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A decent but not outstanding entry in the series, marred only slightly by having seen the film before reading the book - though I'd forgotten enough, and there are a few deviations, to save it from being a real problem. Not Reacher's best, but like all of them thus far (I"m stubbornly reading them in order - yes, I know it's not necessary), it's solidly entertaining.
One of my mom's friends heard I was writing a mystery novel and told me I need to read Lee Child. This is not the kind of book I'm setting out to write, if my star rating didn't make that clear enough.
To me, this book is obsessed with all the wrong things: the really detailed scene setting like we get in the first chapter, the fascination with military specs on weapons and the like, the general overdose on detail in the scene-setting, which is both hard to process (who really sees things that way these characters do?) and written with leaden prose. And then, Child goes into detail on scenes that are totally normal-- so, he'll tell you exactly what a McDonald's looks like, but man, we've all been to a McDonalds; all through the book, he takes his mission to documenting a reality we all already know too well. It's not that I'm opposed to realism, but I am bored when a writer sets out to catalog a world ad nausem just to convince me it's identical to the one I already know. Add to that the fact that the character motivations are, well, missing is probably the best word for this: tell me again why the inside man did what he did?
Obviously these books are very popular and Child does very well for himself. Bravo to him, but I didn't find much in this book that spoke to me as a reader.
To me, this book is obsessed with all the wrong things: the really detailed scene setting like we get in the first chapter, the fascination with military specs on weapons and the like, the general overdose on detail in the scene-setting, which is both hard to process (who really sees things that way these characters do?) and written with leaden prose. And then, Child goes into detail on scenes that are totally normal-- so, he'll tell you exactly what a McDonald's looks like, but man, we've all been to a McDonalds; all through the book, he takes his mission to documenting a reality we all already know too well. It's not that I'm opposed to realism, but I am bored when a writer sets out to catalog a world ad nausem just to convince me it's identical to the one I already know. Add to that the fact that the character motivations are, well, missing is probably the best word for this: tell me again why the inside man did what he did?
Obviously these books are very popular and Child does very well for himself. Bravo to him, but I didn't find much in this book that spoke to me as a reader.
All around good mystery novel. Lots of military, cop, and lawyer lingo. Seemed robotic at times, lacking character development and dialog. I may read another book from this series and author.
6 shots. 5 dead in a small town. The accused had sniper training and has been framed. As usual, gripping from start to finish.
I was only a couple chapters in to this book when I realized that this is the Jack Reacher book that the first movie was based on. That said, I still enjoyed it even though I knew what the story was. I don't remember the movie going into the depth the book did on what the Zek had suffered through back in Russia and in the book, there is the additional character of the sister of the shooter.
I like these books. Reacher is the kind of anti-hero I dig, and the stories are enjoyable if averagely written. I don’t know if I’d pick up every book in the series but I would like to read the ones that get turned into movies and television. P.S. In terms of an adaptation, minus the casting choice of Tom Cruise (which, for the record, I don’t mind and still find it believable that he could be Reacher), the film version of “One Shot” is quite accurate to the book, even including the dialogue. I also found this to be true of “Killing Floor” (which was turned into an Amazon Prime show).
Six shots. Five dead.
In this Jack Reacher novel, the titular hero travels to a heartland city that has just been plagued by a recent sniper shooting killing five people. He is there because the convicted killer is somebody from his past. He gets hired by a lawyer to try and find a way that means the attacker doesn't get a death penalty. This means finding out if he was insane at the time, because they both believe there was no way he is innocent. The more Reacher digs, however, the more he stumbles into danger as he comes across a deadly conspiracy. It soon becomes a race against time as Reacher gets a target on his back, while trying to stop the bad guys and prove the man's innocence. This is the ninth book I've read in the Jack Reacher series, and I'm happy to say it is one of the best. I was disappointed with the last entry, and I though the author may have lost his mojo, but he gets it back with this one. It is entertaining, fast paced and fun to read. The mystery, though, isn't much of a mystery. It's pretty easy to guess the plot twists. Either way, it's still a good read, and I'm looking forward to the next one.
In this Jack Reacher novel, the titular hero travels to a heartland city that has just been plagued by a recent sniper shooting killing five people. He is there because the convicted killer is somebody from his past. He gets hired by a lawyer to try and find a way that means the attacker doesn't get a death penalty. This means finding out if he was insane at the time, because they both believe there was no way he is innocent. The more Reacher digs, however, the more he stumbles into danger as he comes across a deadly conspiracy. It soon becomes a race against time as Reacher gets a target on his back, while trying to stop the bad guys and prove the man's innocence. This is the ninth book I've read in the Jack Reacher series, and I'm happy to say it is one of the best. I was disappointed with the last entry, and I though the author may have lost his mojo, but he gets it back with this one. It is entertaining, fast paced and fun to read. The mystery, though, isn't much of a mystery. It's pretty easy to guess the plot twists. Either way, it's still a good read, and I'm looking forward to the next one.
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This is the novel that the (horribly miscast) movie was made from. I don't remember much of the movie, but the book was good.