Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson (FINISHED)
In the book Along Came a Spider by James Patterson, Alex Cross is a homicide detective in Washington D.C. Cross and his partner, John Sampson, were a given a very tough case. Gary Soneji, a dangerous psychopath, kidnapped a girl, Marie Rose Dunne, and a boy, Micheal Goldberg. This case causes Cross and Sampson to take many risks. One of these risks includes Cross and Sampson jumping out of a plane and killing an accomplice in Orlando, Florida. These risks are what I enjoy most about this book. There are also many suspenseful moments with violent twists, but if I told you these moments I would be giving away the ending. Will Cross and Sampson rescue the stolen kids or will Soneji kill them before they get the chance? To find out these answers and more, READ THE BOOK! My favorite aspects of this book are the suspenseful moments that leave you on the edge of your seat and the changes the killer goes through later in the book. I would recommend tthis book to people who like murder mysteries and suspense.
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It seems like you were thoroughly engaged in this story, and attribute your engagement to both suspense and character development. Since this is a review, you needn't worry about giving away the end.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of changes does the killer go through? Who is he/she towards the beginning, what is he like as the story progresses, what brought about such changes, and perhaps most importantly, how did you feel about it?
You can answer these questions (probably) without giving away major plot points. But if you feel like you're going to give something away, simply put SPOILERS and return a few lines before writing about it.
Answering these questions will provide a greater depth to your review, and give me, the reader, a reason to look into this particular book rather than millions of other suspense novels (not to mention Patterson novels).
An excellent review with one change that would help make it better. "One of these risks includes Cross and Sampson jumping out of a plane and killing an accomplice in Orlando, Florida."
ReplyDeleteWhen one uses the preposition "in" with regards to a city, it usually means that they are actually walking around downtown. Not knowing the book, you could mean that Cross and Sampson kill their accomplice while in mid-air over Orlando, Florida, and you should use "over" instead of "in."
However, the sentence is a bit ambiguous, and you could mean that the two events are part of a sequence, which could be stated as "...jumping out of a plane, [and then] killing an accomplice..."
You can also interpret the sentence to mean that the plane, Sampson, and Cross are all in the city of Orlando, which then brings to mind a plane traveling on the street or just above it, and the two protagonists leaping from it to kill the accomplice.