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Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel
Scritto da Harlan Coben
Narrato da Nick Podehl
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Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools.
A new school comes with new friends and new enemies, and lucky for Mickey, it also comes with a great new girlfriend, Ashley. For a while, it seems like Mickey's train wreck of a life is finally improving - until Ashley vanishes without a trace. Unwilling to let another person walk out of his life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that this seemingly sweet, shy girl isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon, Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it makes high school drama seem like a luxury - and leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.
First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's latest adult novel, Live Wire, Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about.
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Shelter: A Mickey Bolitar Novel
Scritto da Harlan Coben
Narrato da Nick Podehl
Descrizione
Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools.
A new school comes with new friends and new enemies, and lucky for Mickey, it also comes with a great new girlfriend, Ashley. For a while, it seems like Mickey's train wreck of a life is finally improving - until Ashley vanishes without a trace. Unwilling to let another person walk out of his life, Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that this seemingly sweet, shy girl isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon, Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it makes high school drama seem like a luxury - and leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.
First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's latest adult novel, Live Wire, Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about.
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Being a great fan of Harlan Coben and especially his Myron Bolitar series, I thought I'd give his Mickey Bolitar Series a go. The same use of dry humour comes through in this book , but I have to say I was left a bit disappointed in this book. Don't get me wrong it's not a bad book but not up to the very high standard of his Myron Bolitar series or his standalones. I would have liked a few more surprises or twists in the book. I did like the interplay between Mickey and Ema in the book. Whilst Myron figures in the book it is in a very low key way. 3.5 stars (rounded up to 4 for Shelfari). That said I will continue with the series as I come across them.
Rating: 4This book caught my attention from the start. I enjoyed Mickey's voice - he was slightly nerdy but at the same time caring and self-deprecating. I also liked his two friends Spoon and Ema. The book was a quick read with suspense and action aplenty. Can't wait for the next book in the series.
Rating: 3I picked this book up as a Harlan Coben fan, but not realising that this is a YA book. As such, I still enjoyed it but not as much as his other works. It has all the twists and turns you'd expect from Harlan Coben, but it does feel distinctly YA.
Rating: 3I found this book to be a slow-starter but about half way through it really took off and became a real page-turner for me. I have read the whole Myron Bolitar series so I was familiar with Mickey from when he was introduced in Live Wire. I enjoyed the interplay between Mickey, Spoon and Ema and found the other teenage characters interesting too. The plot had a few twists and turns which held my interest and the ending was a complete surprise and left me wanting to immediately pick up the next book in the series. Coben's wit and humor was reflected throughout. Mickey reminds me of a young Myron which is probably why their personalities conflict at times. I would highly recommend this series to those who have read the Myron Bolitar series.
Rating: 4Mickey's father is dead. His mother is in rehab. So, Mickey is forced to live with his Uncle Myron Bolitar. The arrangement isn't ideal, because Mickey blames Myron for all the estranged relationship between his parents and the rest of his family.
Since Mickey is new in town, he has no friends. He ends up sitting with a girl nicknamed Ema at lunch, and a boy named Arthur, who he nicknames Spoon. He confides to Ema and Spoon that his girlfriend Ashley has vanished, so the three decide to try to find out what happened to her.
And then there is the "Bat Lady." She tells Mickey that his father is very much alive....oh, and to save Ashley.
Rating: 4Since Mickey is new in town, he has no friends. He ends up sitting with a girl nicknamed Ema at lunch, and a boy named Arthur, who he nicknames Spoon. He confides to Ema and Spoon that his girlfriend Ashley has vanished, so the three decide to try to find out what happened to her.
And then there is the "Bat Lady." She tells Mickey that his father is very much alive....oh, and to save Ashley.
I loved this book and I can't watch for Mickey's next adventure!
Rating: 5My first of the Mickey Bolitar series. AImed at young adults I still found Shelter an enjoyable read. Characters were likeable and believable...well maybe stretched a little.and I don't re,ever one Istanbul of rough language .
Rating: 4Mickey has lost his father in a car crash and his mother to substance abuse. He is forced to live with his uncle and try to fit in to a new school while picking up the pieces of his life. Add the mysterious "bat lady" and her telling Mickey her father is not dead and the challenge is on. What will Mickey find out about his father and his past? Can his mother make it through rehab? Danger and twists and turns wait in this fast moving thriller.
Rating: 5I actually enjoyed this book. It was my first time reading a Harlan Coben book and I wasn'r disappointed. A very fast read, great characters just wished the book was longer, there was more to tell and the way it ended I have to read book no. 2
Rating: 4Wow.... What an ending! I'm seconds away, from getting Seconds Away!
This was a real surprise. I've enjoyed Coben's Myron Bolitar books but this is by far the best book I've read by him. It was a complex plot, used good vocabulary and didn't have the gratuitous sex that are in Coben's adult books.
Rating: 5With Shelter, Harlan Coben ventures into the world of young adult literature. Although, there is certainly nothing about the book's contents that limits its interests to young adults other than the fact that Mickey, the main character, is a high school student. So, his judgment is not always the best, and his world-view is a little centered on Mickey. And like most teenage boys, he thinks he is pretty invincible. He is also the nephew of Myron Bolitar, who is a presence in the book as are a few other characters and events from the most recent Bolitar book. Mickey battles evil and prevails. Happily, by the end of the book he is a little less angry at his uncle Myron than he was at the beginning. It's a good read for either adults or YA's. I listened to the audio version which was a quality presentation.
Rating: 4Started off slow but ending with a great cliffhanger...now I'll have to read the second in the series. Great OT book for patrons looking for strong male main characters. Mystery and suspense readers will like this one as well.
Rating: 4SHELTER was an exciting mystery with charismatic characters and a well-developed plot. Mickey Bolitar is living with his uncle Myron in New Jersey. His father died in a car accident and his mother became a drug addict. Myron and his father were estranged and Mickey is not warming to his new uncle. Mickey is only a sophomore in high school but is very mature for his age. He and his parents traveled the world working for a non-profit organization. They came back to the US to make a more settled home for Mickey for his last three years of high school. Mickey is a talented basketball star, much like his uncle Myron.Now that Mickey is living with Myron while his mother is in rehab, he is starting school in the town where his father and uncle were raised. He makes friends with Ashley, who is also a new kid, and is then distressed when after three weeks of school she disappears. He also makes friends with Ema who is an overweight, goth girl who is one of the school's social outcasts and Spoon who is a unique character and who adds some humor to the story with his non sequitur trivia. Of course, Spoon also has access to school keys since his father is a janitor there. Together the three investigate Ashley's disappearance and learn about the white slavery trade, Nazi war crimes, and what Mickey's parents were really doing in their time overseas. I liked all the characters and especially liked Mickey. I look forward to reading the next book in the Mickey Bolitar series--especially since this one left some tantalizing questions that need answers.
Rating: 5With Shelter, Harlan Coben ventures into the world of young adult literature. Although, there is certainly nothing about the book's contents that limits its interests to young adults other than the fact that Mickey, the main character, is a high school student. So, his judgment is not always the best, and his world-view is a little centered on Mickey. And like most teenage boys, he thinks he is pretty invincible. He is also the nephew of Myron Bolitar, who is a presence in the book as are a few other characters and events from the most recent Bolitar book. Mickey battles evil and prevails. Happily, by the end of the book he is a little less angry at his uncle Myron than he was at the beginning. It's a good read for either adults or YA's. I listened to the audio version which was a quality presentation.
Rating: 4Shelter by Harlan CobenHarlan Coben is one of my favorite authors and has now branched out into the YA genre. The character of Mickey is a likeable 15 year old with a unique blend of friends. Mickey has an unusual upbringing and never seems like a high school age student, but I can picture his friends, Spoon and Ema in any high school setting. Most of the book is a traditional mystery/thriller that takes Mickey and his friends in search of his missing girlfriend, Ashley. There are strange happenings around an old house and rumors that a mysterious “bat lady” lives there. Later in the book I thought the story got a little choppy and a holocaust connection seemed too contrived, but the story is engaging and entertaining. I have read several Coben books, but none with these characters. The character of Mickey’s uncle, Myron, is in other Coben adult thrillers, but unfortunately in Shelter he was just a name with little character development which made him seem cold and indifferent. The characters Spoon and Ema were both interesting and likeable, especially Ema as the outcast in high school.I would recommend the book for young adults, but not for children. The plot contains quite a bit of violence and takes Mickey to strip clubs. In a good book series, each book should also be a standalone with a plot that can expand into the next book. Each book should also have a satisfying ending, and that is where I think Shelter fell a little short. I liked that at the end of Shelter there were new questions about Mickey’s father that will be picked up in the next book, but I was disappointed that there were questions about Ema and other characters that were asked – but never answered in this book.
Rating: 4This is a great adventure novel for teens. I enjoyed this and this was a new author to me. I think any teenage boy will enjoy this novel because it has lots of intrigue and action.
Rating: 4A nice short story and the voice actor for the reading of the book was an excellent choice.
Rating: 5Shelter by Harlan CobenHarlan Coben is one of my favorite authors and has now branched out into the YA genre. The character of Mickey is a likeable 15 year old with a unique blend of friends. Mickey has an unusual upbringing and never seems like a high school age student, but I can picture his friends, Spoon and Ema in any high school setting. Most of the book is a traditional mystery/thriller that takes Mickey and his friends in search of his missing girlfriend, Ashley. There are strange happenings around an old house and rumors that a mysterious “bat lady” lives there. Later in the book I thought the story got a little choppy and a holocaust connection seemed too contrived, but the story is engaging and entertaining. I have read several Coben books, but none with these characters. The character of Mickey’s uncle, Myron, is in other Coben adult thrillers, but unfortunately in Shelter he was just a name with little character development which made him seem cold and indifferent. The characters Spoon and Ema were both interesting and likeable, especially Ema as the outcast in high school.I would recommend the book for young adults, but not for children. The plot contains quite a bit of violence and takes Mickey to strip clubs. In a good book series, each book should also be a standalone with a plot that can expand into the next book. Each book should also have a satisfying ending, and that is where I think Shelter fell a little short. I liked that at the end of Shelter there were new questions about Mickey’s father that will be picked up in the next book, but I was disappointed that there were questions about Ema and other characters that were asked – but never answered in this book.
Rating: 4I really enjoyed this book, especially the last line of the book -you know this series will continue. I would not recommend this book to anyone under 14 - there are some adult "situations" that I don't think a younger individual should be exposed to.
Rating: 4I loved, loved, loved this book for about the first half. It was exciting to read a book that had all the right elements to recommend to kids in my middle school classes. A compelling mystery right from page 1...a quasi-abandoned high school kid who has to cope with a mother in rehab and an annoying guardian uncle...just the right snarky, sarcastic tone...spot on put-downs of school and miserable teachers...a refreshing female sidekick who is the antithesis of all thing girlie...what's not to like? Well, then the whole specter of kidnapping girls for the sex trade shows up. That does it. Won't be recommending this to anyone in my classes. However, I did enjoy the author's descriptive powers and the laser accuracy with which he depicts the social order in school. A crackling plot and that mysterious father situation are nicely played. Just so sad it took a detour into the strip club/kidnapping zone.
Rating: 3Being the new kid at his high school is the least of Mickey Bolitar's worries; walking to school one morning, Mickey is accosted by an eerie old lady (whom he dubs Bat Lady) who dramatically declares that his father is alive, despite the fact that Mickey saw his dad die in a car accident. Bat Lady pronouncement is followed with the disappearance of his new girlfriend Ashley Kent. Mickey teams up with two unlikely sidekicks: Ema, a sarcastic overweight goth girl and Spoon, a hacker nerd and the school janitor's son. This is the first in a young adult series; I really enjoyed this novel. The relationship between Mickey and his friends feels very authentic. There's real suspense and tension as Mickey starts to puzzle out the link between Bat Lady and the disappearance of Ashley. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4Although this is the third book I've read and enjoyed by Coben, it's his first in the YA genre. As with the previous two, the plot twists were completely unexpected for me. He seamlessly mends together different elements that one would never think would work and, yet, they somehow do.The novel has his trademark snappy dialogue, wit, and humor that I've come to love.
Rating: 4I'm a big fan of Harlan Coben's past novels. His books have so much action and suspense they are hard to put down. He is so good at throwing a curve ball in the story too and I always wonder when it's coming. This is his debut into young adult fiction and I was excited to read it. I have to say that I was kind of disappointed though. I thought it was age appropriate but I was expecting it to have the same intensity as Coben's adult novels. This book was well written and had a good mystery. The characters were interesting at first but they didn't seem to develop much. Some of them had odd behavior too. I liked Mickey but he didn't act like a teenager. He was suppose to be a high school sophomore but he was too mature and too calm under pressure. The poor guy faced a lot of challenges in this book and never panicked! The story was interesting enough that I expect to try the next book in the series to see what happens. I am curious about the cliffhangers. If I don't care for that book than I think I will stick with Coben's other novels because I really like this author.Thank you to LibraryThing Early Reviewers for an ARC
Rating: 3Big fan of Coben. I thought this was a great tie in to his Myron Bolitar series. Although considered 'juvenille", fans of Coben will enjoy this. Mickey Bolitar has a very interesting back story. A new student in his uncle's home town, things get a little more interesting for Mickey than your average new kid at school.Plenty of excitement and adventure. Similar to his uncle's escapades.
Rating: 3Mickey Boltair's girlfriend Ashley, vanishes without ever saying goodbye to him, and he decides to find her. With the help of two very resourceful friends, Spoon, the walking trivia expert and Ema, the fat girl, he finds out some very shocking information about where Ashley disappeared to, and about what happened to his father. There's a side story about Mickey's mom, but most of the story is him trying to find Ashley. The book moves quickly and would probably grab the interest of most grade eight reluctant readers. Due to Ashley working at a strip club, I'd recommend it for high school rather than middle school, although there is nothing offensive in the book.
Rating: 3As a big fan of Harlan Coben I have to admit I was disappointed in this one. The new Mickey series is fine and even the plot was okay. What kept throwing me off was the character building pieces that just glared falsehood. If Mickey lived abroad for almost his entire life, wouldn't he be "worldly" and less "typical American teenager"? He is basically portrayed as Myron junior with some emotional baggage from his parents. I do love Spoon and Ema though.
Rating: 3I've received several books through Early Reviewers, but this was the first one that I absolutely loved! I loved the characters, the idea, it drew me in and I finished it so quickly. I'll definitely be reading this series.
Rating: 5This book was AMAZING! Full review to come soon!
Rating: 5Excellent first book in what I am sure will be a great series. And then ther is the inevitable "Coben" twist at the very end...leaving you feverishly awaiting the next book.
Rating: 4