the storyline is gripping and you keep turning pages.

The twist at the end is completely surprising/ shocking and that’s what compelled me to add the 4th star..... Happy reading....

Quick read but not the best J.P. I’ve read

Easily one of my favorite Patterson books. The characters seemed more compelling. The story moves very quickly, without feeling rushed. The mystery and the twist(s) were beyond intriguing.

To me, it is as if other Patterson books are beautiful in black-and-white, Beach Road is spectacular in vivid color.

A disappointing thriller with an implausible twist. Patterson's style is choppy and the ending of the book is so far fetched it doesn't make any sense. I'd read Patterson books before and even though I've never been a huge fan of his, I thought they were OK. This one was pretty bad and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

book was recommended to me but i had to DNF halfway through because it was like pulling teeth attempting to read. i lost brain cells that will never return

Aslında 3 yıldız verecektim kitabı okurken kafamda notu belirlemiştim hatta sonu tatmin etseydi 4 yıldız bile verirdim ta ki sonunu okuyana kadar. Sevmedim yani cidden saçmaydı bir sürü karakterin gözünden ve katilin gözünden bölümler vardı. Ana karakterimiz bi avukat başarısız bir avukat. Basketbol oyuncusuymuş eskiden sakatlanınca bırakmış falan. Sonra cinayetler işlenip siyahi bir gencin üzerine yıkılınca hemen avukatı oluyor ve onu savunup katili arıyorlar. Son bölümlere kadar katilin kim olduğu belliydi aslında bölüm vardı adına ama katil bizim avukat çıktı. Ben hayatımda böyle saçma şey görmedim yani tamam katil olsun hatta hiç beklemediğim kişinin katil çıkmasına bayılırım ama adamın gözünden BÖLÜM vardı be. Ben kitaptaki bi karakter değilim ki beni kandırmaya çalışasın. İnsan kendi bölümünde hiç mi pas vermez. Saçmalık resmen. 300 sayfa sonunda kötü yüzünü gösteriyor. Hayır anlamıyorum katil olarak tahmin edildiği kişi uyuşturucu satıcısıymış falan da kimse bu adamın bizim avukat olduğunu farketmedi mi allah aşkına. İşte bu yüzden her polisiyeyi sevmiyorum. olmuyor yapamıyorlar.

It was my 6th grade year and I was riding the bus to school. The bus was generally a scary place, but the mornings weren't so bad. Most everyone was either passed out or drooling over their morning coffee. I would just close my eyes and listen to the radio the bus driver had playing. This morning while I was listening, I heard a commercial for this book. The voice-actors were saying things like "I thought I had it figured out, but oh, was I wrong!" and "I never saw that coming!!" and "Wow!!!" In my naive 6th grade mind, I thought "Now I have to read this book. It sounds awesome!" But oh, was I wrong.

I wound up finding a copy of Beach Road at a book sale, so bought it and sat it on my shelf. And there it sat. For years. Finally, when I went on vacation to Florida last year, I decided it might be a good beach read to bring along. Hence the title Beach Road. Sounds beachy, right?

It was "meh" for a chapter, and after that it was pretty terrible. The characters, the story, the writing... everything about this book was flat and dry. I got about 120 pages in before I had to put it away and read something else. I didn't need to force myself through a boring book on vacation, ya know?

Bottom line, I just now picked this up and finished reading it. Well... finished skimming it. I wasn't interested in finding out whodunit, but I still like seeing books through to the end. From what I saw, it never picked up. It remained dull and uninteresting to the end. Never once was there a single twist. Ugh. That's what I get for listening to an ad on the radio. Do those even exist anymore? *shrugs*

I know James Patterson's books are very hit-or-miss, so I'll be giving him another shot. Mostly because I have several of his books that I picked up at the book sale I got this one from. They were 10 cents, okay? Anyway, can't say I recommend this one. In fact, I say stay far away from it. It is not worth your time. Or your 10 cents.

I am a big fan of James Patterson and love when he co-authors a book. This book takes place in the Hamptons - nice because I am from Long Island so I was familiar with places mentioned in the book. It is about a young rising Basketball player who gets framed for triple murders. He enlists the an attorney (who also was a star basketball player and a friend) to represent him. I will be honest, I was just kind of going along, not impressed until the trial finally started. It picked up and kept me guessing from there until about 40 pages to the end. While I don't think it was a real page turner, I would tell you to read the book if you're a fan of James Patterson.

Kept waiting for the story to get better.. it is James Patterson, after all. (or ghost writer?)
All the basketball talk.. All the mansions... No real reason why on earth people keep hanging around the outside of a mansion where the owner is absent. Too many characters to remember (I kept pressing X-ray on my Kindle to remember who the people were).
Felt cheated at the end. Plot twist that was really really good the first time it was used by Edgar Allen Poe in "The Tell-tale Heart."
While not plagiarism.. it's still tawdry