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highvoltagegrrl 's review for:
Shelter
by Harlan Coben
I don’t read a ton of adult mysteries but when I find a young adult one I’m eager to jump. Knowing that Shelter was written by a master mystery writer it made it all the more enticing. Shelter opens up right into the mystery and the questions never stop coming. Immediately I was wondering what happened to Ashley and how these things were all connected. This teen, Mickey Bolitar, is definitely going places he shouldn’t go, all to figure out where this girl has disappeared to. Then you throw in the neighborhood’s scary resident - the bat lady – and immediately I am reminded of the house that we would all run past when we were kids. Mickey’s friends Spoon and Ema are the most entertaining characters in the book – sidekicks, yes, but they get some of the best lines in the bunch. Spoon is just completely random and Ema is a smart-ass, bad-ass, emo/goth kinda chick that doesn’t screw around.
What didn’t sell me on the book was that too much of the mystery was left open at the end, that this kid Mickey had strong enough feelings for Ashley after only a few weeks together, and how some of the other people came to be involved within the story. It was a stretch. Shelter was a crazy quick read for me, it just kept moving and moving, and there is no lack of action in the story. I only wish that it would have felt more realistic in combining all of the different elements of the story and that there would have been a few more answers at the end.
Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.
What didn’t sell me on the book was that too much of the mystery was left open at the end, that this kid Mickey had strong enough feelings for Ashley after only a few weeks together, and how some of the other people came to be involved within the story. It was a stretch. Shelter was a crazy quick read for me, it just kept moving and moving, and there is no lack of action in the story. I only wish that it would have felt more realistic in combining all of the different elements of the story and that there would have been a few more answers at the end.
Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.