The Innocent
by Harlan Coben
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Author: Harlan CobenEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-26
ISBN: 0525948740
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Dutton Adult
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Book Review: 3 1/2 Stars!
Summary: 4 Stars
In my humble opinion, Harlan Coben is one of today's best mystery and thriller writers and stands above all of the rest. I agree with another reviewer who said that Harlan on a bad day is still better than many on their best days.
Having said that, The Innocent, wasn't Mr. Coben's greatest endeavor to date. While still a page turner, his novels are becoming formulaic and you just expect twists and turns.
This is a story of a guy(Matt)who was convicted of murder, spending 4 years in jail when, in actuality, it was an accidental killing and "our hero" was just trying to stop a barroom brawl. Usually I can go with Mr Coben's flights of fantasy, but he lost me right here, in the beginning. Matt's family could afford a good lawyer and in today's world, Matt would be a lawyer himself "with a past." Matt's wife has a past of her own unknown to Matt. Using the old picture in a cell phone trick, Coben is off to the races and doesn't stop until the last page. The pace is fast, there are some surprising twists (although I had many of them figured out), but I never did "warm up" to the characters. The truth of the matter is that while I certainly wanted to see what happened, I really didn't care enough about the characters for it to matter if the ending was happy or not.
From another author, this would be a very good story. From Harlan Coben, it is only good.
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