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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Kept me guessing. Didn't linger too long in one place.
A nice story where the end seems lackluster until Reacher explains everything at the end. Then the wrap up puts the nail in the coffin. Nicely done.
This is probably my least favourite of all Lee Child's Reacher novels.
Once again the army are looking for Reacher. A would be assassin has taken a shot at the French President. Only one man could have done it and they need Reacher's help in tracking him down. A typical Jack Reacher story.
All the usual ingredients were there however to me it felt flat. It wasn't a great story and the characters were fairly bland. Nothing was memorable about the story and I don't think I will be in great rush to read it again.
A disappointing 2.5/5 rounded up to 3
Once again the army are looking for Reacher. A would be assassin has taken a shot at the French President. Only one man could have done it and they need Reacher's help in tracking him down. A typical Jack Reacher story.
All the usual ingredients were there however to me it felt flat. It wasn't a great story and the characters were fairly bland. Nothing was memorable about the story and I don't think I will be in great rush to read it again.
A disappointing 2.5/5 rounded up to 3
It was good to be back with Jack Reacher after reading Harry Hole. I felt like the middle dragged a little but a solid beginning and end made it a solid 4.
Another great Jack Reacher novel with an international twist.
Six Foot Five, Two Hundred Fifty Pounds In Italics?
Really! Either the author or the publisher decided when describing Jack Reacher to put his height and weight in italics. Somebody is embarrassed about Tom Cruise portraying Jack and is trying to re-establish the character as a force to be dealt with. After all, if Tom Cruise walked into a room would you be scared or laugh?
This isn’t Lee’s best, nor his worst Reacher novel. Maybe close to his worst, Worth Dying For. The plot is thin, the descriptions are too much like a travelogue, and the ending was not much of a surprise. Actually, the ending stretched believability by about six feet five inches.
For some reason, as I have seen in books by other authors, Lee Child referred to one of the main characters, Casey Nice, by both names over and over again, as if readers might forget it. One reason this was an issue is the book is written in first person and Jack Reacher would not have kept using both of her names.
Having read all of the Reacher novels, I, like many others, keep saying enough is enough, this is my last one. But, alas. we all keep coming back. Guess the best way is to wean myself slowly, so the next one will be an e-book, save myself about $6.00
Really! Either the author or the publisher decided when describing Jack Reacher to put his height and weight in italics. Somebody is embarrassed about Tom Cruise portraying Jack and is trying to re-establish the character as a force to be dealt with. After all, if Tom Cruise walked into a room would you be scared or laugh?
This isn’t Lee’s best, nor his worst Reacher novel. Maybe close to his worst, Worth Dying For. The plot is thin, the descriptions are too much like a travelogue, and the ending was not much of a surprise. Actually, the ending stretched believability by about six feet five inches.
For some reason, as I have seen in books by other authors, Lee Child referred to one of the main characters, Casey Nice, by both names over and over again, as if readers might forget it. One reason this was an issue is the book is written in first person and Jack Reacher would not have kept using both of her names.
Having read all of the Reacher novels, I, like many others, keep saying enough is enough, this is my last one. But, alas. we all keep coming back. Guess the best way is to wean myself slowly, so the next one will be an e-book, save myself about $6.00
This is the first time I’ve read a Reacher novel written in first person and that really threw me. By the end I was used to it but I definitely took some adjusting. Other than that everything that makes a Jack Reacher novel successful and readable was there. It was a good escape.
Jack Reacher remains one of my favorite fictional characters, and author Lee Child's spare, hard-boiled style is always fun to read. In this outing, Reacher is contacted by a past associate, Tom O'Day, an aging player in the espionage wars; a past arrest of Reacher's from his army days has resurfaced as a suspect in an assassination attempt on the French president--a long-range sniper shot deterred only by a new bullet-proof shield. But with the G-8 summit in London approaching, it is feared someone has set up a hit on one or more world leaders, and the French shooting was a sort of audition. Reacher's psychological insights into the American sniper is needed to try to track him to his hide-out and "collect" him before he can take his shot; failing that, they need to determine who else might be the shooter. Reacher quickly figures out his true role--bait, for a shooter who hates Reacher for putting him in prison.
The fun for the reader is seeing Reacher's analytical brain gather the data, weigh the options, and work out his own strategy for getting the bad guy--without getting killed in the process. Mayhem, Reacher-style, inevitably ensues. Not the best Reacher adventure ever, but very good. A page-turner.
The fun for the reader is seeing Reacher's analytical brain gather the data, weigh the options, and work out his own strategy for getting the bad guy--without getting killed in the process. Mayhem, Reacher-style, inevitably ensues. Not the best Reacher adventure ever, but very good. A page-turner.
adventurous
challenging
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Reacher at his best.