Rating:  Summary: Excellent! Review: I did not give this book 5 stars simply because I had read Hoben's "Gone for Good" first. On the other hand, I found myself unable to stop turning the pages even when I knew I should. I do have some misgivings about the final plot twist regarding Beck's past, but I can overlook that considering what a overall great read this was.
Rating:  Summary: TELL NO ONE ABOUT THIS BOOK Review: Having read and loved all of this authors "Myron Boloitar" series (some more than others) I was extremely disappointed in his latest attemt into the mainstream thriller genre. Characters were not developed or likable. If you can stand to wait until the last 80 pages for things to pick up, this book may be for you.
Rating:  Summary: Fast and fun...but illogical, with a very bad ending. Review: I read this entertaining and suspenseful book in two hours because it's the very definition of a "page-turner." The pace is fast and the story is great...that is, until the end, when twist after twist piles up into a truly improbable, dumbly cinematic, slapped-on ending. It almost felt as if Harlan Coben died before the book was completed and a third-rate substitute writer was brought in to author the ending. I was quite disappointed that Coben didn't work harder to wrap things up in a more believable and interesting way. If this book had ended differently I would have given it maybe four and a half stars, because it's so incredibly engrossing at first.
Rating:  Summary: never buy any book by Mr. Coban Review: I put a huge endurance to finally finsh it. never buy any book by Mr. Coban
Rating:  Summary: The ending knocked me out of my chair.. Review: This is an outstanding piece of writing. I was captivated by this story from the first few words. "Tell No One" will go down as one of the most original suspense thrillers in years. I read this book from start to finish in one day-skipping lunch because i was so mesmerized by the tale. The book starts at a full run and ends at a full run. I can sum my feelings up about this book with one word--WOW!
Rating:  Summary: Did I mention the flying saucer that landed in the back? Review: I like Harlan Coben and gratefully, he will be around for a long time. I look forward to reading another Cobenesque tale, but not like this one. He is a master of plot, unfolding one surprise after another. The problem is that some of the surprises qualify as surprises only because they are completely unbelievable. Look at Alfred Hitchcock. He was successful because he took ordinary people like James Stewart (Rear Window) and Cary Grant (North by Northwest) from ordinary jobs (photographer; sales manager) and exposed them by accident to extraordinary events (witness to murder most foul; mistaken for a KGB counter agent). But they were ordinary folks and remained ordinary. Dr. Beck seems to be disengenuous, almost dishonest. And what bothers me here, is that he is disengenuous with me, the reader, who plunked down X amount of dollars to listen to his story. Let me give you an example. If I scrape the bumper of our car at the mall, I may forget to tell my wife; if the nordic blond secretary kisses me on the cheek for my birthday at the office, lacking any kamikaze-like inclinations, I may avoid telling my wife; if I take my sons to the Lions game, and they overhear some foul language from a row behind us, I may elect to not tell my wife. But if I see her boss robbing a bank, if I witness a shoot out between armed insurrectionists, these are things I'm going to share with my partner. And Dr. Beck doesn't do that. He leaves things out, doesn't give her the information he ought to have. For someone that he has worshipped since the second grade, he witholds certain information from her. She is murdered he believes and he still weeps for her 8 years later but they had secrets from eachother. I think the simplest but honest relationships wouldn't keep those kinds of secrets from their spouse. It's a good action read. Lots of twists. I'm left with the feeling that it was written for another medium that absolutely pays no attention to logic, ergo the movies. I'll read Mr. Coben again but frankly I was disappointed. Not even sure I liked the characters.
Rating:  Summary: An Excellent Book Review: I think that 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. Some may have thought that it was a tad unbelieveable but so are soap operas yet millions still watch them, to me thats the point of a good novel to get wraped up in a non-reality so to speak. I've given this book to my entire family and they all LOVE it and continue to pass it on. I give it 5 Stars!!!!!!
Rating:  Summary: Stayed till 3AM to finish it Review: Lovers of thrillers have to definelely read this book. You wouldnt want it to end. Suspense and "surprises" stay all the way to the end, to the very last page of the book. Coben also enriched its book with certain remarks and common knowledge he got.
Rating:  Summary: Exciting read! Review: It is astonishing to read all the other reviews and to find out how readers were divided by this book, hardly any mediocre opinions. I for one found it highly entertaining, well written and extremely exciting, and seems I am with the majority here. "Tell No One" is definitely one of the best thrillers I have read in a long time (and that's been quite a lot of books). There are a few clichées along the way, certainly, but all in all Dr. Beck's crusade to find the truth about his wife's murder eight years ago will not leave you cold. Both the romantic moments and the violent pages in this book (my first Harlan Coben novel, but certainly not my last) grabbed me deeply, and I found myself devouring this book in three sessions. The ending is a bit of a let-down, alright, but the excitement created by the author throughout the first 300 or so pages more than make up for that.
Rating:  Summary: Thanks for the warning Review: If this is better than his other books I won't bother with reading them. So many twists and turns it was totally unbelievable. I know its fiction but give me a break.........
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