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Unfussy (and that’s a good thing)

The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben

Dead Lake by Darcy Coates

February 26, 2024 by Zirza Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Darcy Coates, Dead Lake, Harlan Coben, horror, monsters, The Boy From the Woods, Wilde

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Darcy Coates, Dead Lake, Harlan Coben, horror, monsters, The Boy From the Woods, Wilde ·
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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

June 2, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime, Harlan Coben, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Boy From the Woods, thriller

narfna's CBR15 Review No:57 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime, Harlan Coben, mystery, narfna, Suspense, The Boy From the Woods, thriller ·
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