A review by cjmichel
Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan

4.0

"Crazy Dangerous" by Andrew Klavan has got to go on your Bucket List. It's the young adult tale of Sam Hopkins, a preacher's kid, who has gotten himself mixed up with a set of thieving bullies who like to take their pound of flesh out of every other teenager in and out of school. When the bullies start in on the weird, defenseless girl Jennifer, Sam steps in to try and protect her. He gets beaten pretty badly for his efforts, but Jennifer does get away. Jennifer hears voices and sees strange beings she describes as demons. Are they really? Do such things exist? Sam finally seems to start understanding Jennifer's visions, but is that just wishful thinking or coincidence? Sam cannot convince any of the adult's in this tale of the reality of Jennifer's visions, so he sets out on his own to solve the mystery and save the lives of countless numbers of people.

I absolutely loved this tale where Jennifer's prophecies are so easily explained away by adults and medical diagnosis' that leave you thinking this girl is just pulling Sam into her own little fantasy world, and he is either too niave or polite to just cut ties with her while the professionals handle her care. I wasn't expecting the novel to end the way it did, but it couldn't have been better and I am so glad that I was privileged enough to read this wonderful story. I am definitely looking into more Andrew Klavan novels after having read Crazy Dangerous.