jedonsg 's review for:

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben

2.0

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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.