Harlan Coben is a master at crafting well-written, gripping thrillers. I have not read all of his books, but have read the last few, and have found them enjoyable and hard to put down (exactly what you want in a thriller). So, I was looking forward to The Boy from the Woods — so much so that I bought it in hardcover.

In The Boy from the Woods, a man with a mysterious past races to find a kidnapped girl. Sounds promising, right?

Well, maybe not. Surprisingly, this was a Did Not Finish for me. I gave it 100 pages, and then gave up. I just didn’t care about the characters enough to keep reading. Maybe it’s my current mood (I am, admittedly, very easily distracted these days), or maybe this is a rare miss for Coben. Either way, I moved on.