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katietoon's review against another edition
2.0
Well this took forever. Put my right back into the reading slump I’d not long got out of.
Never quite got into it, plot’s kinda eh and ending’s even more ‘eh’.
Never quite got into it, plot’s kinda eh and ending’s even more ‘eh’.
kaisersozee's review against another edition
5.0
Another Coben gem!! Love the way he weaves his characters into a lot of his books. Its like you get to know them more with every book.
gemarky's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
stacis16's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.25
ingo_lembcke's review against another edition
4.0
Got an email from Netflix that the limited series The Woods will be published tomorrow. Looked to me first like [b:In the Woods|2459785|In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)|Tana French|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1562761513l/2459785._SY75_.jpg|3088141], which was also filmed and which I saw with a Starz trial membership. Blurb is interesting, so I bought this book and will read it before I watch the series.
Epic story-arc, which goes back in time to WW2 and one harrowing siege in Russia. A bit much, should have been a little less, and maybe a little shorter, to be more suspenseful. And it jumps quite a lot between the different times, which I can do without, a writing stile I dislike in general.
Still, warrants 4 stars, is one of the better books from Coben I read (only a few) and I look forward to the TV-series.
Recommended. Reasonably fast read.
Epic story-arc, which goes back in time to WW2 and one harrowing siege in Russia. A bit much, should have been a little less, and maybe a little shorter, to be more suspenseful. And it jumps quite a lot between the different times, which I can do without, a writing stile I dislike in general.
Still, warrants 4 stars, is one of the better books from Coben I read (only a few) and I look forward to the TV-series.
Recommended. Reasonably fast read.
jrice92's review against another edition
4.0
I haven't read many books recently (thanks to my manga obsession) but this was a really great, if somewhat predictable thriller!
lindyloureads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
litwithleigh's review against another edition
2.0
Writing: 3/5 | Plot: 2/5 | Ending: c'mon bro/5
THE PLOT
Essex County Prosecutor Paul Copeland is tryna be a good guy despite all the death in his life. But when a ghost from the past appears, Paul is forced to confront that fateful summer and figure out what really happened 20 years ago.
MY OPINION
Bruh......... You can really tell this book was written in (approx) 2006. It certainly did not age well. Paul was anything BUT a protagonist. It was like he was having an identity crisis; at times he was hell-bent on justice but not shy from some casual racism (at one point he says Indian music sounds like cats fighting
THE PLOT
Essex County Prosecutor Paul Copeland is tryna be a good guy despite all the death in his life. But when a ghost from the past appears, Paul is forced to confront that fateful summer and figure out what really happened 20 years ago.
MY OPINION
Bruh......... You can really tell this book was written in (approx) 2006. It certainly did not age well. Paul was anything BUT a protagonist. It was like he was having an identity crisis; at times he was hell-bent on justice but not shy from some casual racism (at one point he says Indian music sounds like cats fighting
j4sonenthal's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
zorhose's review
3.0
meh. at some point this was building up to something promising but then it lost me.
i'll admit this is not my familiar genre, so i don't know the standards and conventions, but that usually means i'm easily impressed. here, i rarely felt surprised even when twists did take place.
i didn't like Cope. to me he was a prime example of "men written by men". i might dig through my copy later and edit this with some examples, but he was giving casually misogynistic, sometimes racist remarks throughout the entire book. i guess i still didn't completely hate him and there were other characters that were more annoying, but if there's a first person narrator with these kind of flaws it always makes me wonder about the author.
in general i felt like the message and the theme of the book were quite muddled. but maybe that's on me for going into a thriller with the expectation that there will be a message. as i said i'm new to the genre.
this wasn't awful. i had fun and it kept my interest while reading it, but the ending felt rushed and unsatisfying which dampered my reading experience. i might still watch the netflix show that the unremovable sticker on the book cover advertised. we'll see.
i'll admit this is not my familiar genre, so i don't know the standards and conventions, but that usually means i'm easily impressed. here, i rarely felt surprised even when twists did take place.
i didn't like Cope. to me he was a prime example of "men written by men". i might dig through my copy later and edit this with some examples, but he was giving casually misogynistic, sometimes racist remarks throughout the entire book. i guess i still didn't completely hate him and there were other characters that were more annoying, but if there's a first person narrator with these kind of flaws it always makes me wonder about the author.
in general i felt like the message and the theme of the book were quite muddled. but maybe that's on me for going into a thriller with the expectation that there will be a message. as i said i'm new to the genre.
this wasn't awful. i had fun and it kept my interest while reading it, but the ending felt rushed and unsatisfying which dampered my reading experience. i might still watch the netflix show that the unremovable sticker on the book cover advertised. we'll see.