The Target by Catherine Coulter

Rating: 3

This is another book that I read while on hiatus from The Shack. It is also another book that I read in high school a few years ago before I started developing my own library tastes.

What I like about this book is that it is a nice summer read--it has suspense, action, crime, the mafia, and a good-guy male main character. What I don't like about this book is the stereotypical characters (the drug addict rockstar, the noble judge, the fiery protective redhead mother, the crime lord, the trophy wife with a secret past, the sweet innocent child, etc.) and the cliche plot. That being said, if you just take the book for what it is and accept all those things, it is pretty entertaining. Coulter is no master storyteller but she doesn't attempt to be, either. I would recommend this book for vacation reading.