Crazy Dangerous by Andrew Klavan - REVIEWED

About the Book:

"You probably want to hear about Jennifer and the demons and how I played chicken with a freight train and-oh yeah-the weird murder . . . you're definitely going to want to hear about that." Sam Hopkins is a good kid who has fallen in with a bad crowd. Hanging around with car thieves and thugs, Sam knows it's only a matter of time before he makes one bad decision too many and gets into real trouble. But one day, Sam sees them harassing an eccentric schoolmate of his named Jennifer. When Sam finds the courage to face the bullies down, he loses a bad set of friends and acquires a very strange new one.

Because Jennifer is not just eccentric. To Sam, she seems downright crazy. She has terrifying hallucinations involving demons and the devil and death. And here's the really crazy part: Sam is beginning to suspect that these visions may actually be prophecies--prophecies of something terrible that's going to happen very soon. Unless he can stop it.

With no one to believe him, with no one to help him, Sam is now all alone in a race against time. Finding the truth before disaster strikes is going to be both crazy and very, very dangerous.

My Thoughts:
"RECTE AGE NIL TIME"  (p 65)

This is a pivotal message in the book.  It should make all of the difference.  And ultimately it can. But does it?

There are some sinister choices being made, and Sam Hopkins literally does a foot race with death to fulfill the only right choice!  This is a very well-written, challenging, realistic thrill-ride of a story. I know it was written for young people, but every adult who enjoys a well written story will find much to enjoy in this novel.  It draws you in and never lets you go!!!

BRILLIANT!!! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!! LOVE IT!! 

Try it. You will too!!

About the Author:
 
Andrew Klavan was hailed by Stephen King as "the most original novelist of crime and suspense since Cornell Woolrich." He is the recipient of two Edgar Awards and the author of such bestsellers as True Crime and Don't Say a Word.
His books and screenplays have been turned into films directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Michael Douglas, Ed Burns, Michael Caine among others.

Hometown: Santa Barbara, California Books Sold to Date: over 1.5 million. For more about Andrew and his books for young adults, visit him at the Adventure Page on Facebook.