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A review by kaustin81
The Woods by Harlan Coben
2.0
2.5?
This was my first (and probably last) Coben read. I’ve had 2-3 of his books on my list for a while now and was excited to dig into a good ol’ reliable genre fiction thriller. This book was not one of my top picks but it was available with no wait from Libby and sounded good.
The story was… fine which in itself wouldn’t even warrant a review but from the first 2-3 chapters I was seriously shocked by his dialogue and the way he described characters. Embarrassingly cheesy (not in a cute way either!) and unrealistic. I was scoffing throughout. I finished it partly because it was amusing and partly because after anticipating his books for so long: “Wow, his plots must be incredible if his characters and dialogue are this bad”. Nope that was not the case. He’s a better marketer than genre author that’s for sure. I can’t believe all the adaptations made from someone who writes women and gay men with the insight of a ‘Mad Men’ character. Disappointing.
This was my first (and probably last) Coben read. I’ve had 2-3 of his books on my list for a while now and was excited to dig into a good ol’ reliable genre fiction thriller. This book was not one of my top picks but it was available with no wait from Libby and sounded good.
The story was… fine which in itself wouldn’t even warrant a review but from the first 2-3 chapters I was seriously shocked by his dialogue and the way he described characters. Embarrassingly cheesy (not in a cute way either!) and unrealistic. I was scoffing throughout. I finished it partly because it was amusing and partly because after anticipating his books for so long: “Wow, his plots must be incredible if his characters and dialogue are this bad”. Nope that was not the case. He’s a better marketer than genre author that’s for sure. I can’t believe all the adaptations made from someone who writes women and gay men with the insight of a ‘Mad Men’ character. Disappointing.