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Win Lockwood has always been a fun, highly enjoyable, quirky character in the Myron Bolitar books. As for holding his own in his own book, I’m underwhelmed. There’s far too much time spent in Win’s head; he’s moody, selfish, pretentious, thoughtless, arrogant, and obnoxious. On top of that, the book was kind of boring. Not much really happens besides Win pontificating at length about how great it is to be rich and what a wonderful life he leads. I find I really like Win in small doses, but as for a full book of his various unpleasant eccentricities not so much.

I enjoy Harlan Coben’s work; but if he plans to make a series out of the “vigilante anti-hero� Win, he seriously needs to work on some of his more unpalatable character traits. Yes, Win is a rich bad boy; but he doesn’t have to be such a thoroughly unlikable ass all the time. The premise of the book was interesting, the execution left a little to be desired.

Towards the end there were the twists and turns Coben is known for, but nothing anywhere near the quality of some of his other books. And the quirky, fun Win from the Bolitar series was nowhere to be found. Here he was morally repugnant and made me feel dirty from his vigilante ‘adventure�. Color me disappointed.