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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
It's funny how you can read a bunch of books in a row and think, "Oh, that one is better than that one because..." and then all of a sudden you read a Coben book and you realized none are as well told and easily read as a Coben book. He is one of the best and you can never go wrong reading one of his books.
I picked this up in the library as I usually love Coben's books. However this lacked the drama and pace of other works of his that I have read.
It starts off promisingly with Jake trying to find out the truth behind what's happened to the love of his life, Natalie. Natalie left Jake six years previously to marry an old boyfriend, Todd. However when Jake sees Todd's obituary he decides to pay his respects, only to discover that Todd and Natalie's marriage was a sham and that Todd was actually happily married to someone else.
So starts Jake's investigations into the truth behind Natalie's disappearance and her supposed marriage to Todd.
The story progresses quite slowly from here, with lots of twists, turns, storylines and characters, only some of which have anything to do with Natalie's disappearance. By the time I'd got to a point where the truth behind Natalie's disappearance started to become apparent, I'd really lost all interest in the whys and wherefores of the disappearance in the first place. The story just dragged and overall was a disappointment.
Usually I find Coben's books are great thrillers. But this is a let-down. The only up-side is that it's ticked off another state in my 51 US States' challenge.
This review was originally posted on Babs' Bookshelf
It starts off promisingly with Jake trying to find out the truth behind what's happened to the love of his life, Natalie. Natalie left Jake six years previously to marry an old boyfriend, Todd. However when Jake sees Todd's obituary he decides to pay his respects, only to discover that Todd and Natalie's marriage was a sham and that Todd was actually happily married to someone else.
So starts Jake's investigations into the truth behind Natalie's disappearance and her supposed marriage to Todd.
The story progresses quite slowly from here, with lots of twists, turns, storylines and characters, only some of which have anything to do with Natalie's disappearance. By the time I'd got to a point where the truth behind Natalie's disappearance started to become apparent, I'd really lost all interest in the whys and wherefores of the disappearance in the first place. The story just dragged and overall was a disappointment.
Usually I find Coben's books are great thrillers. But this is a let-down. The only up-side is that it's ticked off another state in my 51 US States' challenge.
This review was originally posted on Babs' Bookshelf
Once I started, I couldn't put it down. Read it in one night!
4/5
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Well. The love story part of this is ridiculous, sappy, and over-the-top. However it's an action-packed page turner when it comes to the mystery and following the clues. I'm not a big Scott Brick fan when it comes to readers, so he came really close to ruining the story for me. Maybe I would have liked it better if I'd read it or if it were read by someone else? So, six of one; half-a-dozen of the other....I liked this, I didn't like this.....
emotional
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:
No
adventurous
mysterious
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
I have no idea how or why i even checked this book out. And the bigger question, why i even read it.
Not my genre. Not my style.
Danielle Steele and John Grisham got married.
Not my genre. Not my style.
Danielle Steele and John Grisham got married.
I should preface this by saying I'm not a big mystery reader. I haven't read much in the genre, and I don't have a lot of experience with this type of story. But, the description on the back of SIX YEARS sounded intriguing enough that I decided to step outside my normal preferences to give this one a shot.
Basically, this is the story of a man, Jake, who fell in love with a beautiful, mysterious artist, Natalie, six years ago at a creative retreat. The relationship was quick and intense, and Jake was sure that he had finally found the woman of his dreams... except, Natalie married another man soon after the retreat and made Jake promise that he would keep his distance and never try to interfere in her new life.
And, Jake kept that promise for six years -- that is, until the day he found an obituary for Natalie's husband. Now, he decides, he is free to find Natalie and offer his consolation -- and perhaps, down the road, he will have an opportunity to rekindle an old flame.
Except, once Jake manages to sneak into the funeral of Natalie's husband, he finds that the grieving wife is not the beloved woman of his past. She claims that she and her husband have been together for far more than six years, and she knows nothing about this woman Natalie that Jake is insistent upon finding. In fact, none of Natalie's old friends, family, or even the people at the old retreat have any idea were she lives now -- it's as if she literally never existed.
More determined than ever to track down his first love, Jake finds himself in more danger than he ever expected. Looking for Natalie becomes a literal quest of life and death. Can Jake track down his love from six years ago, or was the very idea of Natalie nothing more than an idealized scam?
I had really mixed feelings about SIX YEARS while I was reading the novel. Part of me thought it to be romantic for Jake to be so infatuated with tracking down the love of his life -- from six years ago -- but the other part of me really found him to be overly brooding, obsessive, and a bit stalkerish at times. Six years is a LONG time to mourn what sounded to be little more than a whirlwind relationship -- especially one that allegedly ended in marriage to another man.
Things got a bit bogged down with all of the bank robberies, mob references, and comical beat downs, but I did enjoy the academic setting immensely. The story pieced together perhaps a bit too nicely, but it was fulfilling in the end and I was pleased to have a satisfying ending after spending nearly a week reading this book.
The ending was a bit more picture-perfect and sappy sweet than what I would have expected, but it seemed pretty fitting for Jake's character. I'm not sure that I would run out to read another book by this author, but I did enjoy SIX YEARS very much and I'm glad I finally got my turn on the hold list for this title at my library.
Basically, this is the story of a man, Jake, who fell in love with a beautiful, mysterious artist, Natalie, six years ago at a creative retreat. The relationship was quick and intense, and Jake was sure that he had finally found the woman of his dreams... except, Natalie married another man soon after the retreat and made Jake promise that he would keep his distance and never try to interfere in her new life.
And, Jake kept that promise for six years -- that is, until the day he found an obituary for Natalie's husband. Now, he decides, he is free to find Natalie and offer his consolation -- and perhaps, down the road, he will have an opportunity to rekindle an old flame.
Except, once Jake manages to sneak into the funeral of Natalie's husband, he finds that the grieving wife is not the beloved woman of his past. She claims that she and her husband have been together for far more than six years, and she knows nothing about this woman Natalie that Jake is insistent upon finding. In fact, none of Natalie's old friends, family, or even the people at the old retreat have any idea were she lives now -- it's as if she literally never existed.
More determined than ever to track down his first love, Jake finds himself in more danger than he ever expected. Looking for Natalie becomes a literal quest of life and death. Can Jake track down his love from six years ago, or was the very idea of Natalie nothing more than an idealized scam?
I had really mixed feelings about SIX YEARS while I was reading the novel. Part of me thought it to be romantic for Jake to be so infatuated with tracking down the love of his life -- from six years ago -- but the other part of me really found him to be overly brooding, obsessive, and a bit stalkerish at times. Six years is a LONG time to mourn what sounded to be little more than a whirlwind relationship -- especially one that allegedly ended in marriage to another man.
Things got a bit bogged down with all of the bank robberies, mob references, and comical beat downs, but I did enjoy the academic setting immensely. The story pieced together perhaps a bit too nicely, but it was fulfilling in the end and I was pleased to have a satisfying ending after spending nearly a week reading this book.
The ending was a bit more picture-perfect and sappy sweet than what I would have expected, but it seemed pretty fitting for Jake's character. I'm not sure that I would run out to read another book by this author, but I did enjoy SIX YEARS very much and I'm glad I finally got my turn on the hold list for this title at my library.