Reviews - Along Came a Spider

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Along Came a Spider

James Patterson

3.82 AVERAGE

fettup77's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

fantasticalhorrorfan's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eligilley's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lonib319's review against another edition

4.0

4.5/5 stars but I have to round down for the plot holes

This was such a quick and easy read that kept me on the edge of my seat. I was finding any excuse to read this from the toilet to class when I decided to not pay attention. The ending was great and now I wanna keep reading the series to see how the story continues.

However, there was a major plot hole in the book that pissed me off: How do you have multiple personality disorder but have the intelligence to plan and execute a high stakes kidnapping? It makes no sense! I hated the part of the book where Alex was interviewing Gary and Alex was trying to decide whether or not he believed him. How do you have a PhD but fail to see that this man is PLAYING YOU???

ALSO, the romance between Alex and Jezzie felt so forced. James Patterson is great at writing a thriller, but this romance was bad. I was never rooting for them. I hated Jezzie from the start and I knew she'd have something to do with the kidnapping. 0/10 character, good riddance fool!!!