I must admit that I'm relatively new to the phenomenon that is James Patterson (I've been buried in texts books for the past few years), but now that he's on TV every 45 minutes, he's pretty hard to ignore. I recently bought "Witch & Wizard: The Fire" when it went on sale for 99 cents on Amazon, and so far it's pretty good. I personally think the really short chapters are annoying (I like having a sense of accomplishment after finishing a chapter. It's hard to get that when a chapter is two pages), but other than that, I find this book to be quite enjoyable (though I'm far from finished).
So what do you guys think? Do you guys think his body of work is particularly strong? Will it stand the test of time? Is he a great author in your estimation orDan Brown a product of a well oiled hype machine? I'm especially curious how you guys feel about his practice of coauthoring every blockbuster thriller in sight. So there you have it. What say you? 
So what do you guys think? Do you guys think his body of work is particularly strong? Will it stand the test of time? Is he a great author in your estimation or
??". The constant partnering would have probably turned me off, anyway.
