Harlan Coben

[MimiLuvsMystery]

After I read his book, I emailed him to tell him how much I enjoyed his book and he actually emailed me back a nice note. In the email he gave me his MySpace information to keep up to date but I rarely go to MySpace now.

In December, 2008, he and Lee Child were doing a book signing together in NYC and my niece and I were planning on going but the weather didn't cooperate, as I recall and my niece backed down on going with me. I missed an opportunity that I'm sure I'll regret forever; both of them being favorites of mine.

 

[Tai_Mai_Shu]

Almost finished 'Tell No One'. This is the first HC book I've read and I am not that impressed so far.

I don't like the way he starts the book in the first person and every second chapter or so, changes to third person and then back to first again.

I like books written in the first person; you can get more involved with the character and from the authors point of view they are harder to write. But to switch from first to third is a bit of a cop-out from the author and does seems to make the story a bit to jerky, as though you are reading a movie script............but then maybe thats the idea since 'Tell No One' has been make into a movie.

I agree with this statement. I'm a little over two hundred pages in out of 330 and have to say that I've been disappointed. I've only picked him up because of the hype surrounding him. I will finish Tell No One and try one more of his book so hopefully his other one will be better than this stand alone.

 

[jimrada]

I was hooked with the first Harlan Coben book I read. Tell No One kept me guessing to the last page. Then I worked my way into the Myron Bolitar books and loved them for their humor. He quickly became my favorite mystery writer.