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Nobody's Fool
by Harlan Coben
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben
Detective Sami Kierce #2
Before I read this book, I read Fool Me Once since that book first introduces several characters present in this second book. The most prominent recurring character is former Detective Sami Kierce. Now Sami is a private investigator due to several incidents that got him kicked off the police force. Policing/detecting is too much a part of Sami now and that's why he continues that type of work even if he's mostly on his own.
I like Sami, he identifies everyone in a class he teaches with a description and that made the huge number of characters easy for me to remember. Pretty much anyone he sees can get a description as an identifier but we also will see characters from the first book that I already know by their real names. As the story goes on we get to see just how interwoven the two stories are but I think this book will be very easy to follow even if you don't read the first book.
So much goes on and maybe there are a lot of coincidences or else it's just my brain that got tied into a big knot keeping track of things. Even so, it was fun trying to figure out what was going on and by the end of the book we get some helpful explanations which I needed to untangle my thoughts.
Sami is funny, he's a good guy, his clever wife Molly helps to guide him and he values her judgement and advice. He's also a loving and hands on dad, when he can be at home. Everything going on here kept Sami very busy but an interesting aspect of the book is that he'll send out a call to his best students and other friends when he needs some help with following, detecting, and solving. I can see the opportunity for a lot more crime solving with this group. Reading this book with DeAnn and Mary Beth made for some great discussion.
Thanks to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC.
Detective Sami Kierce #2
Before I read this book, I read Fool Me Once since that book first introduces several characters present in this second book. The most prominent recurring character is former Detective Sami Kierce. Now Sami is a private investigator due to several incidents that got him kicked off the police force. Policing/detecting is too much a part of Sami now and that's why he continues that type of work even if he's mostly on his own.
I like Sami, he identifies everyone in a class he teaches with a description and that made the huge number of characters easy for me to remember. Pretty much anyone he sees can get a description as an identifier but we also will see characters from the first book that I already know by their real names. As the story goes on we get to see just how interwoven the two stories are but I think this book will be very easy to follow even if you don't read the first book.
So much goes on and maybe there are a lot of coincidences or else it's just my brain that got tied into a big knot keeping track of things. Even so, it was fun trying to figure out what was going on and by the end of the book we get some helpful explanations which I needed to untangle my thoughts.
Sami is funny, he's a good guy, his clever wife Molly helps to guide him and he values her judgement and advice. He's also a loving and hands on dad, when he can be at home. Everything going on here kept Sami very busy but an interesting aspect of the book is that he'll send out a call to his best students and other friends when he needs some help with following, detecting, and solving. I can see the opportunity for a lot more crime solving with this group. Reading this book with DeAnn and Mary Beth made for some great discussion.
Thanks to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC.