Block 3 Author Study: April 2015

Friday, April 3, 2015

Brandon Cruz Author Study James Paterson #2

My author is very unique as to the way he writes. So far in I, Alex Cross I got to the suspense part. His character starts to change. Alex starts to be very dynamic and change. His emotions get the best of him and transitions to a whole new person. The way James Paterson formats this book to make him dynamic is very interesting. He gets deep into Alex's feelings and I get to really experience a real life affect of certain tragedy's that I've seen.

From after reading and experiencing, I got to real connect myself with Alex. His stories and reality contributes to what I see in today's society. As him being a detective and explaining his day to day work environment, his descriptions of the crimes are very similar to the news I hear. I can;t wait to finish the book and get to see how Alex becomes at the end of the book and if he lets his emotions get the best of him even more.

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