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ellaticonstellation's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence
art_books_chemistry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Child death, Sexual content, Racism, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, and Blood
Moderate: Torture and Gun violence
Minor: Sexism, Rape, and Alcohol
matcha_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Child abuse
kibbles15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Cursing, Death, Blood, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Stalking, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Vomit, and Child death
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
hannaws's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Zig when the world expects you to zag
I am a big fan of a good murder mystery book. I'm that lady who watches true crime tv shows to fall asleep. Am I crazy? I might be. But I also think everyone needs to be a little crazy to survive in this crazy world we live in.
Along Came a Spider is a first book I've read from James Patterson. I kind of want to continue with this series, just to see how or if it evolves. But that's for another day to decide.
I like to read all kinds of murder mysteries, as I said at the start. The darker, the better. But this book lacked some of that. I feel like it was too unpredictable and not very much of a mystery. Maybe not even dark enough, if this makes any sense at all.
I like to be kept on the edge of my seat, nervously biting my fingernails. But this book did not deliver on that aspect. I'd say this one works for someone who wants to read a mystery thriller but doesn't like to be spooked, you know.
I didn't really care about the characters that much. They kind of just existed to keep the book going. But I do like to see some diversity in a book that was written in the 90s.
I would have love to have more intensity in this book, to have it a little bit more on the spookier side. No, that sounds like I want to get a good halloween scare. I would have loved to have more of a mystery in this book. Gary Soneji is a mysterious man for sure but he does get very predictable as the story goes on.
All in all it was a good book to read and just out of curiosity I might keep on going with Alex Cross. But I would have hoped for more mystery, more edge of the seat kind of stuff. But it is a good start for someone who wants to get into this genre of books but doesn't like it too graphic or tense.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Gun violence
cookreadrepeat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, and Kidnapping
caties_books's review
Graphic: Child death
refusetoshine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Racism
sartorial_fireflies's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Racism, and Stalking