The Woods
by Harlan Coben
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Author: Harlan CobenEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 0451221958
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Signet
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- ISBN13: 9780451221957
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "I see my father with that shovel...'
Summary: 1 Stars
...and that shovel is not nearly big enough to to dig out of this pile of politically correct manure, 'The Woods', by the 'I'm forever doing penance for being a white male' author Harlan Coben.
If you are a wealthy Caucasian man, you are suspect in this propaganda piece disguised as a mystery about a two decades old murder. But if you are a non-white, tattooed, bisexual, meth smoking stripper with a baby out of wedlock, and you sleep with farm animals (not that there's anything wrong with that--who am I to judge? as Coben might say), then you are on the side of the angels. And that is the problem with 'The Woods'.Coben's Northeastern liberal New Jersey bias telegraphs all the good guys and all the bad guys well in advance and sucks the life out of the story. That is a fatal flaw in a category of literature that is dependent on twists and surprises to keep the reader engaged.
If you want a good mystery, you best look elsewhere. If you want a manifesto of white male guilt, 'The Woods' is for you.
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