A review by serenalawless
Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben

3.0

The "whodunnit" part of this book is what kept me going. I'm glad that I was wrong so that the twists and turns were unexpected, but holycrap, this book could've been half as long as it was. i found it really hard to read for a while, finding the characters irritating and one-dimensional with flimsy attempts at fleshing them out by giving them weird habits or quirks. They all had the same sense of humour - a sarcastic, snappy come-back sort, no doubt the author's own. I actually feel bad talking down the author, because I've loved some of his other books. Tell No One is easily one of my favourites in this genre. Everyone was either "sexy" or unattractive. What irks me about this book is that he says at the start that it's not his best, and I feel that as an author, why would you put something out into the world that you're not happy with? Why not take the time to fix it if you're so unhappy with it? It feels money grubbing, which is something I didn't want to associate with someone who comes across as nice as Harlan Coben does. That part of it was disappointing to me. I'm probably being overly harsh, but it's only because I expected better from him.

Bitching done. The mystery of this story was good, even if the content was a little preachy at times. The last 40% of the book had me interested enough that I couldn't put it down for long, so that's good.

Sorry, Harlan, I wanted to love this, and I was really looking forward to revisiting the world of your stories. Maybe Myron Bolitar will put me back in good spirits with you.