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Summary: Yawn
Review: If the only book you have ever read was the Waikicamucau (pop. 13) telephone directory, then this would be the second-best book you ever opened.If you are 9 years old or younger, you may find this as exciting as eating spinach. Without salt. If you are sophisticated enough to realise that a story should be credible, make sense, and entertain you - then leave this book on the shelf. There's a four-letter word: it starts with CR, and rhymes with PAP. You should know it. It's extravagant praise for this book. Avoid this book like the plague. Avoid anything written by James patterson like the plague. In fact - if you are given a choice, take the plague. You'll feel better.
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Summary: Riveting Suspense
Review: Alex Cross, a street-smart psychologist, who happens to moonlight as a detective, crosses paths with the brilliant and deadly "Son of Lindbergh," a multiple kidnapper, who targets Alex's children as his next prey. A real page-turner, with plenty of plot twists and surprises.
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Summary: Spellbinding!
Review: Patterson's a master of the psychological thriller. His writing style, with very short (often just 3 pages) chapters makes for a very fast, impossible-to-put-down read. Through the eyes of Detective Alex Cross, you'll feel like your right in the heat of the battle between this ace D.C. forensics expert/detective/profiler. He's a complicated man who's mentally tough, but soft-hearted enough to fit his partner's nickname - "sugar." You won't want to stop until you reach the gut-wrenching end.
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Summary: WOW WOW WOW!!! Can you have 6 stars?
Review: Dan-X could not have said it any better. I too was looking for a great thriller, as the last two (not the great JP's!) I have read have been quite lacklastre and boring. Then I got "Along Came A Spider"..it is a very quick, excellent read that has more twists and turns than you can imagine plus they ALL MAKE SENSE!!! Because the chapters are very short you want to keep reading more and the storyline is unbelievably good...I have already put my request in for more James Patterson. Read this book!!
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Summary: The First Is Still The Best
Review: Do yourself a favor and read this book. To say Along Came A Spider is an exciting book would be an understatement. The suspense is amazing, the characters are great(especially the villain) and the plot twists are unexpected. This first installment in the Alex Cross series still remains the best. James Patterson really knows how to grab a reader and not let go. Along Came a Spider will turn you into an instant Patterson fan.
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Summary: Good suspense, but unbelievably boring romantic scenes!
Review: I read this book in the wrong order because I first read Cat and Mouse which is an unbelievably enjoyable novel (Read my review) so I already had a small idea of what happened in Along came a Spider. I will just say that this novel was like reading two different novels. One was a very intelligent suspenseful mystery about a kidnapping carried out to go right where the Lindbergh kidnapping went wrong. The scenes of Alex Cross trying to find Gary Soneji, the court scenes, and the conversations between Cross and Gary Murphy are wonderful. This part of the novel gets 5 stars. However,I subtract two stars for the unbelievably boring and uninspired romantic twist to the story, there was a point where I just decided to skip whole chapters that didn't add anything to the story. I got through the first three hundred pages faster than I did the last two hundred. It was just mesmerizing to think that the same brilliant mind that came up with the suspenseful mystery came up with the other garbage. Don't get me wrong I do enjoy romance in a mystery novel, in fact I think its an important part but Patterson should ask Jeffery Deaver, who writes so well about the relationship between Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs, or maybe ask Ridley Pearson, who does so well with Lou Boldt and Daphne Mathews, to give him a few tips on mixing romance with suspense. My reccommendation is read this novel but if the mood starts getting romantic don't waste your time, at least not until the end where the romantic scene is important.Alex Cross is a great character and Gary Soneji is the perfect nemesis, I just feel that Patterson did a better job of mixing his romantic chapters with the story in Cat and Mouse than what he was able to accomplish in this novel.
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Summary: Patterson--the master of dumbing down prose
Review: I truly believe that Patterson believes three-fourths of the world (if not more) is illiterate. This book irritated the hell out of me. For goodness sakes, I am a sentient, intelligent person who can structure a sentence and appreciate a good phrase. What is this regurgitated madness? Yada, yada, yada. Stop pandering for the sake of a buck. One word to the reader: NEXT!!! Smooches!
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Summary: Great Story And Great Characters
Review: This book was very fast moving and exciting. The best thing I appreciate about Patterson's books are his characters, especially Cross, his hero. In this book, Patterson brings out more of the personality and day-to-day life of this caring, intelligent, good man. I don't think I have read a thriller with a more likeable, interesting hero. John Sandford (Eyes Of Prey) comes close, and Rory Smith (Devil In The Metal) is just about there with his heroes, but Patterson is still the king in my opinion.
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Summary: A Fast-Paced Thriller!
Review: I really enjoyed this book which was the first book by James Patterson that featured Alex Cross. Although not as fun to read (in my opinion) as "Kiss The Girls", I still found this book very hard to put down. There were numerous enjoyable plot twists and, for a lot of the book, I was guessing what was really going on. Also, the ending was very exciting and I did not see it coming at all. Fans of the suspense/thriller books and fans of James Patterson should not be disappointed with the book!
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Summary: CLASSIC PATTERSON -- NUMBER 1 ALL THE WAY
Review: I couldn't put this one down. I've read other Patterson titles and J.P. really does a fantastic job with this thriller. Along Came A Spider is what I call white-knuckle reading. Serial killer fans should also check out Red Hearts by J. M. Barlog. It's another serial killer thriller written with the same intensity.
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