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Six Years

Harlan Coben

3.59 AVERAGE

lighthearted mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Jake Fisher has no doubt that Natalie is the love of his life. This doesn't change when she abruptly breaks up with him and marries another man. At the wedding, Jake promises Natalie that he will leave the happy couple alone and does what anyone does with a broken heart-throws himself into work and tries to move forward. That was six years ago. He hasn't moved forward. When he sees an obituary for Natalie's husband Todd, he breaks his promise and goes to the funeral. Only problem is the grieving widow is not Natalie. dum da dum!

Coben provides everything you expect in a thriller-fast pace, lots of twists and turns and action that makes you go, 'holy crap, what just happened?!' What pleasantly surprised me was that the character development was pretty strong and the emotional disbelief Jake felt throughout the book was very tangible and authentic. What hung me up was the amount of conspiracies, mafia involvement, hired killers etc... Even for a thriller it was too much. I mean, come on. There were also some loose ends that didn't get tied up that left me hanging. All in all, it was ok.

I've seen comparisons to Kafka to which I say, pfff.

Harlan Coben is awesome.

Très bon thriller !

I could not put this book down. Every page has something new that kept me wanting more. Can’t wait to read another by Coben.

College professor, former college bar bouncer, cleverly solves the mystery of why the 'love of his life' has disappeared.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It is rare that I am unable to predict where the "twists and turns" of a book are leading, but this one surprised me. It was hard to put down, and an awesome story. My first Coben read, but definitely not my last.

The final outcome of the story was pretty good. Actually full of some twists and turns, even a couple of red herrings. Just hard to believe in the reasons this man persists.

The book is supposed to be a thriller but I didn't find it thrilling, or even very tense. There was a lot of violence (described blow by blow) and Jake is remarkably dim for an academic.