Breakdown:
Plot: When Tandy, Matthew, Harry, and Hugo Angel find their parents, Malcolm and Maud Angel, dead in their room, the police in charge of the investigation believe that one of them murdered the very wealthy socialites. Tandy, desperate to find the killer (even if it is herself), finds herself stumbling upon a lot more than just the cause of Malcolm and Maud's death. For starters, her memories start coming back after she stops taking her pills she'd been given, that enhanced everything about her, including her ability to feel emotion (which she didn't, until she stopped taking them). She remembers her first love, James Rampling, son of the equally wealthy socialite Royal Rampling, who'd planned on suing Malcolm and Maud for money fraud and general misdemeanor. Through the questioning of neighbors, herself, and even her own family, Tandy finds a lot more than she bargains for when she stumbles upon the discovery that she and her siblings had been enhanced by medication, drugged without their knowledge by their own parent. Thus ensues a fiery hatred of two people they thought they could trust who had lied about everything. Also the discovery that Malcolm may not have been as faithful to Maud as they thought, as Matthew finds out that his girlfriend, movie star Tamara Gee, was impregnated...not by Matthew, but by his father. Not only that, but Maud's assistant, Samantha Peck, may have been more than just a helper. After so many horrifying discoveries, Tandy's unsure if she can handle one more surprise...but when she finds out the real reason why her parents died that fateful night, absolutely everything changes.
Things I Disliked:
Totally not realistic. Kids at their age would never have been so outrightly accused, especially not without a lawyer present. Secondly, Tandy's parents are complete and utter monsters, but she and her brothers forgive them anyways. The way they find out the truth about their parent's death is totally impossible, and the way the cops act is a total opposite of them in real life. I mean, really. Seriously, it's very far-fetched.
Secondly, there's no way Malcolm could have gotten Tamara pregnant without anyone finding out about it, and I find it very hard to believe there's any possible way the Angels' neighbor could have planted so many video cameras in their huge apartment without their knowing, let alone videotape Malcolm and Maud's death.
Thirdly, Maud was dying from cancer! Wouldn't that be sort of obvious? Like, hey, I'm losing my hair! Or, hey, I've been visiting the doctor lately, have you not noticed?
Overall Rating:
4 out of 5: I love James Patterson, really I do, but honestly, this book just had too many things wrong with it. Sorry, man, but I just can't give it a five. However, James Patterson is not named the master storyteller for nothing, and he proves his worth in every page, even if not everything makes sense.
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