Customer Reviews
Cross In Name Only - By: Reader, 21 Nov 2008 
Wow, what a departure from the usual Alex Cross books. Unfortunately the change doesn't work. This could have been any book & just happens to have the name Alex Cross as the main character. His reasons for goign to Africa are tenuous at best & his reasons for staying outlandish. Cross constantly goes on about his familybut then abandons them to go chasing round the world to avenge a college friend he hasn't seen in 20 years.
Not the best Cross book. If you're new to the series start with the earlier ones.
Unsure..Unusual for a Cross novel - By: K. Gregory, 19 Nov 2008 
I think my heading says it alll. I am an avid JP fan but tend to look forward more to the Cross books then any of the others. I pre-ordered this book & couldnt wait to get stuck in. I read the book in a matter of days & although it still had me turning pages I ended up feeling like something was missing at the end of the story. Alex Cross is chasing a man known as "The Tiger". His investigation takes him over to South Africa & some indescribably awful places. The theme of the book was okay but I just felt like there was no real substance to this story & it was edging towards the more ridiculous, especiallly when it comes to the main characters getting killed or injured. All I can say is that Alex Cross is the luckiest man alive, forget 9 lives, this man has as many lives as there are chapters. Final sum up is that the writing was good & the story mediocre but for a Patterson/Cross novel was a little bit of a letdown.
A good fictional thriller - By: Mohamed, 09 Nov 2008 
Does it matter where it was set? Its fiction for heavens sake.As far as thrillers go this was very good. The characters were deep & enthrallling, keeping your interest alll the way through. There was enough suspense to keep you turning the pages, & plenty of action. If you enjoy Lee Child`s Jack Reacher books then this will please you. I`m a series fan & enjoy Child & Michael Connelly books immensely, if you like that kind of thriller read the `Soft Target` books by Conrad Jones. They are unputdownable!! Back to the review, ten out of ten.
not his best - By: Mrs. M. Macdonald, 07 Nov 2008 couldnt wait to read this as i am a big fan of the alex crosss novels & have read some of them several times over.i was extremely dissapointed as it was nowhere near as good as the others! the story was boring & definately not a page turner,a random appearance by kyle craig at the end was odd to say the least & felt as if if was just thrown in at the last minute,the story was far too obvious & i could see the ending a mile off.
Crossing the Atlantic wasn't a good idea... - By: Per Lilleaas, 07 Nov 2008 
James Patterson moves his protagonist from his well-known Washington DC environment to Africa & that turns out to be a bad idea - for Alex Cross & the reader. Patterson paints an understandably somber picture of the situation in the Darfur camps & of police corruption in Nigeria, but his halfhearted attempt to write a thriller with a political twist goes nowhere. Take a look at 'Exile' by Richard North Patterson to see how it should be done. The large font & the spacing between the too many chapters cannot disguise the fact that this story could easily be printed in half the number of pages. In my modest opinion 'Cross Country' is not up to par & so far marks the nadir of James Patterson's Cross-series.
