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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451213204
ISBN number: 0451213203
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 400
Printing Date: April 26, 2005
Publishing house: Signet
Release Date: April 26, 2005
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When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, there is a picture that doesn't belong-a photo from at least 20 years ago with a man in it who looks strikingly like her husband, Jack. And though Jack denies it, he disappears that night, taking the photo with him. Now, to save her family from a fierce, silent killer who will stop at nothing to get the photo, Grace must confront the dark corners of her own tragic past.
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This the most suspenseful and intriguing book of Coben's that I've read to date. From the very first page onward, this is a page turner that you struggle to put down. It will keep you up late reading. A gripping element is that the main character is a more or less, typical mother and wife who works from home as an artist. She is living a normal life after recovering from a horrible accident 15 years earlier. Then a strange event occurs and her husband disappears. Readers are introduced to a twisting mystery that is not fully disclosed until the end. Through the plot, you will be wondering what the truth is. The characters run the gamut from a nosy neighbor, a vicious killer, a mob boss, questionable friends, and mystery relatives. I can't imagine how Coben hatched this idea but it is captivating. The only downside is that there is a little scratching your head when it is all over.
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I couldn't put it down. And although the ending is a little of a stretch and the characterization of "Jack Lawson" somewhat thin, I found the creation of Grace Lawson and the evil Eric Wu to be memorable and excellent.
Cram is interesting, too.
Well done!
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Grace Lawson has the stereotypical North American dream life ... a good husband, a happy marriage, two well adjusted children, a lovely home and a successful career as an admired artist that actually generates enough income for her to consider herself prosperous. Her world, metaphorically travelling at a comfortable pace down Main Street, suddenly accelerated into a curve and took a high speed turn on two wheels into a threatening narrow dark alley on the day she found a twenty year old photograph mysteriously tucked into a package of newly developed shots she had just picked up at the camera shop. The old photo portrays a group of young friends, one of whom appears to be her husband as a much younger man. When she asks him about it, he hotly denies it, clearly covering up something. He leaves the house and promptly disappears without a trace.
In "Just One Look" Harlan Coben takes his readers on a roller-coaster ride through a Byzantine complex plot as Grace searches for her missing husband. His writing is breathlessly urgent. The tension is palpable and the compulsion to turn the pages is quite unavoidable. But somehow, after all was said and done, the novel failed to completely satisfy.
Psychedelic drugs and stampedes at a crowded 1960s rock concert, a ruthless near invincible Ninja style hit man, a Mafia Don with a soft spot in his heart for Grace's predicament, police who don't believe that her husband has disappeared at all, plagiarism and theft of song royalties - it's difficult to imagine what else beside the kitchen sink that Coben could have tossed into this plot! Another reviewer suggested that Coben told an intriguing story that was as "complex as a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle, but never confusing". Frankly, I disagree. The plot was convoluted and I felt it took considerable concentration to hold the threads together and to keep the entire story intact.
I enjoyed the novel but, personally, I like my thrillers to be just a little less effort and a little more brainless enjoyment. Here's the suggestion - if you're looking for PURE brain candy, this isn't your book! If you're looking for mental stimulation and you like a great suspense thriller as well, this is probably a cup of tea that will warm your heart.
Recommended.
Paul Weiss
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I enjoyed the writing and I was quickly drawn into the story. I was eager to find out what happened, but I was very disappointed in how the mystery was solved. Perhaps Coben was particularly rushed or uninspired when he was writing the second half of this book. I stayed in it for the pay-off, but there was none.
There is actually a scene that reads like an episode of Scooby-Doo, in which the answer to the biggest mystery, solved off-stage, is revealed to the culprit.
I don't mind that the scary guy is Korean, but since people don't know his name, they (and therefore, the author) repeatedly refer to him only as "the Asian man." Gracious.
I'm curious enough to read another Coben book because I enjoy the "my life isn't what I thought it was" premise, but I hope I won't be wasting my time.
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This is the third novel I've read by Harlan Coben and he continues to impress me with wild plot twists that always take me by surprise. I don't know where or how Mr. Coben comes up with such story lines but I'm sold on this author and I'm off to read his subsequent novel, The Innocent.
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