The 9th Judgment

出版者:Little, Brown and Company

作者:James Patterson

页数:368

出版时间:2010-04-26

价格:USD 27.99

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780316036276

具体描述

"Those who haven't read any of the novels in the Women's Murder Club series are cheating themselves." (BookReporter.com )

"I can't believe how good Patterson is, whether he's doing a Washington police yarn or traveling a different road with a female narrator. He is always on the mark. I have never begun a Patterson book and been able to put it down." (USA Today Larry King )

"Patterson and Paetro are at their best here, weaving a number of plots together to create a novel that dips and flows across genre lines.... A series that shows no signs of fatigue or flagging." (BookReporter.com )

I've read all of the Women's Murder Club novels - some were excellent (books 1-5 and book 7), some were awful (books 6 and 8) and I'm so glad I went with my gut on this one and bought it as I thoroughly enjoyed it, in fact I'd go as far as saying that this was my favourite of the whole series.

Like most of the others in the series, there's two main cases going on - the first is a psychopath known as "The Lipstick Killer" who is terrorising San Francisco by murdering mothers and their babies on the street and at random. The next is a cat burglar called "Hello Kitty" who is being framed for murder when a well known movie star shoots his wife following a robbery at their home. Lindsey and the gang have their hands full in this one, so there isn't a slow moment. Some of the scenes were so exciting I was flying through the pages as I just couldn't stop reading - a quick hour's read turned into a whole evening's binge and I had the book finished in 4 hours! Some bits of the story were a little predictable, maybe because I read a lot of James Patterson novels so I am very familiar with his formulas now, but that didn't stop it from being one of the best I've read from him for a while.

One thing I noticed in this book was that the main attention has been turned to Lindsay again, which is great as some of the other characters - Cindy and Yuki in particular - make the stories in the previous novels quite dull and I find these characters to be too arrogant and generally annoying, so didn't enjoy the ones when they were in the spotlight so much.

Although it is the ninth in the series, this could still be picked up by someone new to the Women's Murder Club novels and easily get into the characters and the gripping story. Fans of the series, like myself, should find this very satisfying and will have their faith in the series restored after the below average attempts over the past few years (excluding 7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)). I definitely recommend reading this book!

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我通常不太关注那种动辄几百万字的鸿篇巨制，总觉得里面掺杂了太多水分。但这本书完全打破了我的固有偏见。它的“大”不是体现在页数的堆砌上，而是体现在其主题的广度和深度上。它涉及了信仰的崩塌、个体在历史洪流中的无力感，以及希望如何在废墟中重新萌芽等宏大命题。最让我感到震撼的是，作者敢于直面人性的阴暗面，而不是一味地歌颂英雄主义。书中的“反派”角色，其动机之复杂，行为之合理，甚至在某些时刻会让你产生共鸣，这才是真正高明的写作技巧——让你去理解，而不是简单地谴责。通读下来，我感觉自己的情感账户被极大地丰富了，经历了一次精神上的洗礼。它没有提供廉价的答案或安慰，而是留下了深刻的思考空间。对于那些追求阅读能够带来心智成长的读者来说，这本书无疑是本年度的必读之选，它会让你在多年以后回想起来，依然觉得那是一段值得铭记的文字之旅。

这本书的封面设计简直是一场视觉盛宴，那种深邃的蓝色调配上古老的符号，让人一眼就能感受到字里行间蕴含的厚重历史感。我拿起它的时候，那种纸张的纹理和油墨散发出的淡淡香气，瞬间把我拉入了一个完全不同的时空。作者的叙事手法极其高明，他并没有急于抛出核心冲突，而是用一种近乎诗意的语言，缓缓铺陈出故事发生的那个世界的细微之处。人物的刻画更是入木三分，每一个配角都有自己鲜明的个性和复杂的动机，绝非脸谱化的工具人。尤其是主角在面对道德困境时的挣扎，那种细腻到让人心痛的心理描写，真的让我感同身受，我好几次都忍不住停下来，只是为了回味那几段深刻的内心独白。我最欣赏的一点是，作者在处理宏大叙事的同时，从未忽略人性的微小之处，这种平衡拿捏得炉火纯青，让整部作品既有史诗的磅礴，又不失个体生命的温度。这本书的节奏感也处理得非常到位，高潮迭起，但绝不拖沓，每一次转折都出乎意料却又合乎情理，读完后劲极大，让人久久不能平静，强烈推荐给所有追求深度阅读体验的同好们。

说实话，一开始我抱着一种“又一本老生常谈的奇幻/历史小说”的心态开始阅读的，毕竟市面上同类作品汗牛充栋。但很快，我就发现自己错了。这本书的独特之处在于它对“权力”这个主题近乎病态的解剖。作者似乎对人类历史上所有关于统治和被统治的哲学命题都有深入的思考，然后将这些思考巧妙地编织进了错综复杂的情节网中。它不只是在讲一个故事，它更像是一场智力的角力，每一次情节的推进，都伴随着对某种既定规则的颠覆或重塑。我特别喜欢那些关于法律和判决的描写段落，那些辩论的火花，那些对规则漏洞的精准捕捉，简直就像是法庭上的巅峰对决，让人拍案叫绝。而且，作者的遣词造句极其精准，他似乎总能找到那个最恰当的词语来描述一种难以言喻的氛围或情绪，使得阅读过程本身就成为一种享受。阅读这本书，就像是和一位极其博学又带着一丝玩世不恭的智者进行了一场漫长而深入的对话，它挑战你的认知，拓展你的边界，绝对值得反复品味。

这本书的语言风格，我个人觉得非常独特，它融合了古典的庄重与现代的犀利。作者似乎毫不费力地就能在同一个段落里，切换自如地使用精准的学术词汇和极富画面感的口语化描述。这种强烈的反差，反而营造出一种奇妙的张力和阅读趣味。我特别喜欢那些环境描写的段落，它们不仅仅是背景板，简直就是故事的第六个角色。比如，他对某个古老城市的描述，那种被遗忘的街道、被苔藓覆盖的石板路，以及空气中弥漫的腐朽气味，都能被作者的文字精准地捕捉，让你仿佛能闻到、摸到。这种强烈的沉浸感，是很多注重情节而忽略氛围营造的作品所不具备的。此外，全书的对话设计也极为精妙，角色间的交流往往是“言者无心，听者有意”，很多关键信息都隐藏在那些看似不经意的只言片语之中，需要读者非常专注地去捕捉和解读，这无疑大大提升了阅读的参与度和乐趣。这是一本需要你慢下来，去细细品味每一个句子，去享受文字本身魅力的作品。

我的阅读习惯通常是比较挑剔的，尤其对那种情节散乱、逻辑跳跃的作品缺乏耐心。然而，这本书的结构严谨得令人赞叹。它采用了一种多线叙事的手法，看似分散的几条故事线，却在巧妙的时机点汇聚成一条奔腾的大河，那种豁然开朗的震撼感，只有亲自体验过才知道。作者对于时间线的控制，堪称大师级别，他知道何时该快进，何时该慢放，将悬念保持在一个让读者既抓狂又着迷的临界点。这种对叙事节奏的掌控力，在新一代的作家中非常罕见。此外，作品中对特定文化背景的描绘，那种细致入微的考据和想象力的融合，让我仿佛真的踏入了那个世界。我甚至去查阅了一些历史资料，来印证书中所描绘的某些习俗或建筑风格，这种能激发读者主动探索欲的作品，才是真正的佳作。这本书的厚度可能会让人望而却步，但请相信我，一旦你翻开第一页，时间就会停止流逝，你会被那种精巧的机械结构所深深吸引。

故事不错，女主魅力不足。

故事不错，女主魅力不足。

故事不错，女主魅力不足。

故事不错，女主魅力不足。

故事不错，女主魅力不足。