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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
4.5 stars
So, here I am looking down at a (less than) 24 hour read in the middle of my exams. The last book a I read took me a month, this took me a day. I spent a lot of time I should have been revising reading instead. It was literally impossible to stop.
It was tense and compelling and wonderful from beginning to end, the ending was sprinkled with a lil bit of cheddar but i dont even care that much.
What a fabulous book, this is my third ( I think???) Harlan Coben book and I look forward to reading more of his books in the future.
Edit 10/06/14: I'm just going to downgrade this to a 4.5 as the ending was a bit cheesy for my liking. Also, I think should reserve the full 5 stars for books that impact me and make me think. I still really love this book though!
So, here I am looking down at a (less than) 24 hour read in the middle of my exams. The last book a I read took me a month, this took me a day. I spent a lot of time I should have been revising reading instead. It was literally impossible to stop.
It was tense and compelling and wonderful from beginning to end, the ending was sprinkled with a lil bit of cheddar but i dont even care that much.
What a fabulous book, this is my third ( I think???) Harlan Coben book and I look forward to reading more of his books in the future.
Edit 10/06/14: I'm just going to downgrade this to a 4.5 as the ending was a bit cheesy for my liking. Also, I think should reserve the full 5 stars for books that impact me and make me think. I still really love this book though!
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief, Abandonment
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Coben is good, and I found the plot to this thoroughly engaging! I think I finished the book in less than a week, but this is also due to the fact that I brought it along on my business trip. It sure kept me occupied during those long plane rides!
Six Years tells of Professor Jake Fisher’s pining for his one and only love – the one whom he met during a short retreat in an elusive place. A seemingly carefree artist, she was just the perfect person for him and they clicked well.
However, things went a bit confusing for him. She got married all of a sudden to her ex, and made him promise not to contact them at all.
And he kept his promise. He got on with his life and stopped all contact. For six years.
Until an obituary for the husband came up – and when Jake went to pay his last respects, everything seemed to be a lie. Being a stubborn person he is, Jake was determined to sought out the truth, even to the extend of killing a human being and risk being killed.
The whole book centred on just a few days (at most a week or so) of Jake’s search for truth, and there were of course points where it got a bit too descriptive and draggy. I skipped some paragraphs of these descriptives (at least it wasn’t pages!) and started again on those bits where the story picks up again.
I had wished they were a tiny lil bit more during the last few pages where the truth was revealed – yes, the whole story did kind of led us readers believe something else was happening when in fact there is the twist to the story.
But hey, I think this is how better writers do their stuff – not in your face kind of revelation, but a more subtle, aha, kind.
Yes, a page turner. A mystery. a who-dun-it, twist at the end kind of books which I usually will go for.
Six Years tells of Professor Jake Fisher’s pining for his one and only love – the one whom he met during a short retreat in an elusive place. A seemingly carefree artist, she was just the perfect person for him and they clicked well.
However, things went a bit confusing for him. She got married all of a sudden to her ex, and made him promise not to contact them at all.
And he kept his promise. He got on with his life and stopped all contact. For six years.
Until an obituary for the husband came up – and when Jake went to pay his last respects, everything seemed to be a lie. Being a stubborn person he is, Jake was determined to sought out the truth, even to the extend of killing a human being and risk being killed.
The whole book centred on just a few days (at most a week or so) of Jake’s search for truth, and there were of course points where it got a bit too descriptive and draggy. I skipped some paragraphs of these descriptives (at least it wasn’t pages!) and started again on those bits where the story picks up again.
I had wished they were a tiny lil bit more during the last few pages where the truth was revealed – yes, the whole story did kind of led us readers believe something else was happening when in fact there is the twist to the story.
But hey, I think this is how better writers do their stuff – not in your face kind of revelation, but a more subtle, aha, kind.
Yes, a page turner. A mystery. a who-dun-it, twist at the end kind of books which I usually will go for.
Picked it up from the library because it seemed nice and short and it was. The story is nothing new, but I enjoyed the writing, which didn't take itself too seriously. A fun, little read with some action and drama that you can finish in an hour or two.
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes