The Innocent by Harlan Coben Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Innocent
Book Review: A thriller to the end. . .well, almost to the end.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this novel at an airport bookstore for a 15-hour flight (including layover). On long flights, I usually sleep or listen to music or watch the in-flight movie. I started reading the novel at the check-in gate and I couldn't put it down except for a quick snooze. By the end of the 15-hour flight, I had nearly finished reading the novel since I couldn't stop. It was that good. The ending was a bit weak, but it was still a thriller to the end.Book Review: A well-written thriller
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm starting to like these Harlan Coben books. They're fast-paced. And there are plenty of twists and turns in the plots.
Is it true that the reader keeps guessing wrong? Yes. It was not at all obvious to me what was going to happen in this story. That was true in the other Coben book that I read. But that's just fine. There was plenty of suspense, and it kept my attention.
I recommend this book.
Book Review: An established author settles for less
Summary: 2 Stars
I'll start with something positive...I loved early Harlan Coben books. The characters were well drawn, dialogue sharp and the plot sizzled. This novel, however, didn't do it for me. The story was weighed down with so much backstory and needless description, I couldn't relate to or care for the characters. Budding writers are given guidlines to follow if they want to be published (weave in description, limit back story information, show don't tell...the list goes on). Coben, as a seasoned writer, pretty much breaks every rule with The Innocent. Guess the publishers let these important points slide just because he's an established writer. Don't waste your money on this one. Wait until he goes back to the basics and gets it right again.Book Review: Another perfect thriller by Coben
Summary: 5 Stars
I rarely give 5 stars when rating a book, since few books deserve it, but Harlan Coben is a force to be reckoned with. A perfect work of fiction doesn't necessarily have to be believable or even plausible, such as horror novels, but it does have to be well written. Mr. Coben has the monopoly on well written works of fiction. What I enjoy about his style of writing is that he doesn't waste either paper, nor the readers time by bulking up a book with hundreds of pages of filler. He gets right to the story, stays on track, and delivers a stunningly fantastic thrill ride.
The Innocent is about Matt Hunter, a man with a past that he would like to put behind him. He is married to the beautiful Olivia Hunter, a woman who also has a past but hasn't shared that past with her husband, yet. Events transpire that forces Olivia to come straight about her past, and threatens to bring Matt's past back to haunt him yet again. Matt has spent time in prison for an accidental murder that took place while he was in college. It was a fight gone wrong. Matt has served his time and is trying to put that past behind him and create a new life for himself. Olivia is his chance to change his unhappy past into a bright future, but a cell phone call changes all that, when Matt receives a video of his wife, wearing a platinum blond wig, in a bedroom with another man. Matt's world is rocked. Meanwhile, Sister Mary Rose, a nun at St. Margaret's is found dead in her bedroom in the convent. A young girl shows up in Nevada at the trailer of a stripper asking about a woman who has been dead for years, and claiming that the dead woman is her mother.
How does all this tie in together? Buy the book and find out. I promise you will have a hard time putting the book down until you read the last page.
Book Review: Best Author EVER!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently bought a Harlan Coben book after seeing him on "Hardcover Mysteries" on the I.D. channel. He said, "my job is to make you cuss me because you stayed up all night reading my book because you had to find out what happens." So, I thought I'd try one of his books. Well, needless to say, I have read all of them now and mostly all of them in less than 24 hours. These are the best books ever!!!!!!