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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
I liked it along with the red herrings scattered throughout the book. It would have been nice to know more about the DNA contact, but I've heard the second book isn't as good so I'll just let that be.
I needed this book. Fun, not-violent thriller. Perfect.
I am not sure if it's me or this author, but I am continually having a harder and harder time enjoying his books. Don't get me wrong, I USED to love him.
Tell No One
Gone for Good
No Second Chance
Just One Look
All amazingly well written. But even in my previous read of his Run Away, I found it very hard to be pulled into the story. I didn't even get very far but was completely bored with Wilde. Anyway, sorry Mr. Coben, but I believe a parting of ways may be in order. It was fun in the beginning, but reading shouldn't be a chore.
Tell No One
Gone for Good
No Second Chance
Just One Look
All amazingly well written. But even in my previous read of his Run Away, I found it very hard to be pulled into the story. I didn't even get very far but was completely bored with Wilde. Anyway, sorry Mr. Coben, but I believe a parting of ways may be in order. It was fun in the beginning, but reading shouldn't be a chore.
Wow what a disappointment. The plot was a mess, the characters all had forced and tenuous relationships, connections that were unnecessary. The “boy from the woods” from the title was a full grown man who was only from the woods when he was a child to fill a few pages and create some “mystery” for a boring character. Entirely too much time was spent on a budding romance between two very minor, middle-aged characters. The “twists” were incredibly predictable and boring. The whole book felt like it was written by 1990s bot given surface-level information about what life is like now.
Loved the characters. And enjoyed the mystery, nice twist at the end. But fascist presidential candidate left me weary. I read to escape the nightmare situation we live in.
I first discovered Harlan Coben with TELL NO ONE and the novels which followed it, novels about ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations. Later I found his Myron Bolitar series, with his series character, a sports agent come investigator. THE BOY FROM THE WOODS is almost a hybrid of the two. There is an unusual character, Wilde, the titular ‘boy’, who was actually discovered as a child living in the woods alone, who has the potential to be that series character, Coben’s own Jack Reacher or Joe Pike, with a dollop of IQ-like Holmesian deductive skills thrown in. This is not to suggest that Coben has become derivative - he is still the exciting writer of suspense he has always been - just that he has found a character with the potential to rival those mentioned.
The plot is intriguing - a disappearance or is it a kidnapping; rich media-types; spoilt, bullying school kids and those caught in their orbit - and is held together by a cast of characters, particularly Wilde and his surrogate mother-figure, TV-lawyer, Hester Crimstein, of whom we look forward to meeting again. A very good thriller from a master of the thriller and the promise of a first-class series.
The plot is intriguing - a disappearance or is it a kidnapping; rich media-types; spoilt, bullying school kids and those caught in their orbit - and is held together by a cast of characters, particularly Wilde and his surrogate mother-figure, TV-lawyer, Hester Crimstein, of whom we look forward to meeting again. A very good thriller from a master of the thriller and the promise of a first-class series.
While this isn’t my favorite book by this author, I liked the storyline and the mystery. I felt it started a little slow and dragged in a couple of places, but all in all, kept me engaged.
Wilde was an interesting character and I’d like to read more books with him in them. Hester Crimstein never disappoints, of course! And I must give props to her Myron Bolitar/Win Lockwood style phone answering skills.
Wilde was an interesting character and I’d like to read more books with him in them. Hester Crimstein never disappoints, of course! And I must give props to her Myron Bolitar/Win Lockwood style phone answering skills.