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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
POV: 1st Person
One-Sentence Summary: Reacher goes to London to kill an old nemesis before he kills him.
Positives: It's Jack Reacher novel! I really liked the premise and the fact it was set for the most part in London, in familiar territory with a lot of in-jokes I appreciated.
Negatives: What really let me down with the last few Jack Reacher books is that the endings are always such an anti-climax. There's this big build up and then Spoilerboom-Kott is dead without much verbal sparring or an awesome life/death fight. Also, I saw the O'Day thing coming a mile off ever since he was mentioned in the report about the bulletproof glass.
Also, since when has Boots started selling pay-as-you-go phones?!
One-Sentence Summary: Reacher goes to London to kill an old nemesis before he kills him.
Positives: It's Jack Reacher novel! I really liked the premise and the fact it was set for the most part in London, in familiar territory with a lot of in-jokes I appreciated.
Negatives: What really let me down with the last few Jack Reacher books is that the endings are always such an anti-climax. There's this big build up and then Spoilerboom-Kott is dead without much verbal sparring or an awesome life/death fight. Also, I saw the O'Day thing coming a mile off ever since he was mentioned in the report about the bulletproof glass.
Also, since when has Boots started selling pay-as-you-go phones?!
Another Jack Reacher Thriller that lived upto its expectations.
A sniper is on the loose with a personal vendetta against Jack Reacher. Will Reacher be able to capture him a second time?
Also, for the first time, Reacher travels in style :) He felt so out of the place :P
I did guess the "Who" part but the "why' was a good twist.
A sniper is on the loose with a personal vendetta against Jack Reacher. Will Reacher be able to capture him a second time?
Also, for the first time, Reacher travels in style :) He felt so out of the place :P
I did guess the "Who" part but the "why' was a good twist.
As usual Jack Reacher is at his best. Always thinking, always calculating and always planning ! Never count him out !
You can never go wrong with a Lee Child read!
Personal, like any other Jack Reacher thriller, reads and plays like a movie. Completely action packed with the edge of the cliff feel and subtle sprinkle light situations in between to give you a breather, this novel was an ease to read. Every other chapter has something or the other happening to keep me busy reading. Jack Reacher is never without obstacles, big or small. But somehow he always finds a way around. There is no one, absolutely no one, you can trust when it comes to people around Reacher. It is not until the end you become sure of who stands where. And the action sequences! There are a treat to read, and would love to see them being performed on the screen.
If you love a pure, hard-boiled and highly addictive thriller that grows on you then this book, as a matter of fact any Lee Child novel, is worth your time.
Note: If you're a Tom Cruise fan, it helps to think about him while reading. Worked like a charm for me. We might not see Cruise as Reacher in the future, but there's no harm in imagining.😉
Personal, like any other Jack Reacher thriller, reads and plays like a movie. Completely action packed with the edge of the cliff feel and subtle sprinkle light situations in between to give you a breather, this novel was an ease to read. Every other chapter has something or the other happening to keep me busy reading. Jack Reacher is never without obstacles, big or small. But somehow he always finds a way around. There is no one, absolutely no one, you can trust when it comes to people around Reacher. It is not until the end you become sure of who stands where. And the action sequences! There are a treat to read, and would love to see them being performed on the screen.
If you love a pure, hard-boiled and highly addictive thriller that grows on you then this book, as a matter of fact any Lee Child novel, is worth your time.
Note: If you're a Tom Cruise fan, it helps to think about him while reading. Worked like a charm for me. We might not see Cruise as Reacher in the future, but there's no harm in imagining.😉
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Jack Reacher makes me laugh and makes me happy. I like that I can depend on him to be the same every time. What changes? The situations and as the years past and the threats and responses change, so too must Reacher.
Here, we think Reacher has a simple job to help someone he owes from his past but how wrong we turn out to be!
Here, we think Reacher has a simple job to help someone he owes from his past but how wrong we turn out to be!
The latest in Lee Child's Jack Reacher series has our solitary hero journeying to Paris and London, where he searches for an elusive sharpshooter, tangles with British mobsters and sails through a series of fast-paced, violent events. This may not be the best book in the series but it packs lots of punches and has a great archvillain in the form of a giant London gangster named Joey. Recommended to those who follow the series or have a penchant for James Bond-style action novels.
This one was oddly disappointing for me. Somehow the compelling suspense of the previous Reacher books seemed to be completely missing. Perhaps it was the fish out of water story that placed Reacher in Paris and London and under the somewhat control of various spy agencies as he battled an assassination plot. Reacher is of course never out of his depth but this foreign angle just didn't interest me as much. The main villain is pretty much absent for the whole book so the confrontation element was reduced and the intermittent conflicts with minions were just somewhat odd (one of the lead baddies is of goliath-like size). The connections between Reacher and his allies during this one also felt distant. All of these elements which normally are the key winning points of a Reacher book were missing for me. No real great Reacher one-liners either.