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helent3 's review for:
The Boy from the Woods
by Harlan Coben
"Wilde headed inside, watched the hot dogs circle, saw the Slurpee machines. Nothing changes at a 7-Eleven. Time flows forward everywhere except in a 7-Eleven."
Harlan Coben got it wrong, time flows forward everywhere except in a 7-Eleven or while reading this book... This book read like one of those dreams that you can't seem to wake up from. Far reaching with no real sense of direction... *SPOILERS AHEAD* Part One- A thirty something, once feral child is now a new version of James Bond looking for a teenage girl who was kidnapped, just kidding, hiding? Part Two- The same teen that was kidnapped/hiding is actually kidnapped (?), while a corrupt (maybe) politician is running for office, an aging, grieving attorney falls in love with the sheriff who was at the scene of her son's death, another teen is kidnapped, feral child turned Bond finds teen and uncovers false imprisonment for a murder. Part Three- Woman tells attorney about a sexual assault and murder. Attorney loves sheriff. Bond finds the first/third kidnapped/missing teen.
For an author I've heard so much about this one was a real disappointment. So many of the story lines Coben introduced in The Boy from the Woods would have made an interesting and thrilling book, but he missed the mark with the scattered and half developed narratives. Instead of reading this one I would recommend "The Marriage Lie" by Kimberly Belle.
Harlan Coben got it wrong, time flows forward everywhere except in a 7-Eleven or while reading this book... This book read like one of those dreams that you can't seem to wake up from. Far reaching with no real sense of direction... *SPOILERS AHEAD* Part One- A thirty something, once feral child is now a new version of James Bond looking for a teenage girl who was kidnapped, just kidding, hiding? Part Two- The same teen that was kidnapped/hiding is actually kidnapped (?), while a corrupt (maybe) politician is running for office, an aging, grieving attorney falls in love with the sheriff who was at the scene of her son's death, another teen is kidnapped, feral child turned Bond finds teen and uncovers false imprisonment for a murder. Part Three- Woman tells attorney about a sexual assault and murder. Attorney loves sheriff. Bond finds the first/third kidnapped/missing teen.
For an author I've heard so much about this one was a real disappointment. So many of the story lines Coben introduced in The Boy from the Woods would have made an interesting and thrilling book, but he missed the mark with the scattered and half developed narratives. Instead of reading this one I would recommend "The Marriage Lie" by Kimberly Belle.