The Woods

So. I read suspense / mystery stories while I exercise on a stationary bike. I try to pick books that won't require 100% concentration on my part nor a dictionary close by. However, the books do need to be suspenseful and keep me going through my horrible exercise experience because I hate rigorous exercise.

This book was intense. The author is absolutely masterful at peeling back the layers of the story in a way that makes me look forward to exercise, and that is not easy and not accomplished often by the suspense books I choose to read. 5 stars for that.

3 stars in looking back on the story overall. The ending did not have the oomph I was hoping for, the big crescendo reveal was not as awesome as the leading story would have me believe. Still, I don't read a book solely for the ending, that's silly. The destination is not the main point of the read for me, but it is still important. The main character was very unsympathetic to me, but there were some other fun or intriguing characters to make up for that.

I average to get 4 stars overall. I will be checking out many more of Mr. Coben's standalone suspense novels (I've read one Myron Bolitar book, haven't felt compelled to read another yet). Most of all, I love that I looked forward to exercise because it meant I would get to read another 50 pages of this book.