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celebrin 's review for:
The People vs. Alex Cross
by James Patterson
There was a lot to like about this book and it was vintage Patterson. The Alex Cross series has always been his best. I have one issue though.
This was the first book where it really brought home to me that Alex Cross is a black character written by a white writer. There is a scene where Alex is talking to his son about police shootings and he doesn't go into "the talk" that African American parents have with their children. Maybe he'd done it previously, but then Mr. Patterson would usually allude to that. He didn't.
Also no where in the whole trial is race even mentioned. No way that would happen especially in today's climate. A black police detective on trial for killing two white people? Race would have been front and center. Sampson would have said something to Cross about it.
That being sad it is still a good book and I will still read the next Alex Cross.
This was the first book where it really brought home to me that Alex Cross is a black character written by a white writer. There is a scene where Alex is talking to his son about police shootings and he doesn't go into "the talk" that African American parents have with their children. Maybe he'd done it previously, but then Mr. Patterson would usually allude to that. He didn't.
Also no where in the whole trial is race even mentioned. No way that would happen especially in today's climate. A black police detective on trial for killing two white people? Race would have been front and center. Sampson would have said something to Cross about it.
That being sad it is still a good book and I will still read the next Alex Cross.