"A No 1 New York Times bestseller author, he writes pulpy thrillers of the type you buy at the airport, consume feverishly poolside, and never take home. Coben has written 35 novels, and is 11 adaptations (eight of them English language) into a nine-year, 14-book adaptation deal with Netflix. These series share a tone, style, and even actors in multiple shows, Spooks heart-throb Richard Armitage pops up like a bad penny. But despite their mass-market appeal,"
"Coben's daughter is the scriptwriter for many of these adaptations, which suggests a disdain for realism runs in the family. And yet, I have a soft spot for these woeful shows. While the plots are often ludicrous twist-packed affairs, they provide a high camp, silly alternative to the pompous prestige TV we've grown accustomed to in recent years. Despite the heinous events going on murders, domestic violence, people getting sex trafficked the scariest thing in the world of a Harlan Coben adaptation is the acting."
Harlan Coben is a commercially successful novelist with 35 novels and a nine-year, 14-project deal with Netflix producing multiple adaptations, including eight English-language series. The adaptations share tone, style, and recurring actors, with Spooks heart-throb Richard Armitage appearing across shows. The series are typically set in English suburbia and usually involve mysterious crimes ineptly investigated by corrupt police. The adaptations are widely regarded as poor-quality television, featuring ludicrous, twist-heavy plots, uneven acting, and scripts often written by Coben's daughter. The shows operate as high-camp, low-art entertainment that some viewers enjoy as guilty-pleasure comfort viewing.
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