Harlan Coben's Shelter has some convincing written teens, and its hangout shenanigans mostly make up for its missteps as a thriller.
With over thirty novels published since the ‘90s, Harlan Coben is a well-known weaver of mystery yarns whose oeuvre has begun to receive numerous television adaptations. The latest is, an Amazon Studios-produced YA thriller that combines teen-hangout shenanigans with a sordid, escalating conspiracy. Thanks to the chemistry between its central cast and a steady barrage of page-turning twists, it delivers a generally effective mishmash of messy high school drama and unsettling intrigue.
Even as the tendrils of a greater mystery reach out from beneath the veneer of quiet suburbia, upfront, this tale shares more in common with the teen dramedies of yesteryear than anything else. These characters worry about crushes, drama club auditions, and basketball tryouts, as their everyday struggles are afforded a similar degree of heft to their later life-or-death encounters.
Much of the side cast receives a similar degree of care, and although some of them initially resemble teen fiction archetypes, they just as frequently go against expectations. For instance, there’s Rachel and Troy , a pair that initially appear to be a classic foil in this kind of story—the unlikable jock and cheerleader pairing—but are eventually granted additional layers.
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