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Summary: Arghhh!
Review: Four stars for this book is something of a compromise. For 99.9 percent of the book, I probably would have been inclined to give it five stars. After the last page and a half, I am almost inclined to drop the rating to three stars. I won't give anything away, but I will say this: After writing a very, very good book, Mr. Coben wraps it up by being too cute by half. He capped a hum-dinger of a story with an unsatisfying (and unnecessary) twist at the end. That unfortunate slip aside, this book is well conceived, well written, and a great read. (Good enough, in fact, that I'm in the process of reading another of Coben's books.) Check it out...if you can overlook an overwritten ending, you'll have a great time.
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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: This may be one of the most exciting books that I have ever read!! It is a real page turner with twists and turns at every corner. Tell No One is the frist Harlan Coben novel I have ever read and I was more than pleasently surprised. The intricate tale woven by Coben is one that will keep you on the edge of your seat (literally) and while some found it ubelivable I found it to be extremely exciting! The novel is set eight years after the brutal murder of Dr. Dvaid Beck's wife Elizabeth. But as this novel unwinds you learn that nothing is as it seems and for Dr. Beck this realization means trouble, when his life and the lives of friends and family become in jepordy. < BR>This is a roller coaster of a book and I can't wait to read 'Gone For Good' Coben's Latest. I've given Tell No One to my entire family and they all LOVE it and continue to pass it on. I give it 5 Stars!!!!!!
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Summary: Highly entertaining summer read
Review: I finished this book in one enjoyable day involving a long airplane trip. I chose this book because I enjoyed Harlan Coben's more recent thriller, "Gone for Good". There are many similarities between the two books that made them both enjoyable reads--a loved one missing for a long period, likable characters, particularly the main character and fast paced action. Tell No One involves a very nice guy, David Beck, whose wife was murdered years ago. Beck, a pediatrician who works in a ghetto clinic, has never recovered from this loss--his childhood sweetheart and love of his life. When he gets an email from someone who appears to be his wife on a special anniversary known only to them, his life gets turned upside down. Others are also interested in his wife's murder or reappearance from the FBI who try to set him up for the murder, to nefarious characters who don't want her to reappear. Beck walks a fine line to avoid both types of enemies to find out if his wife is alive. He makes an unlikely alliance with a drug dealer who is the father of one of his patients and that world adds interest. When the plot winds down, we get a big surprise that doesnt seem to ring as true as the rest of the story--this is my only complaint with an otherwise enjoyable book. Although this is a stand-alone book, it has settings and minor characters that cross over into the later book, Gone for Good. I give the later book a slightly better rating due to its more satisfying ending but I recommend both books.
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Summary: Barely held on to the end...
Review: This book started promisingly, then fizzled. It was the writing itself...not great. Lots of stereotypes, cliches, repeatedly uninteresting phrasing. I thought if I heard the response "WHAT?" in dialogue one more time I would go mad. I wanted to say "DUH." I've asked it a thousand times in these reviews...don't they edit writers these days? This book is like some amateur college writing attempt...the writer had a "good idea" but wasn't experienced enough to carry it through as a truly smart, literary accomplishment. If you would like to read a fantastic book with a similar subject matter (love of a man's life, presumed dead, surfaces years later) try "Waking The Dead" by Scott Spencer. Now that's a literary masterpiece. One other thing: I listened to this on a Recorded Books, Inc., (unabridged) presentation. The reader, an excellent character actor named Ed Sala, was very good...but too folksy! This is meant to be a New York City book, with savvy New York characters, and Ed Sala is obviously a southerner. Everybody sounded like they were from some backwater town in Kentucky or Tennessee. Hello! Was anybody home at Recorded Books, Inc., when they assigned it to Sala? It really took away from the novel, I feel. Though it wasn't, as I said, a very well-written book, it might have been authentic-sounding if someone who was a true New Yorker had read it. I hope the people at Recorded Books are listening...so to speak.
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Summary: TELL NO ONE
Review: A GREAT BEACH VACATION BOOK, COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN, HATED FOR IT TO END
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Summary: Tell every one !!!
Review: In the category of Suspense ''Tell No One'' has to be among the best. This story is fast paced, full of twist & turns. In the first chapter it had all the right ingredients to capted my attention; while celebrating their anniversary a happily married doctor's wife is abducted right in front of his eyes, a few days later, she is found murdered, in a most violent manner..., presumably by a serial killer lurking in the area...
Eight years later the husband, Dr. Beck, receives a strange e-mail on his office computer making him suspect his beautiful wife might still be alive... but to get to the truth, the message clearly says he must ''Tell no one''...Well by then I was really hooked !
Ok, I must admit the writing is so-so, there are alot of corny clichés and metaphores like, ''flaky as a Greek pastry'' or '' more than any dying man in a desert wants to find an oasis'', that were at times even a bit nauseating but in this type of book I was more interested in the outcome of the story, the tension factor and the action than in the writing. The plot never stops...It's a real page turner...
This book delivered, I enjoyed it and recommend it... and now I can get back to the more serious stuff.
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Summary: Better Than Myron Bolitar!
Review: I read this book before I discovered the Myron Bolitar series by the same author. This remains my favorite story by Harlan Coben. Suspenseful, entertaining, it will keep you guessing - and caring - about the outcome.
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Summary: Not worth reading
Review: Dr Beck, a physician, witness the kidnapping and subsequent dissapearance of his wife during a romantic date in a secluded place called Lake Chermaine. This is the place where they kissed for the first time and hides secrets that only both of them know. Eight years later, Dr Beck gets an e-mail with an indication that his his wife may still be alive and the story begins to unfold Though this book could be placed into the mystery and thriller genre I can affirm that it is only an attempt to make a tedious plot that was incredibly poorly written to the point that can be read like the technical specification of a piece of machinery Except Beck, most of the characters were poorly created and developed, that is, what many readers wittily call cardboard made, the thugs looked pitiful, so at one point I wanted to call it quits but made an effort and went all the way to the end. By the way, this book took me almost two months to read, certainly engrossing,...isn't it ? At the ending, the author takes a chance to finish this flop not elaborating something out of a bright idea but instead deceiving the readers making them think that are being lead to the best throughout cunning twist and turns when in fact what he does is to play asinine games with his already feeble characters Dissapointing, and as I did one more time like many others, I ended with a sleazy book in my hands deluded by helpful five stars reviews and a four star average, falling again in a trap So.., watch out !!!
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Summary: A fun read...
Review: There aren't many books that I have read where it gave me the feeling of satisfaction of a good read. Tell No One pleasantly surprised me just when I thought it was getting a bit cheesy when the cat and mouse chase. I enjoyed it and I would recommend it as a good, fun, quick read for the summer.
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Summary: Tell Some People
Review: Tell No One is a wonderful escapist thriller that is guaranteed to keep the reader guessing. However, it's certainly not a book for all. The plot of this book is its best attribute. Coben has set out a wonderful, interesting story that keeps one reading. This is one of the few books that I can say I actually read in 24 hours and didn't get bored with. Coben's pacing is his greatest asset. He knows how to keep the story moving, and provides an unending number of twists. The writing, however, certainly leaves something to be desired. This is a first-person account, and often the narrator takes time out to speak directly to the audience on trivial issues, such as cliches. It takes away from the novel. Also, like many writers today, Coben feels the need to blow up his similies and metaphors. He describes a character's dress as plunging like a deep sea diver. Some of the literary aspects are forced, and will bother some readers. To sum up the book -- in Coben's style -- it is a fun read that goes by faster than snot when an elephant sneezes.
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