Think Twice by Harlan Coben, Book Review

Even the best thriller authors have bad days. There must’ve been a day when Harlan Coben decided to use the trope of the incredibly smart serial killer who chases our main protagonist by doing weird circles. This choice wasn’t great.

The killer manages to be very successful with a variety of strangers and then turns silly in the presence of Myron Bolitar. Meanwhile our superheroes talk and talk. And talk.

Think Twice was a miss for me. It’s readable but I had a very good idea what will happen and it mostly happened. I hope the next book is better. Harlan Coben doesn’t have many bad books, he’s usually consistently good.

2*/5

5 thoughts on “Think Twice by Harlan Coben, Book Review

    1. I do, or at least I used to. I’ve developed an allergy to superhero characters and certain tropes. This book is entirely made of both.

      Win is not a great character. On top of his incredible strength and marksmanship, he’s rich, very wasteful, and very illogical. Never faces any consequences for anything he does. Myron is more human but his relationship with women is absurd. It’s just difficult to keep reading.

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      1. Thank you! I still like Michael Connelly and also buy random thrillers if I like their covers.

        I think the overall quality of thrillers is lower than the quality of sci-fi and fantasy these days.

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