The Woods
by Harlan Coben
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Author: Harlan CobenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 0451221958
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Signet
Book Reviews of The Woods
Book Review: Formulaic, Lousy writing!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I wanted to read Tell No One by Harlan Coben, since the French movie based on the book got rave reviews... I ended up reading this instead. I have not read any other Harlan Coben books before this...
In my opinion the book was extremely formulaic. The DA, the investigator, the victim's father, ex-KGB thug... all seem to be caricatures from popular TV crime dramas! I did not find their actions, dialogues (you cannot call it normal speech or conversation!!), loyalties, thought processes convincing or intelligent.
To be fair to the author, I was extremely interested in the plot for the first few chapters... But midway, the plot gets murky to the point where I did not care anymore about the characters or their 'I Know What I did Last Summer' angst. The relationship between the DA and Lucy was as juvenile as something an amateur teenage author would have written in a first draft - 80s cheesy pop numbers to capture the mood and thoughts? Utterly unimaginative.
All in all by the time I got to the end I was disappointed... I didn't care for the plot or the ending or the people... Too bad even for a summer beach read.
Summary of The Woods
Twenty years ago at summer camp, Paul Copeland's sister died in the woods, the alleged victim of a serial killer. Her body was never found. Now, Paul is the prosecutor for Essex County, New Jersey, immersed in one of the biggest cases of his career-a case that will change everything he believes about the past...and the truth.Contemporary Books
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