Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben

9 reviews

catriona176's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Complete nonsense, but entertaining nonsense 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

robys_bujo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I really liked this book. I think Harlan Coben always writes characters that feel like they could be real people and this is no different 
This book was a page turner, packed with action and it was a great first read of the year, I couldn’t put it down!

I would have given it five stars, but at some point during the book we meet the characters of Max and Sarah and they were very difficult to like. I couldn’t wait for their parts to be over, to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Rape

Minor: Death of parent

my_a's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Infertility, and Rape

mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Gun violence, Confinement, Child death, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia

allison_elaine's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Infertility, and Death of parent

thecleversiamese's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, and Child abuse

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Rape

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

 I'll always read Harlan Coben, but this was mixed for me. The scales tipped too action-adventure - prison breaks and small town gangs and the most annoying good cop/bad cop routine I've ever read in a book. (Please don't let them be recurring characters.) And yet. The father/son dynamics on all sides rang true and tender and made the action bearable. And, of course, no one paces a thriller like Coben. I stayed up past my bedtime to finish. I always do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Rape, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death and Pregnancy

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

readingwithleslie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

5 stars!! This was one of my most anticipated 2023 reads and it delivered, I think this may be my new favorite novel by Harlan Coben. I love how well he ties a story together down to (what we think at the time) are inconsequential facts. This was well written and sucked me in from the first sentence! I was nervous about reading it because of the subject matter, but stick with it because it’s worth it. It was fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I highly recommend.

David’s story was compelling and it was a real adventure reading. I also really loved the exchanges between the FBI agents, Max and Sarah. Their characters and the way they verbally sparred with people was highly entertaining. I would love to see more books with them in it. 

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for letting me read an eGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infertility, and Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm, Cannibalism, and Suicide