huge disappointment I've read all of the Myron Bolitar books and this, by far, is the worse. I knew I was in trouble when I was nearly 3/4 of the way through and realized I didn't care if I finished it. I forced myself to and now realize I can't get back those two hours. I absolutely loved the other Bolitar books and just hated this. It doesn't even feel like Harlan Coben writing it. It sounds/feels like a juvenile attempt at ripping off his work. We saw and felt very little of the usual characters and ended up caring very little about the plight of Therese or the plight of any of her potential offspring.
Needs a V chip Definitely a guy book. I picked it up because it takes place in Paris & London. It's exciting for sure, but Myron Bolitar's search for the daughter of a past love gets pretty gory. Besides a great deal of punching, kicking and nose-breaking, there's way too much gouging and torture. The characters he meets seem to come from all sides, terrorists, secret police, local bad cops, israeli commandos, and just plain nasties. As this is the ninth Myron Bolitar, his cohorts' characters are well est...more Definitely a guy book. I picked it up because it takes place in Paris & London. It's exciting for sure, but Myron Bolitar's search for the daughter of a past love gets pretty gory. Besides a great deal of punching, kicking and nose-breaking, there's way too much gouging and torture. The characters he meets seem to come from all sides, terrorists, secret police, local bad cops, Israeli commandos, and just plain nasties. As this is the ninth Myron Bolitar, his cohorts' characters are well established and seriously quite likeable. I read this book as quickly as I could, mostly because I really wanted it to be over so I wouldn't have to read any more of it's horrors. It's a good story, just too much gratuitous violence.Not one of Mr. Coben's best, but still a good read. I have read every single one of Harlan Coben's books and am a great fan of Myron Bolitar. It has been a while since Myron has been featured in one of Mr. Coben's books and I was so looking forward to reading it. I have no idea why Mr. Coben took Myron in this direction in this book. The story line is kind of hard to swallow, with Myron now fighting terrorists almost single handedly, keeps running after a woman who constantly leaves him, runs away from his real job as a sports agent and his partner, Esperanza, and is still relying upon Win as a back up when he gets in trouble. The ending was confusing (spoiler coming up)as why Myron runs after Terese only to leave her? The story was very unbelievable the closer you got to the end.
I would very much like to see a book where Myron and Win, in their college years are working together for the CIA. This has not been discussed in depth and how and why they are so close and what they encountered while working for the government would be an excellent storyline. Hopefully the next Myron Bolitar novel will be better than this one.A decent thriller, if lacking in the credulity dept. I would give "Long Lost' a 3.75 if that were an option. It is not nearly as over-the-top as the first Myron Bolitar novel. Told in the first person perhaps helps plausibilty, although the twists and turns and scope of the adventure test credultity.
In this outing, Bolitar and his 9/11 widow girlfiend (that was a little odd, and superfluous) break up conveniently just in time for the former basketball star/now agent/sometime sleuth to answer the call of long lost fling Therese, who, of course, is as beautiful as they come, and has gotten more so with age.
That said, the mystery of the murder of her first husband is so engaging, the pacing quick enough, the turns so surprising, that I kept turning the pages, and put up with Bolitar's riffs that would get him booed off the stage as a standup comic. This is a good thriller in a pinch. Coben is insightful and funny enough to compensate for the aforementioned flaws.creepy I have read all of Coben's books and enjoyed each one until Long Lost. Stereotyping scary terrorists as Arab Muslims leaves me cold. My favorite character Win was barely there. Did Dick Cheney ghost write this?
