Six Years

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But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for…but she is not Natalie. Whoever the mourning widow is, she’s been married to Todd for almost two decades, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life—a time he has never gotten over—is turned completely inside out.

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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." 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. 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. 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.I loved the main character, Jacob Fischer. His voice was very fresh, at least for me. He was a smart man that needed answers and wouldn't give up. I found him both charming and stubborn. This was told in 1st person POV, which in this case was perfect. But then again, I love 1st person. It always makes me feel more connected to the character and everything they're experiencing. A 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. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for... but she is not Natalie - and Jake's world is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture-perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart - and who lied to him - soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction. to the mystery, not the subplot? - 30% Special suspect? - lover Murder of certain profession? - criminals Kind of investigator - skilled citizen investigator Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

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With Six Years, the author shows once more how it’s done…furious plot twists…[a] subtle stunner.”— The Washington Post The worst thing, and what makes this entire novel unbelievable, is that this guy had a 3-month fling with a woman 6 years ago, and is hell bent on finding her because the man she assumed to be her husband was murdered. He continues in his ridiculous pursuit after running into a corrupt police force, being beaten into unconsciousness and barely escaping with his life, being kidnapped by the mafia, killing a mobster hitman and barely escaping with his life, going after a guy in the mafia, hunting down this woman's sister and mother, finding out that his best friend is involved in the conspiracy and says he will kill him if he goes any further, and on and on and on.

The ending lines actually explain the whole thing, and once you know why Natalie has disappeared, it's pretty flaccid. I still couldn't have cared less. By the time we are told why Natalie disappeared, we have been exhausted by events that do NOTHING to advance the Natalie story. Funcionou muito bem, já tinha saudades de ficar agarrada num livro ao ponto de querer virar mais uma página mesmo estando cheia de sono... But it is a romance. It’s a romance written by one of America’s best-selling suspense writers; it’s a romance seen only from the perspective of a guy who didn’t really understand the life of the love of his life; and, yes, it’s a romance written by a man who I dare say hasn’t paid any attention to the conventions of or expectations in the romance genre. At its end, I believed in Jake’s love for Natalie in the then and in the now. I give it a B+ as a thriller and a C as a romance.

Six Years - Harlan Coben

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.All this, for a THREE MONTH FLING SIX YEARS AGO. It is the most unrealistic scenario Mr. Coben has ever penned. Creating circumstances that are unbelievable and far fetched works in a thriller because not everyone can conceive of those situations or relate. However, creating entirely unbelievable and unrealistic characters and unrealistic responses to situations that are commonplace to every reader, makes the entire thing feel fraudulent. It's almost as though Mr. Coben has never actually experienced a summer fling, or a broken heart, or a lost love. These are common things that occur to everyone. And not a single one of them reacts in anywhere near the obsessive and stalker-ish manner that "Jake Fisher, college professor" reacts. Forget all the crazy stuff he ran into that CLEARLY tells him to just walk away, the initial desire to hunt down a woman who left you 6 years ago after 3 months just does not resonate. It's soooooooo far-fetched. It's even more far-fetched than a secret organization who trains and hides people, or the mafia putting a hit out on a professor who gave the boss's son a bad grade. All that stuff works in fiction. But this pathetic character is just not realistic to be the protagonist of a novel.

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But six years haven’t come close to extinguishing his feelings, and when Jake comes across Todd’s obituary, he can’t keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd’s wife he’s hoping for…but she is not Natalie. Six years ago Jake Fisher was dumped by his love-of-his-life girlfriend Natalie---she sent him a note telling him she was going to marry her old boyfriend Todd. The next day Jake gets an invitation to her wedding. He decides to go, speaks briefly to Natalie at the wedding, and tells her he'll always love her. She tells him to move on, it's over between them, and "promise me to leave us alone".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.