The Innocent by Harlan Coben Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Innocent
Book Review: Fast Read, Faster Review
Summary: 5 Stars
An excellent effort by Coben that will keep you reading all night to see what happens next. For sheer entertainment value this book is well worth your time and money. Don't waste your time reading a long-winded review when you could be reading something much more pleasurable...like The Innocent.Book Review: Fast-paced thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
Having read Tell No One and No Second Chance, I was anxious to read The Innocent. I finished it in one sitting. It was fast-paced with lots of twists and turns. Just go with it and you won't be disappointed. A good way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon.Book Review: Formulaic But A Formula That Works -- 4 1/2 Stars!
Summary: 4 Stars
For the fourth consecutive novel, Coben relies on his proven formula in which the main character's happy life is upended by some event that the reader can relate to. This formula is one that, for the most part, works big time. The plot devices used in The Innocent, while similar to those in each of his books since Tell No One, are suspenseful, full of twists and turns and will keep the pages flying through your finger tips. The characters are interesting and well-developed, although they require you to suspend belief perhaps a bit too much. Another minor criticism - and I stress MINOR--is that as a result of The Innocent following the same basic formula of Coben's previous three books, it lacks some of the originality I earlier had come to expect from this very talented author. Nonetheless, The Innocent is well-worth reading, very engrossing and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page. Fasten your seat belts!Book Review: Fun Book
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this several months ago but never got around to writing the review. It is interesting to write a review of a mystery so much after finishing the book. What stays with me is the character development. Matt Hunter is terrific character. Portions of the book were far fetched but on the whole it was great fun.Book Review: GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT
Summary: 5 Stars
Harlan Coben is a master storyteller, as evidenced in his excellent Myron Bolitar series and in his standalone thrillers (Just One Look, Tell No One). Coben knows how to involve his readers in the hero's plight and infuses a sense of dark humor in his narrative. The plot is very complex and while reading, one tries to figure out how the different storylines will eventually tie themselves together. Matt Hunter is a sturdy hero, a victim of a tragic accidental death that found him serving four years in prison. Now with his life back in order, a new job, a new wife, a baby on the way, things are finally looking up but then a mysterious photo on his wife's cell phone plunges him and the woman he loves into a terrifying mixture of inrigue and murder. THE INNOCENT moves at a good pace and has a good cast of supporting characters, including the mother of the young man Hunter killed and a feisty female detective, who finds herself believing in Hunter. There are some bad FBI agents too (shades of James Patterson) and the book's climax offers some unexpected surprises. THE INNOCENT continues Coben's reputation for involving and thrilling stories.