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Summary: This Guy's Good!
Review: After reading "Gone for Good," I was certain Coben knew how to tell a riveting, tightly-twisting tale. Now, having gone backwards chronologically to read "Tell No One," I'm convinced...This guy's good!"Tell No One" cranks up the adrenaline levels, but never forgets that it's dealing with real people. We follow Dr. David Beck's attempts to uncover the truth of his wife's murder eight years previous. Out of the blue, Beck is receiving emails that imply Elizabeth is actually alive. The more he tries to figure things out, the more deadly the game becomes, the more shady each character's actions seem. Coben's secret is that he makes us care about these characters. The resulting suspense is more than cheap Hollywood thrills; it's unabashed concern--gulp, even emotion--for this story of love and terror and redemption. As usual, Coben doesn't let us relax too much. He not only keeps the humor and social insights coming, he twists us around with one plot twist after another. He may use larger than life villians to add a sense of danger, but he uses very real, normal protagonists to drive the story--and these very real, normal people do very real, not so normal things. Almost everyone has a secret to hide, and the reader has the pleasure of watching the story unfold. Once again, Harlan Coben shows his stuff. In the end, we are left with a deeply satisfying tale that ticks with the precision of a Swiss timepiece, yet continues to beat with the heart of its characters.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I just love Coben. His characters are alive, his writing is crisp, and he just can't help but be funny. He also really LIKES and respects women and is not homophobic - two traits virtually unheard of in male mystery writers. I couldn't put this book down and kept on reading even though I had LOTS of other things to do - it was that good. And ... for what it's worth, I think the final twist is fine.
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Summary: Gripping - four and a half stars
Review: I will give a very short and factual summary of my experience with the book. Any leads into the story will be doing injustice to the concept of a mystrey novel. So let me just say that I was faced with a train journey of 32 hours across the country and so I bought a book that promised to hold my interest to help me pass the time. I started the book after 7 hours of sleep - which left 25 more hours - and by the time I had finished it, I still had 17 hours left to pass. It was that engrossing and fast. It was the first Harlan Coben that I read and it certainly won't be my last. People talk about the ending being a little disappointing, but I beg to differ.The reason I can't give it a five star is that I could predict a part of the edning. I would ideally have given 4 and a half stars but that's not allowed.
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Summary: Lots of Fun & Entertaining
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Easy enough to read on an airplane, but not complete fluff. Just good old fun! Lots of suspense and twists. I highly recommend!
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Summary: Quick Read
Review: I'll be the first one to admit that I don't like a difficult-to-read book. "Tell No One" takes that notion to the other extreme. It was far too easy of a read, as I was flipping thru the pages like i would a comic book, and I found myself on the 300th page without realizing it. The writing was incredibly informal as it sorta read like a movie script.
But in the end what really counts? None of us read mystery novels to improve our vocabulary. We want a mystery novel that intrigues us and captures the reader's attention. "Tell No One" had a gripping plot that entertained the whole way thru. The twists were not forced like in other books. They eased into the plot and kept me surprised the whole way thru. And I loved every minute of it. Part of the reason the novel worked is because it did not take itself too seriously. Plenty of comedic elements hid any flaws the book might have contained.
Overall, an A-level mystery!!
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: Harlan Coben was born in 1962 in Newark, New Jersey to Carl Gerald and Barbara (Kronberg) Coben. In 1988 Coben married his wife Anne, who had been his sweetheart since the age of twenty, and together they had four children. In the 1990s Coben made his mark as a mystery novelist that embraced the professional sports world. Some of his other novels including "Play Dead", "Miracle Cure", "Gone for Good", and seven novels in his "Myron Bolitar" mystery novels, including "Deal Breaker", "Dropshot", "Fade Away", "Back Spin", "One False Move", "The Final Detail" and "Darkest Fear." Annotation: On their yearly trip to Becks grandfathers' cabin, his wife Elizabeth is killed. Now, eight years later it seems that Elizabeth may still be alive. It turns out that after escaping the police looking for Elizabeth that he isn't the only one who is searching for Elizabeth. I fully enjoyed "Tell No One", and at times it was hard to set it down when I was left hanging after a chapter or while at school, when the bell rang for the period to end. This book followed me every where, from school, to home, even to work. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a little mystery in their life, and to anyone who doesn't mind be a little confused until the end of the book. One thing I would recommend would be to sit down and try to read the book in a few sittings, for extended it over a period of time may leave you utterly and confusing, also not being tired while you read it. I would say being alert and awake is the key in figuring out what Coben is hiding behind the next page, for he is an excellent writer and i can't wait to read "Gone For Good."
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Summary: Great until the end
Review: I loved it--couldn't put it down but was disappointed by the final plot twist. It negated the premise of the entire story of David's (the main character) not having a clue into why someone might want his wife dead. Let's see--something like this happens and then a couple months later your wife is killed, and you just think it's a coincidence? The last plot twist just does not make sense. But it is a great mystery--just do not read the ending.
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Summary: Great page turner marred by dumb ending
Review: I won't give away the end of this gripping story, but...
for those who have not read it, my problem is that the 'killer' just makes the lead character more of an important part of the mystery than one ( as the storyline goes ) who is clueless and is trying to find the truth. Very disappointing conclusion that almost makes the first 99/100ths of the story meaningless.
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Summary: "That D@mn Book!"
Review: We called this book, "That D@mn Book" last summer because it was very difficult to put down. It was floating around the shore house, and when someone was reading this book, that person did little else. My husband stayed up until 3 am, and my sister-in-law was ignoring her kids on the beach, just to give a few examples. This is a page-turner to say the least.
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Summary: spectacular!!
Review: One of the best books I've ever read!! A real-page turner!
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