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Summary: Good,but he's done better!!
Review: His characters are interesting as always. The killer in the story is captured way to early in the story,but as always Patterson makes his unexpected twist in characters and turns of events in the story get interesting once again. I liked Hide and Seek, and diffentlly Jack and Jill better than Along came a Spider.
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Summary: How a book like this can become a bestseller is beyond me.
Review: This popular and highly acclaimed novel is amateurishly written and incomplete. It belongs with the works of Clive Cussler. Do yourself a favor and spend the money on a John D. MacDonald or James Lee Burke.
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Summary: ALONG CAME AN AUTHOR...
Review: Since this is, to date, the only James Patterson novel I have read (I plan to try KISS THE GIRLS next) I have nothing to compare it to by this author. While ALONG CAME A SPIDER is usually chilling and suspenseful, there are a few flaws that can not be ignored. For one, the killer was caught WAY to early. I personally feel that Gary Soneji could have done a lot more before his showdown with the police. And after he was caught the book drags for awhile, through the trial and during his time in jail. That isn't the last of Soneji's mischief - but even then it isn't carried out enough. The last pages are exciting as the likeable Alex Cross hunts down the hunter, but there might have been a bigger BANG! at the end. The twist at the end, is, indeed a surprise. Dr. Cross is a noble hero, and Jezzie Flanagan is an interesting character, but the real character we want to read about is the killer\kidnapper. The book is at it's best while exploring the mind of Gary Soneji. Unfortuantely, Soneji
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Summary: Ugh!
Review: I am at a loss to understand how this book even managed to get published. I purchased this with high expectations, and immediately sat down to read it, expecting (from the reviews I had heard) a taut, tense thriller. I've never been so wrong in my life. Fifty pages into the novel (if you can call it that), I couldn't stand it any longer. Let me give you an example of the narrative: "The sergeant was a jelly-roll-belly type, probably left over from the Civil War. His face looked like a wedding cake left out in the rain. He didn't seem to be buying my tweed jacket ensemble." Scintillating, huh? Half the time I couldn't understand what he was talking about; his writing was actually distractingly bad. Usually this might be cause for not publishing a story, but no, James Patterson just goes right on selling those books, despite an apparent disregard for tenses (which he regularly switches) and any sort of clarity. It's as if he's actually *trying* to confuse us. And if he is, it's certainly working. I know that, since I didn't read the whole book, or even most of it, I'm probably being unfair to the plot (what there is of it), but I think that I've read more than enough of his work to shy away from anything he writes in the future.
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Summary: Amazing, a must read, u will want your friends to read it
Review: Incredible story. It is hard not to sound silly, but it literally does keep you glued to the book.
It just keeps getting more unbelieveable. You fill find you jaw hitting the floor. Be sure not to read late at night because you will find the hours go flying by while you can't put the book down.
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Summary: The owners manual of my car is superior in content.
Review: I thought this would be a clever little suspence/
mystery when i picked it up for a train ride. I rue
the moment the jacket caught my eye. The voice
(a black man)of the main character rings so unbelieveably
phoney and contrived, that i found it to be a lesson
for com 101 students on poor characterization. The plot
(was there a plot?) incredibly uneven, and the dialouge
sounded like the script of a really bad soap opera.
The fact that this book is in print makes me wonder if publishers read their galleys. I would love to meet James Pattersons agent.
c
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Summary: Great book, fast start, but weak ending
Review: I like Patterson's style. I like his love for the little things. He sure is a great writer but this book is the best example that great first 30 pages are no insurance that the last 30 pages will be as good. The ending seems rushed and leaves you unsatisfied. Maybe it was a set up for the next Alex Cross book (Kiss the girls), which was not as good and revealed nothing new about the hero Alex Cross. I hope they make a movie out of Along came a Spider and Koontz rewrites the ending. Denzel Washington is perfect Alex Cross..
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Summary: Totally engrossing
Review: A local librarian recommended this book and it did not disappoint. The black protagonist is interesting and the sub-plots with his granny and his kids are pleasant sidelights. Child abduction really gets to me , being the parent of two boys. What if? always plays on my mind. The villain was very scary and believable. I have read all of Patterson's later books and look forward to his next Alex
Cross rendering.
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Summary: Kudos to James Patterson
Review: This is by far one of the best suspense novels I have read in such a very long time. I have been a big fan of the Alex Delaware series. However, a new Alex (Cross) has knocked him out of the box. This is a well written, and taut story. Gary Sonejii scared the devil out of me. Even now I find myself thinking about him. While reading Kiss the Girls I wondered if Soneji would show up and taunt Cross again. Not this time. I wasn't disappointed when reading Jack & Jill. Never have two character's enthalled me or stayed with me so long. I am looking forward to the final confrontation between these two. And you know it's coming. I'm rooting for Alex to put an end to the Devil himself. It's about time there is another Black hero in fiction besides EZ Rollins. Keep up the good work Mr. Patterson
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Summary: AL0ong Came a Spider MN
Review: I thought Along Came a Spider was a great story with a terrific plot and well drawn characters;however, I didn't feel that much attachment to the story after it was over. Again, the characters however were great
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