It’s almost halfway through the book before we finally get to the good parts. I know, selfish is such an inadequate word for what a horror Soneji is. I’ll never understand how people like Soneji think, how incredibly selfish he is. A mind that highly resembles Gary Soneji’s, and it’s scary how well Patterson gets inside it. It’s an interesting start, one of revulsion as we look into the mind of the man who truly masterminded the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby back in 1932. And, yes, I suspect all this background is what helps make Along Came a Spider so much longer.
It helps make Alex more of a real person and pulls me in. She’s tolerant of Alex’s choices, but doesn’t let him get away with a thing. He’s a realist and a caring single father who loves his kids, and they all live with his wise mother. Just don’t read it and think it will be the same. Aaand, yes, the movie adaptation was much more dramatic for the changes. I do wish they’d left the main characters alone, as much as I adore Morgan Freeman. Yeah, I usually hate it when a movie leaves out so much of the book, but in this case, Patterson (or his editors) should have tightened this up.
It wasn’t until almost the end that Along Came a Spider started to more closely resemble the movie. This is one of the few stories in which the movie adaptation is better. detective with a background in psychology. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Kiss the Girls, Jack & Jillįirst in the Alex Cross thriller series and revolving around Alex, a Washington D.C. Thriller in Hardcover edition that was published by Grand Central Publishing on Augand has 435 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review.
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