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acknud's review
4.0
Fast read. Typical Wilson book. Hard to put down. A little cheesy in the description of the HIV children.
count_zero's review
4.0
If you were expecting something more in the horror line, you might be a little disappointed. This is definitely a more conventional mystery-thriller.
warwriter's review
5.0
Great as usual, but now the romance is getting sweet. Jack needs to get mean again.
oleester's review
4.0
I read this again thinking I hadn't finished the first time. Turns out I did. Still a great ride. The storyline is a tad dated and extreme on hindsight. But when character development, plots and prose are as strong an as they are in this book, plausibility of scenarios can take a step back. Enjoyment is there for the taking.
buildhergender's review
5.0
The story starts with a throw away job, Jack has to retrieve some stolen Christmas toys.
But it quickly escalates there and ends with Jack having the ability to change the world with a decision he has to make.
But it quickly escalates there and ends with Jack having the ability to change the world with a decision he has to make.
henryarmitage's review against another edition
3.0
Suspense, violence, a ripping yarn.
Not as good as Dydeetown World or Enemy of the State, though.
Not as good as Dydeetown World or Enemy of the State, though.
zade's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a late comer to the Repairman Jack series, although I've read other of Wilson's works before. I came to the series through the recently written prequels to the series, only recently diving into the original. Legacies is, for me, a much more enjoyable book than The Tomb, the first Repairman Jack novel. I certainly enjoyed the character of Repairman Jack in the first book, but in this one he seems even more of a stand-up guy and hero than in before. This may be, in part, to the fact that a large part of the plot deals with real-world evil as opposed to the supernatural creatures of The Tomb. Frankly, I find predatory pedophiles far scarier than ancient lizard men and I much more enjoyed seeing Jack take on this real-life threat. It's nice to get a little vicarious revenge now and then. For those who prefer the more fringe elements of Wilson's writing, it's there in this novel as well.