Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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Losing Stamina for Recent Thrillers

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

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Bingo: You, as in me, who is desultorily dragging her way through yet another mediocre thriller. As I mentioned in my last review, I decided to break up my more mind chewy reads and go on a streak of thrillers and mysteries. So far, the mysteries are panning out fine. Unfortunately, my eyes grow weary of the standard, similar thrillers I’ve been reading as of late. I have one more from that stack, and then two promising mysteries to finish the project. So let’s get […]

Suspension of Disbelief on Steroids

I Will Find You by Harlan Coben

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David is serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his young son five years ago, but he is adamant that he did not commit the crime. When his former sister-in-law Rachel visits with what may be a photograph of his son – still alive – he becomes determined to break out of prison and figure out the truth. This is my second Harlan Coben book, and while they are very different from each other I was suprised to see a small link – […]

Game, set and …

The Match by Harlan Coben

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Several decades ago, a young boy was discovered living alone in the woods. The boy was put in foster care; the authorities assumed the boy would eventually be claimed. But no such thing happened. The boy, nicknamed Wilde, grew up and became a… PI? Enforcer? Jack of All Trades in the security business? We don’t know, we don’t care. All we know is that the boy’s memories never came back, save for one: a red banister, a portrait of a man, and the sound of […]

Loser

Win by Harlan Coben

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Normally I’d start a review with a brief plot summary. I know opinions are divided on this, but personally I appreciate not having to go to another website to look up the plot when someone raves about a book. But I honestly don’t remember much about this book. Something with two stolen paintings, a dead hermit, and a rich guy.  Because Winford Something III would very much like you to know that he is rich. Very rich. Private jet rich. Helicopter rich. He can’t help […]

Unfussy (and that’s a good thing)

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben

Dead Lake by Darcy Coates

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After forcing my way through one of the hallmarks of 19th century European literature (voluntarily, no less) I decided I deserved something less fussy, and so I picked Coates (always a reliable plck for moderately scary yet uncomplicated) and Harlan Coben, whom I’d never read before and kept putting off because people were giving me high expectations.  Let me preface this by saying I’m typing this after spending the entire weekend abroad with my students and coherence is not my forte at the moment, so […]

If you want to know where the boy in the woods came from, just skip straight to book two.

The Boy From the Woods (Wilde, #1) by Harlan Coben

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I don’t even know what to say for this one! First time reading Harlan Coben. It’s not what I was expecting, especially from a bestselling author who numbers Stephen King among his fans (I first added him to my TBR after a mention of one of his books in The Outsider). Those are high standards! And this was . . . not great. And it had such a good premise! Which is almost entirely wasted. It’s your standard, really not all that well-written, thriller. Nothing special […]



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