Re: "When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson

On 6/26/2024 4:18 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

"When the Wind Blows" by James Patterson
    https://www.amazon.com/When-Wind-Blows-James-Patterson/dp/B007YZQEVI/
 Book number one of a two book science fiction series.  I reread the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Warner Books in 1999 that I bought new over 20 years ago, this is my third reading of the book.  I will be reading the sequel next.
 This book series was rebooted by James Patterson into an nine book series aimed at preteens.  Those books are not quite as hard science but they are still quite entertaining also.
    https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446617792
 Dr. Frannie O'Neill is a young veterinarian in the Colorado Rockies, still mourning the murder of her husband a year ago.  One night while returning home to her home, she sees a young girl running next to the lightly traveled road to her house.  But, the young girl is not just any girl, the young girl has wings.  Thus starts a dangerous and wild adventure for the vet and the young girl.
 My rating:  6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.3 out of 5 stars (4,774 ratings)

It feels like there should be a rule not to re-use titles that
have already been loaded with intense meaning and significance.
The moment you said 'two book(s), I realized this couldn't be
the 'When the Wind Blows' that I know: the one by Raymond Briggs.
https://www.amazon.com/When-Wind-Blows-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0140094199
Its one the saddest and most harrowing graphic novels ever written,
and made into a nightmare fuel movie, with a David Bowie soundtrack.
Here's the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pJKdTqYijY
There are a bunch of YT videos discussing it.
It would pair nicely with 'Duck and Cover'.
pt