Other characters are interesting but seem to be part of the story more for Win to come across as socially woke and aware rather than anything other reason, inadvertently (and ironically) becoming plot points in the process.Which made me feel like it was more about his ego than his apparent unique brand of justice. He does not actually care about the people he’s defending or avenging nor about the consequences of his actions on those very people, as long as the perpetrator got a good beating at his hand. While the vigilante part was what made the blurb interesting, Win ends up coming across as a sociopath who cares about vigilante justice not because he should help others, but because he can. He’s a self proclaimed vigilante who enjoys violence. Win goes on and on and on and on and on and on some more about himself all the time – about how good he is at mixed martial arts, at kicking people’s asses, at sex, and at everything else.You can check out the blurb for Win here. Below are a few reasons I couldn’t get on board with this book or its titular character. But when the time came, I just couldn’t pick it up.Īnd so, I finally marked it as DNF and moved on. I was still holding on and was determined to continue reading the next day. But at 60 pages in and struggling to read more than one chapter at a time, I read a few (rare) negative reviews that said that the mystery isn’t so mysterious, and the titular character doesn’t get any better. I absolutely hate giving up on books, persevering in the hope that they will improve at some point. I tried hard to like this book – I really, really did. This review is going to be different than the usual way my reviews unfold.I have always found Harlan Coben’s work good, but not great, so I pick up his books solely on the intrigue in the blurb.I have not read any of the Harlan Coben Myron Bolitar series, so Windsor Horne Lockwood III is a brand new character for me.Before jumping right into this review, I have to highlight three things:

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