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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
“I'd rather read than relax. I'd rather keep the mind engaged.”
― Harlan Coben, Six Years
My second Harlan Coben book was called Six Years! Six Years is about a man named Jake, who is a professor at a college. Six Years ago Jake fell in love with a woman named Natalie and they had a brief summer fling. At the end of their fling, Natalie disappeared. Natalie made Jake promise to forget about her and not to ever look for her. Jake tried but after six years he found a sign of Natalie and couldn't help himself. He decided to do some research even though it meant breaking his promise to do so.
After struggling with a rating, I finally decided on 5 stars for this one! It is somewhere in between 4 and 5 for me, I couldn't decide which. The final deciding factor for me was the fact that I read it so quickly and couldn't put it down. I needed to know what was going to happen in this one, and I couldn't stop reading. Coben has a fantastic writing style that sucks you in from the very beginning and keeps you interested. I loved the character development, not only of the main character, but the supporting characters as well. Coben throws in little bits of their lives that make you want to know more. The twists and turns that are thrown at the reader in this novel are amazing. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you get another surprise thrown at you! I have several more Coben novels on my TBR and can't wait for the next one!
― Harlan Coben, Six Years
My second Harlan Coben book was called Six Years! Six Years is about a man named Jake, who is a professor at a college. Six Years ago Jake fell in love with a woman named Natalie and they had a brief summer fling. At the end of their fling, Natalie disappeared. Natalie made Jake promise to forget about her and not to ever look for her. Jake tried but after six years he found a sign of Natalie and couldn't help himself. He decided to do some research even though it meant breaking his promise to do so.
After struggling with a rating, I finally decided on 5 stars for this one! It is somewhere in between 4 and 5 for me, I couldn't decide which. The final deciding factor for me was the fact that I read it so quickly and couldn't put it down. I needed to know what was going to happen in this one, and I couldn't stop reading. Coben has a fantastic writing style that sucks you in from the very beginning and keeps you interested. I loved the character development, not only of the main character, but the supporting characters as well. Coben throws in little bits of their lives that make you want to know more. The twists and turns that are thrown at the reader in this novel are amazing. Just when you think you have it all figured out, you get another surprise thrown at you! I have several more Coben novels on my TBR and can't wait for the next one!
Not a great book. The plot seemed recycled from one of his other books that I DID enjoy. Didn't really like the characters, the dialogue was annoying, and the story was kind of stupid.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Nem sei por onde começar. Não esperava que esse livro fosse ser tão ruim devido ao fato do escritor ser bastante celebrado, mas ele é cheio de problemas que não dá pra ignorar.
A motivação dessa história não é sequer convincente. Completamente inacreditável que uma pessoa consiga se apaixonar tão perdidamente por outra com quem conviveu por um período tão curto de tempo a ponto de, mesmo ficando anos sem vê-la, estar disposto a arriscar a vida por ela. Extremamente melodramático e sem credibilidade. Um livro não deveria depender de uma motivação tão tosca e boba para contar uma história.
Além disso, nenhum desses personagens conseguiu me fazer sentir algo. Nem raiva, nem tristeza, nem compaixão, nem nada. Eles estavam ali e pronto, personagens ocos que serviam meramente pra fazer uma história mais oca ainda "ganhar vida". O protagonista, por exemplo, sabe ser bem inconsistente (em relação a tudo, exceto o amor profundo que sente por Natalie, aparentemente).
Na primeira metade do livro tive a impressão de que a história fica apenas andando em círculos. As cenas são muito parecidas, com o diferencial de alguns detalhes aqui e ali que são adicionados para avançar o plot mas que só fazem um bom trabalho em serem entediantes. Aliás, o livro inteiro é bastante repetitivo. As mesmas situações, os mesmos diálogos, os mesmos pensamentos, as mesmas divagações, as mesmas malditas frases melodramáticas para que não esqueçamos nem por um milésimo de segundo o quanto esse cara ama Natalie.
No geral, não me interessei pelo mistério e nem pela forma como ele foi resolvido. Os personagens tem o carisma de uma porta. O romance foi uma palhaçada do início ao fim. A única razão pra eu ter terminado esse livro foi a esperança de que alguma coisa mais interessante fosse acontecer, mas esperei em vão.
A motivação dessa história não é sequer convincente. Completamente inacreditável que uma pessoa consiga se apaixonar tão perdidamente por outra com quem conviveu por um período tão curto de tempo a ponto de, mesmo ficando anos sem vê-la, estar disposto a arriscar a vida por ela. Extremamente melodramático e sem credibilidade. Um livro não deveria depender de uma motivação tão tosca e boba para contar uma história.
Além disso, nenhum desses personagens conseguiu me fazer sentir algo. Nem raiva, nem tristeza, nem compaixão, nem nada. Eles estavam ali e pronto, personagens ocos que serviam meramente pra fazer uma história mais oca ainda "ganhar vida". O protagonista, por exemplo, sabe ser bem inconsistente (em relação a tudo, exceto o amor profundo que sente por Natalie, aparentemente).
Na primeira metade do livro tive a impressão de que a história fica apenas andando em círculos. As cenas são muito parecidas, com o diferencial de alguns detalhes aqui e ali que são adicionados para avançar o plot mas que só fazem um bom trabalho em serem entediantes. Aliás, o livro inteiro é bastante repetitivo. As mesmas situações, os mesmos diálogos, os mesmos pensamentos, as mesmas divagações, as mesmas malditas frases melodramáticas para que não esqueçamos nem por um milésimo de segundo o quanto esse cara ama Natalie.
No geral, não me interessei pelo mistério e nem pela forma como ele foi resolvido. Os personagens tem o carisma de uma porta. O romance foi uma palhaçada do início ao fim. A única razão pra eu ter terminado esse livro foi a esperança de que alguma coisa mais interessante fosse acontecer, mas esperei em vão.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
There's really 428 pages not 351.
This book is about Jake Fisher. He watched as the love of his life, Natalie, marry another man. Now six years later, Natalie's husband is dead. Jake goes to see Natalie at the funeral. The problem? A different
woman has been left a widow. Now he needs to find out what's going on. It just might ruin him.
This book was interesting. I dont read a lot of mystery book so this was a nice change. Its not my favoritt book but it was alright. I was a little afraid of how this book was going to end and I thought the end would be horible. It seemed like it was going to end with Jake being killed and that is a bad ending. I had some minor issues with this. Some larger. The largest is probably that it was a lot like others. The thing I liked most was that there were many plot twists I did not see coming. Over all this book was alright but im probably not going to recommend this to anyone.
woman has been left a widow. Now he needs to find out what's going on. It just might ruin him.
This book was interesting. I dont read a lot of mystery book so this was a nice change. Its not my favoritt book but it was alright. I was a little afraid of how this book was going to end and I thought the end would be horible. It seemed like it was going to end with Jake being killed and that is a bad ending. I had some minor issues with this. Some larger. The largest is probably that it was a lot like others. The thing I liked most was that there were many plot twists I did not see coming. Over all this book was alright but im probably not going to recommend this to anyone.
This is the first Harlan Coben book I've read. It was a quick read, very suspenseful. Wasn't completely sure I loved the ending, but it did tie all the lose ends up rather nicely.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced