Darkest Fear - reading

Finished "Darkest Fear" by Harlan Coben. To be honest, I just didn't get many of the analogies the author used. I just don't have the same cultural references. That's odd considering it was written in 2000. It also doesn't help that this is like the 7th book in a series with this character, but the first one I read. Overall, I didn't feel like I really connected with the story. It was only so-so, in part being too predictable and in part because it tried to throw in plot twists for the sake of plot twists.