Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1)

[Mary Pat]

This thread is to discuss James Patterson‘s book, Along Came a Spider.


***Please remember to mark spoilers.***

Participants: Daph, Beth, Spicedmama, Dyln, Ashley, Amanda, Angela, Sarah, Kerry, CharlieAngel

[Mary Pat]

Suggested break down of reading so that you can check in and let us know how you're doing. The following breakdown is purely a suggestion and is therefore not set in stone.

Rather than putting dates for each section I've done it so that it takes into account that not everybody will necessarily have the book at the same time.

Week 1: 109
Week 2: 109
Week 3: 109
Week 4: 109

[Amanda]

I want to join in

[Amanda]

Great! This book has been on my shelf for a long time.

[Mary Pat]

Amanda wrote: "I want to join in"

I have added you to the list of participants! Enjoy!

[Amanda]

Thanks

[Angela Jr.]

I'd also like to join :) i read this series (up to book 14) years ago when i went through a phase of exclusively reading crime fiction haha. i remember really enjoying it, so a reread sounds great to me!

[Sarah]

Ooh! I’ve been meaning to get back to this book for the longest time. I’ve sporadically read Alex Cross at random, out of order, but never did start from the beginning, so I’d like to try and join in too.

[Kerry]

Count me in

[~CharlieAngel~]

If I Get Through #BigLittleLies Before The End Of April - Which I Do Plan On Doing - I'll Get #AlomgCameASpider Next...
Seen The Movie, As I'm Sure We All Have By Now, But There's Nothing Like Reading The 📚 Too, Preferably Before You S👀 The Movie... LOL!!!
& #JamesPatterson Rocks, So I'm Sure The 📚 Is Gonna Rock Too!

[~CharlieAngel~]

Correction: #AlongCameASpider
I Hate Misspelling Words! LOL!!! #PetPeeve

[Ashley]

This book is what I would expect from James Patterson. Enjoying it so far. Hope everyone else is enjoying it too

[Mary Pat]

Angela, Sarah, Kerry, CharlieAngel - I have added you to the list of participants!

[Angela Jr.]

I'm at chapter 58

(view spoiler)[the only thing i remembered from my previous read was soneji's name. i didn't remember anything about alex's relationship with jezzie (or even that jezzie exists, for that matter), nor anything else about the case so far. in some ways that's quite nice - it's almost as if i was reading it for the first time again :)
something that irks me a bit - simon conklin (soneji's childhood friend) has the same last name as a protagonist from patterson's women's murder club series. (hide spoiler)]

I don't know if there's someone else here who's rereading the series, but the following contains spoilers for later books:
(view spoiler)[i do however remember the whole plot twist about kyle craig - that one must have blown my mind back then or i wouldn't recall it all this time later lol. his name was just briefly mentioned, I don't think he even had any dialogue, but i immediately remembered what's going to happen later on.
a thing that i find weird is that the kids and nana have, so far, barely been mentioned. in my memory, these books have a big focus on family. maybe I'm wrong or maybe this only develops in later books, i guess I'll have to wait and see (hide spoiler)]

[Angela Jr.]

just finished reading! i did not see the twist in this book coming at all.

(view spoiler)[the involvement of chakely and devine was pretty obvious, but i had no idea that jezzie had been involved from the beginning too. that was what originally made me want to continue with this series back in 2010 - the surprising plot twists that you can never quite see coming. (hide spoiler)]

[Ashley]

I just finished reading this book. There was a good twist in the book that I also did not see coming. The investigation was interesting and easy to follow.

(view spoiler)[ I also enjoyed how Alex tries to get into the mind of Gary. This is not done in many books and I have always found the minds of criminals interesting. This was something additional that I enjoyed. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

I've just finished Part 1, Chapter 25. It reads quickly. The chapters tend to be short which makes it easy to continue reading a few more chapters when you actually should be going to sleep! This is the first book i've read by James Patterson and I like his writing style.

[Angela Jr.]

would anyone be up for reading the next book in the series in may?

[Amanda]

I forgot to update this. I finished the book. Really enjoyed it. I gave it 4 stars. It was a good page turner

[Amanda]

Angela, I've got books lined up for various challenges so I'm not able to join you in reading the second one.

[Ashley]

I was already planning on reading the next one. I will read it on May