The Stranger (Harlan Coben) - Netflix - (***Spoilers***)

Isn't that the guy who wrote the book on which Netflix based a TV show about Michael C Hall's daughter going missing? It wasn't spectacular but I did really enjoy it. Though a lot of that probably down to me being a huge Michael C Hall fan.

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I have read all of Harlan Coben's books, he's one of only a handful of authors whose books I buy, as opposed to library/kindle.
I loved this book.

I saw the trailer and was disappointed that it's set in england whereas the book is set in New Jersey.
So the english accents will take some getting used to as in my head, the characters are/should be American

I hope it'll be so good I'll be distracted and won't notice.

So, I watched the opening episode today.
Am delighted to say that I'm hooked already, it looks very promising.

It's been a while since I read the book, so I can't remember the finer details.
Am gonna binge watch the rest this weekend as a birthday treat to myself

Slydice wrote: »

1: What's going on! Is this gonna be about

a cult or is it supernatural like a werewolf

or something? It didn't feel like it had a hook but it slowly worked one up and then that last scene. Maybe this is all just a plain cop thing though.. maybe Hannah John-Kamen

is the younger fake-pregnant woman from the wifes story.

No.
All I'll say is all of his books are 100% believable, nothing supernatural or nonsensical at all.

Keep watching, I'm halfway through and will finish it tonight.
Enjoy.

2: Alright! Phew! I think this episode clarifies that we're well into the middle of some bigger plot.

So, I'm guessing:

• The Stranger
  has had some con going on for a while now.
• The wife
  wasn't done by Suzanne Hope.. that it was probably the other way around
• Stephen Rea
  is gonna be involved in solving all of this!
  Stephen Rea really does this type of character so well!
• The kids
  had two things happen .. yer man went off and did the Alpaca.. then maybe either one or both of the other two were involved with the kid who fell.

brian_t wrote: »

A French adaptation of his 2004 novel Just One Look starts on More4 this Friday at 9pm.

Last year More4 showed a French adaptation of his 2003 novel No Second Chance. Harlan Coben had a cameo role in that one.

I've only seen the 2006 film Tell No One, again made in France.

Would love to see his Myron Bolitar books adapted for television.
I'd imagine it would be easier, in terms of longevity for multiple seasons, as the same characters are in all of these.

3: Hrrmmmm at this point it's starting to look a little like

I finished it, really enjoyed it.
Might go read the book again as I don't remember whether all of that was in it.

Enjoyed it but the last episode was pretty terrible. Not sure about it!

5: :eek: This episode seemed to clear Of the kids,
Some moments in this episode were very well directed. I checked wiki and sure enough the director had changed over to Hannah Quinn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stranger_(miniseries)
I was like.. ah that's gas, she must be from Ireland, she did a bit of work on the TV3 show Red Rock:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703854/
Then I looked at her assistant director roles! She helped out on Black Hawk Down! Gladiator, The Martian, Saving Private Ryan, Children of Men, The Martian, and Black '47!

Someone throw that woman a decent show/film!

Blanco100 wrote: »

End of episode 2. Absolute codswallop, the acting is ridiculous.

If this is the ****e that passes as a thriller these days then I despair.

I only got as far as episode one. Awful rubbish and agree, acting was shocking. Dervla Kirwin is so unwatchable in this.

Blanco100 wrote: »

Thought it was some kind of parody. Dervla Kirwan was desperately bad in it.

She wasn't in it that much though, other than a lot of flashbacks?

I finished it lastnight. It was watchable imo, reminded me a lot of something you'd see on ITV years ago. Kinda old fashioned British mystery drama. Some of the acting was ropey enough I agree and the last episode was a letdown. The end was just stupid.

Essien wrote: »

I'm disappointed in myself for watching it all the way to the end when it became clear about half way through that it was never going to make much sense.

Showed a glimmer of promise, but ended up being absolutely awful stuff.

I watched the first one with my wife, as she gets her recommendations from that FB place and she thought it might be something we could both watch. Grudgingly watched the second- compelled to watch the third, but refused to watch any more. Utter scutter.
I thought Siobhan Finneran was quite good in it though.

joe_99 wrote: »

Utter rubbish. Don't waste your time with this.

Totally unbelievable. Badly acted, badly paced, glossy soap opera nonsense.

Exactly, glossy crap. was amazed to see the positive reviews of this. Must be from people who enjoy hollyoaks and home and away and the like.