Giving this faceless narrator guy all the best lines sometimes makes him more interesting than Myron and it leads you to wonder who he is. The results often seem removed, even a little off-putting. All-Bran into a bowl and poured on skim milk. For those not reading the Cliffs Notes, this act denotes that there is still a great deal of boy in the man. I mean, sheesh, Coben, we got it already.
Somebody blow a whistle on that one.
There are a few other problems here. As previously mentioned, it took me a while to suss out the backstory in Darkest Fear . And, sure, Coben does jerk us around on occasion. But the fact remains that this book was a real blast and I'm now planning to head back and read all the others in order, so I don't miss a thing. Better yet, the author has something to say .