![]() I just wish they wouldn’t wait until two thirds of the way into the novel to utilize THE GOOGLE. Yet, I accept this hypocrisy, and fully admit on some level, I love both these characters, especially the norms fumbling through investigations. I will listen to a thriller, and bitch and moan about how the main character is some “do no wrong” borderline superhero, then in the next breath I will scream to the heavens about the ineptitudes of the everyman character. Yet, I often feel like a bit of a hypocrite. And of course, they never think to call the cops or higher an investigator, because the first rule in goofball thriller club is you don’t tell anyone else anything so that if you die, all the bad guys problems are solved. Yet, when they finally do realize they may just be Thriller characters, they become caught up in stupid thriller tropes, like how to switch out their license plate, instead of focusing on the task at hand. They will make long elaborate trips to try to get one small bit of information, yet, never think to do things like, let’s say, Google the dude central to their investigation. ![]() Their investigative skills are laughable. These poor oafs don’t even realize that have made it into the pages of a thriller novel yet are too stubborn to let things go like a normal everyday lazy person. Guys or gals who find themselves caught up in the shenanigans of others. Yet, not every Thriller character has the opportunity to be a highly skilled operative in a secret government agency, nor do they all have a tragic past that forced them into a life of exile training under that tutelage of a long retired master. These Thriller characters have names like Brad Puncher or Ash Butcher and when the shit hits the fan, they take the fan out with a grenade launcher. Sure, there are those who do, and are overly competent, ready to kick some ass, bring down a complex conspiracy and treat the opposite sex character in the novel to some life changing nookie. I think one of the major problems for Thriller characters is that they don’t know that they are in a Thriller novel. Quick Thoughts: Six Years is another fun standalone Thriller from Harlan Coben that will have you turning the pages (or audio tracks) so fast that you won’t bother to stop and think about the many inconsistencies until the thrilling finale when you shout, “Aha! I was right all along!” With a bit of action, a likeable if not a bit dim main character and nauseating melodrama, Six Years is a Coben tale for Coben fans.
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