Six Years

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While Six Years is certainly a thriller, it is also very much a love story.”— Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel This is a novel by Harlan Coben and so naturally, things will get increasingly stranger as the story progresses. Jake launches a determined effort to find Natalie, only to discover that powerful forces are arrayed against him and that he and any number of others may be in deadly danger if he persists in his search. The hero of the novel Jake Fisher, a fetching poly sci professor at a school that strongly resembles Mr. Coben’s alma mater Amherst, tells us in the book’s opening lines there’s only one woman for him.

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That quote above is the opening line of the book. I mean, come on! How could I not keep on reading after that? Mr. Harlan Coben sure does know to put his readers on a spell. This is actually my first read from him and already I’m looking up the rest of his other books so I could add them on my reading list. I like Mr. Coben’s books especially his stand-alones. This is in part because, in some ways, he and I live in the same world. We’re both in our early 50’s, white, married to physicians, graduates of well-known colleges, parents of four kids, and, yes, privileged. The characters in his books have decidedly first-world problems; the bad things that happen to his characters are often extreme versions of things I fret about: the safety of teenagers, the dangers internet exposure can bring, the secrets that splinter seemingly secure relationships. His books espouse the view that life’s greatest rewards are found in connections with others, especially those forged with old friends and family. This works for me.

The writing itself didn't captivate me, but it did have flow and complimented the types of characters in the book. Jake's character could have been more interesting, but all of his behaviours are expected. He never does anything that you cannot predict. Right at the beginning his character is outlined in this very strict typecast of the righteous man. Even when he steps outside his comfort zone though, no one is surprised. I wish Coben had taken more risks with this book, because the plot itself is so overdone. The best chance he had to win people over was through his characters, but even the characters are shallow and poorly developed. Funcionou muito bem, já tinha saudades de ficar agarrada num livro ao ponto de querer virar mais uma página mesmo estando cheia de sono... Our book club will be discussing “Six Years” next week. Unfortunately I can not find any book club questions on the internet. Where can I find some? All the other books we read always have an assortment online to choose from. How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given Time/era of story: - 2000+ (Present) Ein sehr spannendes Buch, das mich überraschen konnte, weil ich mit diesem Inhalt nicht gerechnet hatte. Mich konnte die Geschichte sehr fesseln. Ich mag rätselhafte Handlungen und viele Wendungen, so wie es sie in diesem Buch gibt.

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Coben has achieved greater suspense in other thrillers, but this ranks among his strangest and most ingenious plots." - Publishers Weekly We both stood from the big oak table and shook hands. She held mine a second longer than she had to so I disengaged intentionally fast. No, this doesn’t happen all the time. But it does happen. I’m thirty-five now, but when I first started here—the young professor in his twenties—it happened more often. Do you remember that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where one student wrote “LOVE YOU” on her eyelids? Something like that happened to me in my first semester. Except the first word wasn’t “LOVE” and the second word had been switched from “YOU” to “ME.” I don’t flatter myself about it. We professors are in a position of fairly immense power. The men who fall for this or believe that they are somehow worthy of such attention (not to be sexist, but it was almost always men) are usually more insecure and needy than any daddy-issued coed one might happen upon. In Six Years, a masterpiece of modern suspense, Harlan Coben explores the depth and passion of lost love - and the secrets and lies at its heart.

Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone, and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. Jake and Natalie met at while at neighboring artist retreats in Vermont. After three months of bliss, out of the blue, Natalie tells Jake she is marrying an old boyfriend and, if Jake loves her, he will leave her and her new husband–“us”–alone. She made Jake promise; he did so and he does. However, Jake gets a big surprise. The widow at the service is not Natalie, and Todd had been married to this woman for years before the wedding that Jake witnessed. Adding to the weirdness, it turns out that Todd was murdered, and it’s as if Natalie never existed. Jake starts digging into the past to find Natalie and uncovers a lot of very dangerous secrets. Do you believe in love at first sight? Neither do I. I do, however, believe in major, more-than-just-physical attraction at first sight. I believe that every once in a while—once, maybe twice in a lifetime—you are drawn to someone so deeply, so primordially, so immediately—a stronger-than-magnetic pull. That was how it was with Natalie. Sometimes that is all there is. Sometimes it grows and gathers heat and turns into a glorious inferno that you know is real and meant to last forever.

Six Years - Harlan Coben

Harlan Coben has written a lot of really good books, but this one is my new favorite. He has managed to write a complex, layered story with characters that you want to see succeed on their various missions. There is action, suspense, love, longing, murder and every other component that makes for a thrilling read. The other problem with the love story is that the reader only apprehends Natalie through Jake’s narration. She’s an object rather than a participant. This distancing view of her makes it impossible to understand her. We know Jake will do anything to be with her but we never know her. It’s easy to quibble with the novel’s romantic elements. Mr. Coben didn’t set out to write a romance; he set out to write a damn good thriller. Lots of characters in this one, but not in a confusing way. The plot was brilliant in my opinion. It took me out of my romance zone and made me want to stay there. The connections between everything were fabulous, very tight and thorough. I never figured anything out before I was told, either.If you are looking for the perfect book to take you away from everything else in your life, this is it. I couldn't focus on anything else while reading "Six Years." Wow. Least favorite Harlen Coben ever. Usually I can count on him to throw me into the middle of his story and keep me up late with my adrenaline pumping. Not so here. I guess I never really bought the relationship between Jake, our protagonist, and Natalie, the woman he had a 3 month relationship with 6 years ago.