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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
ARGH!!!! 13 previous books, all standalone. This, being the last one I have *of course* it must end on a cliffhanger! *grumps* (yes, I could go and buy the next ones, but my tbr pile is so large, I don't want to add to it until it's gone down by at least 100!).
I liked this one, even though (or maybe because) it doesn't all go to plan for Reacher.
I liked this one, even though (or maybe because) it doesn't all go to plan for Reacher.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
this is such a thrilling series; to me it's the literary equivalent to the summer blockbuster movies and I always look forward to the next one. I liked this one a lot and could really relate to the small town, mid-winter isolation. I didn't love how it ended though.
Good combination of compelling plot and complex characters. Jack Reacher's powers of observation and wide-spread knowledge of everything from technology to psychology add depth to his character. Since Jack is a wanderer and not connected personally to anyone else in the story, every character is potentially a victim or a killer which results in some unexpected plot twists. But Reacher is no superhero. He is also a tortured soul, unwilling to settle down, but never shying away from a wrong situation that needs to be set right. 61 Hours starts the countdown - "To what?" is the question that helps drive this page-turning adventure, competently read by Dick Hill.
This is a pretty good Reacher book, one of the slower ‘mystery’ style stories (though nothing too cerebrally challenging) and we get to see a slightly different side of him, beaten and hopeless. At least, for a few pages. The conclusion goes big and we have a cliffhanger?! Kind of, it’s a little abrupt.
The narration is fine, I like his approach with Reacher but find his female voices annoying and the same each time.
Not many left now.
The narration is fine, I like his approach with Reacher but find his female voices annoying and the same each time.
Not many left now.
I've read a couple of other Jack Reacher novels before and by and large liked them. They sure aren't great literature. They're not even terribly original thrillers. But they are great airport novels that you can easily digest when on the road and need to switch off your brain. Quickly read and quickly forgotten but with an enigmatic hero that every male reader feels like emulating.
61 HOURS, unfortunately, is by far the weakest Reacher novel for me so far.
It has this terribly annoying habit of counting down the clock from 61 down to 0. It doesn't take long before you're tired of reading: "Five minutes to eleven in the evening. Fifty-three hours to go."
Even worse, however, is the fact that the countdown indicates when the main event will happen which means that we as readers know for sure that prior to that nothing much will take place.
So we have a prison riot that is just a false alarm. Lengthy security checks that lead nowhere. Threats that are just imaginary. Etc etc.....
Ironically when we finally reach the end of the countdown the showdown feels totally rushed.
This is a very average action thriller with a surprise reveal that everyone but the most moronic reader must have seen coming hundreds of pages in advance.
61 HOURS, unfortunately, is by far the weakest Reacher novel for me so far.
It has this terribly annoying habit of counting down the clock from 61 down to 0. It doesn't take long before you're tired of reading: "Five minutes to eleven in the evening. Fifty-three hours to go."
Even worse, however, is the fact that the countdown indicates when the main event will happen which means that we as readers know for sure that prior to that nothing much will take place.
So we have a prison riot that is just a false alarm. Lengthy security checks that lead nowhere. Threats that are just imaginary. Etc etc.....
Ironically when we finally reach the end of the countdown the showdown feels totally rushed.
This is a very average action thriller with a surprise reveal that everyone but the most moronic reader must have seen coming hundreds of pages in advance.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes