May 25, 2023pacl_teens rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
"Three decades ago, Wilde, a feral boy with no memory of his past, was discovered in the woods. As an adult still clueless about his origins, he faces another child's disappearance. Naomi's vanishing doesn't garner much concern except from…
Sep 09, 2022Bluebird756 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book seems to have received mixed reviews from the public. As an avid reader of Harlan Coben novels for many years, I really liked it. I found the characters, plot, and subplots to be very compelling. And in trademark Coben…
Nov 13, 2021LadyJaneBrais rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
LOVED IT! I can't emphasize how much good, rollicking stories like this are keeping me sane during the restrictions of the pandemic, and the encroaching winter time. Maybe I'm a sap, but I love his stories and convoluted plots. Worth…
Sep 25, 2021JCLPiepieB rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Not my favorite Harlan Coben. Granted, I haven't read too many of his books but I didn't feel "connected" to this one as I did to the ones I'd read previously. I LOVED Hester, I liked Wilde, and I'm wondering if this is set up to be a…
Feb 14, 20210007548100dmw rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Coben is one of my favorite authors and normally very dependable for a good read. Even though I enjoyed this book, it wasn't one of his best. I guess even the best can have an off day.
Feb 09, 2021jennab4 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Don’t even know where to go with this review. I didn’t love this book but I didn’t hate it. I wanted to finish it but I wasn’t invested in the characters or the storyline. It was my second Harlan Coben book and I felt the same about it as…
Jan 29, 2021grieta rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Meh. Long time devotee of Mr. Coben, and found this novel (and his last stand alone novel, "Run Away") essentially ~ well ~ meh. Okay. Not great. I am quite able to suspend disbelief to buy Wilde's back-story (I mean ~ geez! I still…
Jan 07, 2021agehlba rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Another great piece by Coben. His novels never disappoint. I find myself trying to figure out what the twists will be at the end and more often than not, I'm left surprised. His stories get you hooked from the first chapter and you're left…
Dec 13, 2020Grandma007 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Plot is bad, characters unbelievable. Sort of political....kind of seems like a critique of a character somewhat like Donald Trump....maybe. Not sure what the point of the story is. Maybe the author had to send in a story due to…
Oct 21, 2020gloryb rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The title of this novel is misleading as the novel is not about a child lost in the woods; that child is now a grown man, the sleuth in this story. There were other things that bothered me about the story's construction. Coben gives too…
I agree with Awesome. Coben is a great storyteller. I am always intrigued by characters when you cannot predict their next moves, or story outcomes. I was hooked from the start and can relate to both Naomi's and Hester's stories. but the…
I started reading this book and was immediately caught up in the storyline. It was a good book to read and kept me interested through to the end. The only thing I didn't care for was the fact that I was not told how the boy got into the…
Aug 14, 2020DT_kcls rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I'm not sure what the main plot of 'The Boy from the Woods' is, even as I finished it. There are so many dangling plot lines and red herrings that it feels incomplete. Is the story about a bullied girl, the classmates who bully her, the…
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The Boy From the Woods