Review: Along came a spider

Along came a Spider by James Patterson

Genre: Crime thriller

Rating: 5/5

Review:
**Spoiler Alert**

Where to start.

I fell in love with J.Pat after starting and finishing his Maximum Ride series in about... a week. Then I read his other kids book, the dangerous days of Daniel X. Very good.

But Along Came a Spider surprised me.

He continued his style that I love—not being afraid to write from anyone's perspective, good guy, bad guy, minor or random character that he'll never mention again.

His characters, as always, are very defined and specific immediately. I had an understanding of Alex Cross right away. I could see how he thought, how Samson thought, how the other characters thought. Except Jezzie. 

I didn't expect the twists he put in here. Jezzie being a double agent, Michael Goldberg being killed. and I still don't know for sure about the Soneji/Murphey. Multiple personality disorder, or not? No idea. But whatever he really was, he was a genius.

At the end of the book, when I found out about Jezzie and when I saw Soneji escape, and when Jezzie died, it left my mind reeling. My heart was beating hard from chapter 80 on up, and I really couldn't stop reading this.

James Patterson is a good writer. Not just a creative and fearless genius, (fearless in that, he’s not afraid of people like me, who, when they found out about the supposed “heroine” being the criminal mastermind, threw the book against the wall, and fearless in that he isn’t afraid of killing his characters. A weakness of mine.)  but his writing is good. I could associate with the characters, I could see what was happening. His words sounded good (save the occasional foul language, which did tick me off quite a bit).

And about that—honestly, does he have to use so much language? Because really it isn't necessary.

The book left me thinking, which is always a good thing. What exactly I’m thinking about, I’m not sure. What happened with Jezzie surprised me so much I’m not sure what I think about it.  I’m mulling things over, musing while holding my chin and staring out the window. Again, what I’m thinking about, I’m not sure. Trying to understand the criminal mastermind, I guess. Which, I promise, I’m not one. (Wink.)

All in all, I loved this book. it was heated at times, rather violent and, as my mommy would say, “scary,” though I’d prefer the phrase “overly descriptive,”  I can't wait to see what happens to Alex Cross.

~Haleyknitz