First Post/The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Review: Prologue

Hello, my blockheads! :D Haha! Well, this is my first blog post, and you can expect more blogs to pop up soon! This is my personal blog, where you can see my true opinions on books or movies, my favorites quotes, or other misc. things like that. Anyway, following is my review of the first seven The Dangerous Days of Daniel X review (Daniel X book 1). Hope you enjoy!

So, the first thing you may notice about the book is that it is by James Patterson, a fiction mystery/suspense writer. You may know his book series Alex Cross or Women's Murder Club. He currently holds a Guinness World Record for most bestselling hardcover fiction titles by a single author. Another thing you might notice is that this is one of his few children/young adult books. This is the first book in a so-far 5 book series. According to Wikipedia, the series takes place in the same universe as Patterson's Maximum Ride series. Buuut, since I haven't read that series, that means absolutely zip to me. Anyway, let's get to the book itself.

So, we start at a two-page "chapter" called True Confessions, which basically tells us that there are aliens on earth. Including "very nasty sluglike thingies with jowls like water balloons about to burst all over much of Japan and China, as well as New York City and Vancouver." And yes, folks, these aliens are never mentioned again in the book. Pretty freaking lame. Oh, well. Maybe we'll get some action.

We then enter a FOUR CHAPTER PROLOGUE...Don't worry. These chapters are only about 2 pages each. This book does move at a pretty fast pace, however, as the prologue quickly establishes. In a mere 11 pages, Daniel (last name: X) tells us that when he was 3, he was building models of the Wonders of the Ancient World out of Play-Doh, and making a dog tick talk and do tricks. How does he do this? ...uh, we'll get to that in a few posts. And the answer might not be as satisfying as you may imagine. Yeah...we're getting into some pretty weird stuff. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, I assure you. A few pages later, both of Daniel's parents are killed by a 6.5 foot tall mantis-like alien called The Prayer. ...weird name, but OK. It seems that The Prayer is looking for The List (its mentioned about 18 times in the prologue, so it's hard to forget), a list of the top evil aliens on Earth. So after the alien guns down Daniel's parents, he goes to look for the 3-year old himself. Obviously, Daniel has intelligence years ahead of his time, so he actually turns into a tick, escapes, and finds The List.

SO! That's the prologue of Daniel X book 1. Sorry that it couldn't be longer, but I have some more things to do. Anyway, Patterson certainly knows how to get a reader hyped for the rest of the story. The prologue moves very quickly, though the extremely short chapters are a bit distracting. But this is just a taste of what's to come, so stay tuned!

-Bento