If you want to read a comic book prequel to this book, check out Amazing Spider-Man, Vol 2, issues #30-35: Coming Home https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/599052.The_Amazing_Spider_Man_Vol_1
This book builds directly on the events of those comics, and I do think it's a richer experience if you read the comics first. However, the comics aren't the best, and you don't need them to understand this novel.

It's actually reading this in pairing with those comics that made me appreciate the novel all the more. The characterization of Spider-Man in the two stories are identical, and hats off to Butcher for capturing that. Where the comic just touches on themes and concepts (Peter becoming a teacher, messing with his spider sense, an unstoppable foe, etc), the book goes all in and excels.

My full video review with detailed thoughts is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Aex3Yg3_A4