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CTyankee

(64,941 posts)
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 03:22 PM Apr 2013

Is anyone here reading "Six Years" by Harlan Coben?

I'm really hooked on this story. The book isn't short and I already feel I could read it straight through to find out what the hell is going on with the main character!

Should I read his other books? Which ones are really good?

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1. Yes!
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 04:42 PM
Apr 2013

Myron Bolitar is a very good character from his books.

I'd read the series from the top down (don't start randomly - kind of misses the point)

Haven't read Six Years yet.. I saw it, but haven't bought it.

Still busy reading Michael Connelly's latest.

CTyankee

(64,941 posts)
2. OK, thanks for the hint! I'll look for the others in this series...altho I havent encountered
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 06:31 PM
Apr 2013

Myron Bolitar in this book yet...

getting old in mke

(813 posts)
3. It's a stand-alone
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:09 AM
Apr 2013

I love Myron and Win, and will read anything they're in, but I like Coben's stand-alones better than than the series. Haven't read it yet--I'll let it age for another couple of weeks .

Mz Pip

(27,888 posts)
4. Coben is terrific
Mon Apr 15, 2013, 01:52 PM
Apr 2013
Tell No One is another excellent stand alone as is Just One Look.

His Myron Bolitar series is really good too. Interesting characters with ofter very funny dialogue. Myron's sociopathic sidekick Win is one of the more unusual side kicks I've read.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
5. I'm on the library wait list. Read all of Coben's books -- they truly are all good. I envy you
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:18 PM
Apr 2013

the pleasure of reading them all!

CTyankee

(64,941 posts)
6. I must admit that now that I am in the final chapters, this book is getting pretty
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:22 PM
Apr 2013

complicated. I prefer a simpler plot line with fewer characters to have to remember later on in the book ("oh, yeah, her...now I remember...&quot .

But maybe it's just my aging brain...LOL...

matt819

(10,749 posts)
7. I started it
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 10:29 PM
Apr 2013

I love reading Harlan Coben, but I couldn't get into this one. Maybe I'll give it another try.

CTyankee

(64,941 posts)
8. It's one of those books, I think, that if it doesn't get better for you as you read on, then
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 07:21 AM
Apr 2013

it's probably not worth going back to...

wet.hen88

(64 posts)
9. coben!
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:16 PM
Apr 2013

He's great, and if you do a search asking for the ORDER of his books, it helps with character and plot chronology...go for it!

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