This became a page turner for me and I enjoyed the plot twists and turns.
The series also alludes in particular to the country’s anti-Semitism in the 1990s.
An absorbing tale once again.Twenty years ago eighteen-year-old Paul Copeland was working as a counselor at a summer camp in which four teenagers walked into the woods one night... two were murdered, and two went missing, never to be seen again (they were thought to be dead, their bodies were never found, some of their clothing had blood on it). The plot isn't predictable, but it's just meh. Netflix’s The Woods is an ambitious six-part adaption of Harlan Coben’s 2007 book of the same name.Coben has seen great success in the past few years with a string of adaption of his best-selling books, including Safe and The Stranger.
i think Harlan Coben moI love Harlan Coben's writing.
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Loved the story, but couldn't get over the blatant paternalistic "benevolent" misogyny and racism and the awful writing.
Though the pace was quick and I kept turning pages, this has more to credit a timeline with very little breathing space between each event than intrigue and emotional investment in the characters.
Though the pace was quick and I kept turning pages, this has more to credit a timeline with very little breathing space between each event than intrigue and emotional investment in the characters.I found Harlan Coben's book, "The Woods," to be a generally underwhelming read. "Less than compelling characters fail to compensate for a host of implausibilities. "
The Woods, however, is a twist in the formula; transplanting the action of the novel from the Americana heartlands to Poland. I just read the overview and was excited to try it, but this appeared without warning.
Bear with me as I explain myself. The author can clearly do better.I’ve only read a few Harlan Coben books but I’ve enjoyed them all. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. The twists and turns are really unexpected and makes you want to read the book in one go.I love Harlan Coben's writing. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.
This particular book is exactly that! So, there you have it. Four families had their lives changed forever. Two of them are found murdered, the other two, including Paul’s sister are never found.
the woods by Harlan Coben ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2007 Twenty years after his teenaged sister and three of her friends were murdered at their summer camp, a New Jersey prosecutor learns that one of the victims—and maybe more than one—may have walked away. Not sure what's worse, a macho yet sensitive and misunderstood cop who seems oblivious to issues of sex and race (most characters in the genre), or a macho yet sensitive misunderstood cop who presents himself as a social-justice advocate who isn't racist or sexist while commenting extensively on women's bodies, looks, and race in ways that go with the grain of every known stereotype.My first ever Harlan Coben book and it was not disappointing. Addition: Paperback. That was part of the deal. The 1994 sequences capture the joy and nostalgia of summer camps, moments of friendships and first loves that are abruptly ended when the four teenagers go missing.
A first-rate work of climate fiction. This was my first Harlan Coben book and I thought it was just fabulous! His sister and 3 of her friends go into the woods near their summer camp and they never came out. Excellent! With over 75 million books in print worldwide, Harlan Coben is the #1 New York Times author of thirty one novels including THE BOY FROM THE WOODS, RUN AWAY, FOOL ME ONCE, TELL NO ONE and the renowned Myron Bolitar series.
Summary of “The Woods” by Harlan Coben. His books are published in 45 languages around the globe. In the beginning you feel that the book is only about a murderer who killed 4 kids in a summer camp but Hell No! I found Harlan Coben's book, "The Woods," to be a generally underwhelming read. Harlan Coben is one those authors that be can relied upon to give you a guaranteed entertaining thrilling read. Paul Copeland was in the dark about a lot of things, like stuff about his mother and father and Ira and Lucy. Genre(s): Drama, Suspense. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again.
Just love this guy.
But before I begin, let me say that this was my first Harlan Coben experience.
None of the characters is interesting, they are just big cliches of other, more developed characters from other books. It is not the case in here.
Am Didn't this question just give away a key part of the book?
I mean, both Gil & Camille were hiding together or separately?
Netflix is adapting Harlan Coben’s mystery thriller The Woods as a Polish original..
On the strength of this one I will be looking out for more.I have read all of Coben's Myron Bolitar books and love them all, but I have so far only tried a couple of his stand alones. The series is the third of his novels to be adapted into TV at Netflix. The Woods is Netflix's third series from crime novelist Harlan Coben, a Polish original drama based on his 2007 novel of the same name. Paul becomes a County Prosecutor and still seeking answers to his sisters disappearancI’ve only read a few Harlan Coben books but I’ve enjoyed them all. We were, I guess, but not in the way I thought.
I'm not huge into "mysteries" or "thrillers", but when I do sit down with one this is the type of story that has everything I want in a "page turner" - short chapters, quick dialog, twists and turns, and narration that was surprisingly funny at times (case in point, after annoying a police officer and a prosecutor both in a matter of hours the main character concludes, "I had itched an ass this morning and now I had burned a butt.