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- Prime Video
- Jul 12, 2023
- Prime Video
- Jul 12, 2023
Summary Mickey Bolitar (Jaden Michael) just started at a new high school when another new student (Samantha Bugliaro) disappears and with the help Spoon (Adrian Greensmith) and Ema (Abby Corrigan), they discover dark secrets of their suburban community in this adaptation of the Harlan Coben novel.
- Prime Video
- Jul 12, 2023
- Prime Video
- Jul 12, 2023
Summary Mickey Bolitar (Jaden Michael) just started at a new high school when another new student (Samantha Bugliaro) disappears and with the help Spoon (Adrian Greensmith) and Ema (Abby Corrigan), they discover dark secrets of their suburban community in this adaptation of the Harlan Coben novel.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
65
46% Positive
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6 Reviews
54% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The characters describe familiar types, but the writing and performances make them feel original, individual.
It sounds like a lot – and it is. But it is all played with great brio and sufficient confidence to allow you to overlook the occasional misstep.
While the endpoint of this mystery tale leaves something to be desired, the path to get there is filled with good company.
We wish Harlan Coben’s Shelter gave us a bit more of a cohesive story in its early going instead of what feels like taking all of its mysteries and putting them in a storytelling blender. But the charm of the leads and the fact that the mystery has multiple layers give us hope that as things are revealed, the storytelling will become a bit less frenzied.
With a near-unwieldy quantity of interrelated mysteries established in its first episode, it remains to be seen whether Shelter can deliver on its myriad lofty promises; then again, the level of production and familiarity of the character tropes lends a sense of comforting assurance to proceedings.
There are bumps in road—too many sanitized characters, murky overplotting—when crime-fiction master Harlan Coben takes on a streaming series aimed at young adults. Still, you can count on Coben to deliver the essential ingredient in any mystery: the pleasure of the unexpected.
Shelter is so muddled in its storyline and so poorly-executed that the series feels almost like a joke. Not in the way of a comedy, but in the way of a drama that had some foundations to be good... and just very badly missed the mark.
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