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See How They Run | 
 enlarge | Author: James Patterson
Publisher: Vision
Category: Book
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Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 30198
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.3 x 4.2 x 0.2
ISBN: 0446603929
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780446603928
ASIN: 0446603929
Publication Date: May 1, 1997
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Product Description
A long-germinating plot for revenge, first conceived in the extermination camps of Nazi Germany, erupts in full force during the 1980 Moscow Olympics, where a group of terrorists delivers a shocking ultimatum. Originally published as The Jericho Commandment. Reprint.
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 Would Be Hard to Recommend This Book March 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read many of JP's books and find this is not one of his fast-paced, keep you on the edge of your seat, waiting to turn the next page books. It has several implausible, seeming contrived ideas (microwaving entire dormitories!). The main character has suffered the loss of all his immediate family and a wife he cherishes by terrorists, but quickly takes up with an old girlfriend who is also (unbeknownst to him) one of the bad-guys. Seemed very contrived and a bit stereotypical, i.e. all the Jewish Holocaust survivors in the book had become wealthy and internationally known personages. We all know this wasn't (isn't) the case.
I thought I would ignore the reviews on here... September 4, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
too bad I didn't. If you want to start out reading James Patterson, this would be a bad place to start. It's nice too read to see how Mr. Patterson has come as a writer. The story is unreal and crazy, in a really bad way. He does do a good job of describing everything to you, but that's about it.
Ugh!
There are some funny parts though, like when he spends 2 pages describing the setting, so that they characters can say two lines.
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I repeat, DO NOT BASE YOUR OPINION ON JAMES PATTERSON WITH THIS BOOK.
Boring and Flat June 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like James Patterson's later novels, but I think he made a mistake by re-issuing some of his earlier books under new titles. SEE HOW THEY RUN, which was Patterson's third book, was originally titled the JERICHO COMMANDMENT and was originally published in the late 1970s. This plot deals with a terrorist plot involving the Olympics -- I won't say more than that, because it would spoil certain twists in the plotline (many of the reader reviews do exactly that, so be wary of reading them!).
Unfortunately, SEE HOW THEY RUN has really thin characterization and a meandering plot that doesn't really excite or satisfy the reader. I also wasn't thrilled to see the Holocaust used as a cheap plot device, which is essentially what this book boils down to.
Patterson, like most writers, got better with time. My advice is to skip this early effort and focus your attention on the Alex Cross series and Women's Murder Club series, which are far superior to this misfire.
 See How They Run June 27, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
James Patterson is such a gripping writer. I couldn't put the book down. There's always a surprise somewhere waiting to jump out and get you.
not impressed March 26, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
too slow--this book was not enjoyable. The story did not flow well.
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