The Spire: A Novel Audiobook

" Interesting, but not great. The end took me by surprise, because I thought I knew who would be the bad guy. "

" My last Richard North Patterson book. His characters are so one dimentional - they don't talk - they orate. Don't like them at all. "

" College story; good book. Mark Darrow consents to become the new college president, leaving behind an excellent law practice. Murders and cover up. "

" Good characters, creepy story line and for the most part you don't anticipate what's going to happen next. "

" terrible writing, unrealistic dialog, two dimensional characters. Just plain awful "

" entirely too predictable "

" So far I am liking this book, light and some depth to the main character. It is a murder mystery in a rural town in Ohio, the popular and successful graduate of the town's college returns as President and reopens a murder case he was involved in. "

" Not a typical RNP book, but it is a good read. I enjoyed the story. "

" Not his best but entertaining. "

" I am big fan of this author, but he needs to work harder on his mystery novels. I had this one figured out early in the book. His clues are too obvious. "

" It was engaging...and enjoyable. "

" I like some of Patterson's other books better. What is really scary is that I figured out who the murderer was about 100 pages before the end of the book and that's a little unreal. "

" This is the second RNP book I have read and both of them took me a long time to finish. The Spire was ok, not a real page turner, didn't real like any of the characters and the story was predictable. I don't understand how this guy is so popular. "

" good story, they should make it a movie "

" I really like how Richard Patterson writes. I loved the book Exile. This was a really good thriller but not quite as good as Exile! "

" The Spire was different from Richard North Patterson's other recent books in that it was less "educational" on a particular theme and instead was just a good suspense novel. Three stars because I didn't love the characters, but it was a good page-turner. "

" The other Richard North Patterson novels I have read were more political and more thrilling. The Spire is a psychological drama and decent but too predictable for my tastes. "

" It got some bad reviews when I got it but I really enjoyed it. Kept me reading. First time I've read this author. I did predict the ending. "

" Well written. Decent enough ending to a mystery. Kind of saw it coming. "

" Something else that I am used to, but a great book indeed. "

" More stuff I picked up in desperation from the limited selection in Sanur (Bali)......it passed the time on the plane home. "

" I've read all his books. He's a guilty pleasure. I wanted to give it 4 stars but couldn't because I knew the ending 10 pages into the book. "

" Very predictable outcome. I like Richard North Patterson but this one took a long time to get to the end, maybe because I was sure I had figured it out, and I had. "

" Patterson usually does a better job of writing than this. Think he just wanted to make money on his name. He is a lawyer and has written some very good stuff on important legal subjects. "

" Ok. He's just churning them out by now. "

" A little too predictable for me. "

" I like Mr. Patterson as an author. This book wasn't one of his best. It is a decent mystery, but doesn't have the depth of his normal novels. Good beach read. "

" Good characters, creepy story line and for the most part you don't anticipate what's going to happen next. "

" Guessed the killer early, recognized Ohio Weslayan though. "

" very good story and quick read "

" I would have rated this higher but I didn't like the way the author attempted to tie up all the loose ends in a paragraph. "

" Patterson usually does a better job of writing than this. Think he just wanted to make money on his name. He is a lawyer and has written some very good stuff on important legal subjects. "

" Considering it's a Richard North Patterson book, it was pretty good. entertaining anyway. Listened to it in the car. Perfect for that. "

" Not a typical RNP book, but it is a good read. I enjoyed the story. "

" Good audio read. The convicted is innocent, the obvious guilty party is innocent, but the only other suspect seemed so improbably innocent. Good read. "

" Very predictable outcome. I like Richard North Patterson but this one took a long time to get to the end, maybe because I was sure I had figured it out, and I had. "