
Dell - Dell
Release date: 2003-03-04
Mass Market Paperback
Author: Harlan Coben
Fiction, Fiction - Espionage / Thriller, Mystery/Suspense, Fiction / Suspense, Suspense, Mystery fiction




I can't believe how many great reviews this book got. It's not very good, and rates my second star only because I was curious enough to finish it. The two-dimensional characters and an overly-contrived, twisted plot prove disappointing. Several plot twists are based on the easy, convenient on "Guess what? I lied" - now that's a cheap device, maybe nearly as bad as "it was all a dream."
If you want a great thriller, read Michael Connelly.
This is my 2nd Harlan Coben book, & I'm equally disappointed. Both books have essentially the same theme, something happened years ago, a whole bunch of characters who utimately all end up interlinked (seems I'm the only one not connected to one of the characters!); really poorly defined characters & far-out twists! I'm done with Coben.