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Back Spin| Media: | Mass Market Paperback | | Author: | Harlan Coben | | Publisher: | Dell | | Release date: | 07 July, 1997 | | Our price: | $7.99 |
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Plot Spins and Spins Taking You on the Ultimate Adventure |
| Myron Bolitar, MB Sports Rep returns for another fast paced can't put down adventure with so many twists in the ending you feel like you're in a backspin. This time round Myron's at the US Open golf tournament. Not a huge fan of golf he doesn't really want to be there but Win tells him it is an excellent opportunity for clients. Turns out Win's right, but for personal reasons Win doesn't want Myron to accept this case. Myron can't say no though, so he's on the case of kidnapped spoilt rich kid Chad Coldren, who is the son of the top female Golf player Linda Coldren and her husband tournament choker Jack Coldren who is leading the US Open for the first time in 30 years. Of course not everyone likes Myron poking his nose where it does not belong and to Myron's disappointment Win is at the top of that list. Win of course would never harm Myron but others don't share that point of view. You don't have to be a fan of golf to enjoy this in fact if you don't like Golf Myron's comments along the way are so much funnier. This is one of the best Myron stories, you can read it as a stand alone novel but you'll get a lot more out of this book if you read the prior novels first. Also check out Coben's independent Masterpieces such as Tell No One and One False Move. |
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the only disappointing book in the series |
Back Spin, for me, only got going way late in the book. Perhaps it was my utter indifference towards the plot, which was not nearly as interesting as Coben's previous novel in the series, "Fade Away". Plus the humor just wasn't there as it was in the other Myron books. Perhaps it was due to Win's absence in most of the novel. The "twists" were only okay too.
I recommend that people read the Myron Bolitar series in order, starting with Deal Breaker, but to skip Back Spin. Fade Away was Coben's best MB book. Gone for Good is his best stand-alone. |
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Disappointment |
| I am a fan of Mr Coban & M. Bolitar, Eaq., but I liked this book less than the 5 I've read previously. The reason is that the plot is way too convoluted. There is no way the reader can follow, because new facts are dropped into the stew up to the very end. The author & the hero readily admit they see little sense in golf. Perhaps this is why this novel makes less sense that their others. |
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