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Six Years
by Harlan Coben
Supposed thriller. Hidden lies. Mystery.
Story: Jake Fisher sits in the back of a church while the love of his life, Natalie, gets married to another man. As he leaves after the ceremony, Natalie stops him and asks him to promise he will leave the newly married couple alone completely, not even call or email. He follows through on his promise until six years later something causes him to break that promise, and the truths of the past start to crumble around him.
Language: Told in first person from Jakes perspective, present tense with flashbacks. At one point in the book Jake comments that when he is nervous he makes bad jokes. Well, he must have been nervous throughout the whole book. This book is filled with dry humor, old technology and outdated and false stereotypes (why does a computer geek talk like an 80's California surfer?), despite being written in 2013. The characters responses do not match their actions, the suspense and action are lackluster, and the ending is abrupt and unfulfilling.
Characters: Jake is a professor at a small college. He lives an ordinary, boring and contained life. Natalie is an artist he met years ago as a student. Aside from that we really don't know anything else about her, other than that Jake can't let her go. All of the characters in this book are one dimensional and flawless.
This was my first Coben read and it fell flat for me. Probably won't pursue anymore of his works.
Story: Jake Fisher sits in the back of a church while the love of his life, Natalie, gets married to another man. As he leaves after the ceremony, Natalie stops him and asks him to promise he will leave the newly married couple alone completely, not even call or email. He follows through on his promise until six years later something causes him to break that promise, and the truths of the past start to crumble around him.
Language: Told in first person from Jakes perspective, present tense with flashbacks. At one point in the book Jake comments that when he is nervous he makes bad jokes. Well, he must have been nervous throughout the whole book. This book is filled with dry humor, old technology and outdated and false stereotypes (why does a computer geek talk like an 80's California surfer?), despite being written in 2013. The characters responses do not match their actions, the suspense and action are lackluster, and the ending is abrupt and unfulfilling.
Characters: Jake is a professor at a small college. He lives an ordinary, boring and contained life. Natalie is an artist he met years ago as a student. Aside from that we really don't know anything else about her, other than that Jake can't let her go. All of the characters in this book are one dimensional and flawless.
This was my first Coben read and it fell flat for me. Probably won't pursue anymore of his works.