Shelter : A Mickey Bolitar Novel Author: Visit Amazon's Harlan Coben Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0142422037 | Format: EPUB
Shelter : A Mickey Bolitar Novel Description
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'This explosively fast thriller will leave fans clamoring for more' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Cunningly plotted and dependably entertaining' EVENING STANDARD
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About the Author
Harlan Coben (www.harlancoben.com) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous adult novels, as well as the two young adult novels, SHELTER and SECONDS AWAY. He has won the Edgar Award, Shamus Award, and Anthony Award--the first author to receive all three. His books are published in forty-one languages--with over 50 million copies in print worldwide--and have been #1 bestsellers in over a dozen countries. He lives in New Jersey.
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- Age Range: 12 and up
- Grade Level: 7 and up
- Series: A Mickey Bolitar Novel (Book 1)
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Speak; Reprint edition (August 21, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9780142422038
- ISBN-13: 978-0142422038
- ASIN: 0142422037
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
I went into this understanding the target market, but I'm a Coben addict and needed a fix. Besides, I was a huge fan of the Hardy Boys, Rick Brant, et al.
The book opens with some new-kid-in-school clichés, with a few characters of similar stripe, but skillfully sets the stage with suspense. At this point, the plot flirts with improbability, but this is a work of fiction. If it had maintained that course, all would've turned out well. Unfortunately, the only line followed was wallowing in the banal stereotyping, while the plot veers off the road into a ditch of the inane.
Mickey's worldly upbringing might explain some of his reasoning. But the rest is much more like a 41 year old instead of 14. As for his cohorts, you have two callow social outcasts, one embittered with the world, and a rich queen bee. Their concerns are going to extend beyond iPods and American Eagle to reach risking life and limb for a girl they hardly know? Not bloody likely. They're chomping at the bit to bust into a strip bar in the heart of Newark to take on a gang of professional thugs? I grew up in the area and ran with a reckless crew. And yet, extrapolating forward in time, we wouldn't have even driven through Newark at 90 mph in an armored Hummer with close air support to get backstage passes to a Lady Gaga concert. But these weenies are going to go commando against armed professional criminals to rescue a cypher. Right.
The man in the black car, county law enforcement officer, etc. act with the same dearth of logic. Logistics don't even fit. As example, Mickey leaves Rachel's house for Newark with Myron in hot pursuit and aided by a tracker. And yet, Myron doesn't arrive until well after the action has concluded.
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