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I love Coben's stand alone books. The premise of this book is what interested me in reading his books in the first place, despite the fact that my first book was "Stay Close". So I was pleasantly surprised to see that I did have it in my library (South African Rand doesn't get you very far with book buying) and Harlan Coben's books being what they are, I finished it the same day.
It has the same intensity and pacing as all his other books, but what stood out for me is the everyday protagonist. This isn't a detective or a former spy provoked into action by extenuating circumstances, but a regular guy without any special training trying to understand what happened to a woman he loved and lost 6 years ago.
Jake tries to figure out what happened 6 years ago and bumbles his way through it majority of the time. When the bad guys appear, he doesn't have any special moves to get out unless you count sheer dumb luck and knowing how to use his size (he's 6'5) to grab a chance of not being tortured.
Jake does figure out things, but slowly and mostly using his advantage as someone that looks at a decades old story with fresh eyes.
Whilst this is a thriller, there's character development for the hero and that's he is finally able to understand shades of grey. He doesn't quite adjust to this new world view, but it would spoil the book if he became a completely different person.
It has the same intensity and pacing as all his other books, but what stood out for me is the everyday protagonist. This isn't a detective or a former spy provoked into action by extenuating circumstances, but a regular guy without any special training trying to understand what happened to a woman he loved and lost 6 years ago.
Jake tries to figure out what happened 6 years ago and bumbles his way through it majority of the time. When the bad guys appear, he doesn't have any special moves to get out unless you count sheer dumb luck and knowing how to use his size (he's 6'5) to grab a chance of not being tortured.
Jake does figure out things, but slowly and mostly using his advantage as someone that looks at a decades old story with fresh eyes.
Whilst this is a thriller, there's character development for the hero and that's he is finally able to understand shades of grey. He doesn't quite adjust to this new world view, but it would spoil the book if he became a completely different person.