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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
This is the second Jack Reacher book I've read, and it's the latest in the series. Very enjoyable. I'll probably read more!
I read Reacher books believing them to be the book version of a summer blockbuster movie, but I need to remember, some of them (like this one) can be quite slow. It does pick up in the last quarter of the book, but then we don't really get a proper ending. For it to be that slow and then not finish, doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
There were other things that annoyed me. The book title and everything happening at five minutes to the hour, so a reminder could be given of the hours to go... to go to what? You would expect a particular planned event, but it didn't feel that way. It didn't feel like something ramping up to a peak, it just felt like things happening until zero hour and that was apparently what we were waiting for.
Also, the 'twist' at about the three-quarter of the way in wasn't very well hidden. For me, was far too easy a giveaway.
Still, it is a well-written story which I enjoyed, just not one of his best.
There were other things that annoyed me. The book title and everything happening at five minutes to the hour, so a reminder could be given of the hours to go... to go to what? You would expect a particular planned event, but it didn't feel that way. It didn't feel like something ramping up to a peak, it just felt like things happening until zero hour and that was apparently what we were waiting for.
Also, the 'twist' at about the three-quarter of the way in wasn't very well hidden. For me,
Spoiler
Holland showing up knowing where the key wasStill, it is a well-written story which I enjoyed, just not one of his best.
I have liked all of the Reacher books I've read and this one did not disappoint either.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Good again, with sympathetic characters in Reacher, the brave old lady witness and the female major and one very bad Mexican gangster in small town drug running story
Reacher hitched a ride on a tourist bus on its way to Mt. Rushmore during a snow storm. There's an accident and the bus is wrecked. They end up in a small town in Bolton which has a new prison. It has brought money to the town and doubled the police force quickly. There is also an old military installation which a biker gang has taken over. They might be making meth there, but local cops can't prove it. At one point a witness had seen a drug buy which would've given the cops reason to search the base. The witness is a straight-laced old lady. Reacher gets involved helping to guard the witness because if anything happens at the prison the deal is all 30 cops in town have to help out at the prison. Cops know someone is there to kill this witness.
And it's cold there, Reacher is not happy. Plus a drug lord involved. The military base has Reacher calling old connections, and you think he's going to hook up with the new commander of his old unit.
Top cop in town is the drug lord connection. He kills witness and his second in command.
Don't know if Reacher makes it out of exploding military base.
Someone needs to edit Lee Childs. He needs to go back to being succinct. When you listen to it, you hear the repetitiveness and how poor the dialog can be.
And it's cold there, Reacher is not happy. Plus a drug lord involved. The military base has Reacher calling old connections, and you think he's going to hook up with the new commander of his old unit.
Top cop in town is the drug lord connection. He kills witness and his second in command.
Don't know if Reacher makes it out of exploding military base.
Someone needs to edit Lee Childs. He needs to go back to being succinct. When you listen to it, you hear the repetitiveness and how poor the dialog can be.
Another wonderful book by Lee Child. I wish I could meet Jack Reacher. He is one fantabulous character.
I had very high expectations of this book as people have been going on about this great writer who have made a hero who is intelligent and sharp as opposed to the usual drunkards cast as heroes in detective stories.
If he is so smart and excellent in all manners, why didn't he even consider that the guy shoving up where he was not supposed to be could have other reasons than just being a nice guy? This destroyed the rest of the book for me.
The repetitive description of tyres is snow got old fast, and if mr. Reacher is so experienced and battle hardened as he boasts, why is he unable to dress for cold weather? No wonder he is continually on the verge of freezing to death when he chooses to wear cotton next to the skin. Idiot.
The action scenes were good, and the intro part was a great setup for the story.
In the end, when you consider what actually happened it would have made absolutely no difference to the outcome that Reacher got involved, except that he caused a cop to be murdered that would otherwise have lived on in ignorance. The next time he is faced with a choice of moving on and meddling in police business I would suggest he just walk on by for the sake of everyone.
If he is so smart and excellent in all manners, why didn't he even consider that the guy shoving up where he was not supposed to be could have other reasons than just being a nice guy? This destroyed the rest of the book for me.
The repetitive description of tyres is snow got old fast, and if mr. Reacher is so experienced and battle hardened as he boasts, why is he unable to dress for cold weather? No wonder he is continually on the verge of freezing to death when he chooses to wear cotton next to the skin. Idiot.
The action scenes were good, and the intro part was a great setup for the story.
In the end, when you consider what actually happened it would have made absolutely no difference to the outcome that Reacher got involved, except that he caused a cop to be murdered that would otherwise have lived on in ignorance. The next time he is faced with a choice of moving on and meddling in police business I would suggest he just walk on by for the sake of everyone.
Great Reacher tale. Lee Child finds yet another scenario to leave Reacher in the middle of criminal action but cut off from the rest of the world.