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A review by kdickerson38
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
3.5
First book in the Alex Cross series
- Tropes/themes:
- Police procedural
- Multiple POVs
- Psychological thriller
- Cat and mouse chase
- Suspenseful and creepy, with a lot of twists and turns.
- The pacing was a little off - some parts were dragging and it felt like it jumped around pretty sporadically at times.
- The overall plot, especially the psychological aspect, was super interesting and had me always wondering.
- I wasn’t a fan of this narrator - it fell flat and worsened the experience slightly.
- Ends on a big cliffhanger.
- Content warnings:
- Murder
- Death
- Child death
- Child abuse
- Violence
- Kidnapping
- Racial slurs
- Sexism
- Racism
- Sexual content
- Sexual assault
- Mental illness
- Injury/injury detail
- Stalking
- Confinement