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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
I call these "just when you think he can't get into anymore trouble..." books. MP Reacher is one of my favorite fiction lone-wolf heroes and the ending of this one, even though you see it coming a mile away, is striking.
I don't often read Lee Child, and every time I do I wonder why not.
I literally had to force myself to pause reading so I could go to bed (it was past midnight).
This book was interesting, surprising, and it flowed great.
I love that the chapters are not long, and the each chapter is broken into shorter scenes, it just made me more invested and intrigued in the story.
I literally had to force myself to pause reading so I could go to bed (it was past midnight).
This book was interesting, surprising, and it flowed great.
I love that the chapters are not long, and the each chapter is broken into shorter scenes, it just made me more invested and intrigued in the story.
Ok ok by now I am we'll aware that I have to do my part in knowing Reacher well enough to fill in the empty spots... This time in the ending!
This is my 10th out of 18 and not reading them in order.... It makes it a bit of challenge. The good part is that my husband is reading them too and we will fill in the missing pieces together in the next few days, it's like we have our own book club.
This is my 10th out of 18 and not reading them in order.... It makes it a bit of challenge. The good part is that my husband is reading them too and we will fill in the missing pieces together in the next few days, it's like we have our own book club.
The countdown from the beginning "61 hours to go" set the idea of a running clock. As the story and countdown continued, it ratcheted up the suspense.
61 Hours is the most odd and least satisfying of all the Jack Reacher novels to date. I’ve really enjoyed the series so far, but let’s face it, sometimes the plots stretch credulity so badly as to make them simply boilerplate thrillers with a really cool and likable character. But 61 Hours not only stretches credulity, it is the only Jack Reacher novel to date that I found somewhat boring and unengaging. Add to that the odd, unbelievable, and unsatisfying cliffhanger ending, and one wonders where Lee Child hopes to take this series in its next installment due out in October 2010.
This novel finds Reacher in a bus with a group of senior citizens heading into a severe South Dakota blizzard. Suddenly the bus wrecks Reacher finds himself involved in trying to protect an old, well off lady from what the local police believe is a hit man coming for her after she witnesses a drug transaction. It just so happens this recent prison town also has an odd biker gang living outside town limits on what appears to be an old army base (well, it turns out to be an Air Force base). While Reacher really wants to move on, his destiny, of course, is to be embroiled in protecting her from bringing down the criminal gang.
But not so fast, there is a Mexican crime lord at the head of the entire enterprise, and a very, very odd set up at the abandoned military base on the outskirts of town. It won’t be long, well 61 hours plus, that Reacher finds himself at the apex of the action.
This novel fails on a lot of levels. For one thing, it is simply boring. Yes, it does provide a glimpse into a different side of Jack Reacher that we have not seen before, although it is familiar and fits his character. But other than that, there is no mystery, there is somewhat of a not very believable plot, but mostly what we get is description of the cold and no real suspense or mystery until the very end, which in and of itself is unsatisfying.
While I will continue to read the series, I hope the next installment provides better entertainment and a more or less believable plot.
This novel finds Reacher in a bus with a group of senior citizens heading into a severe South Dakota blizzard. Suddenly the bus wrecks Reacher finds himself involved in trying to protect an old, well off lady from what the local police believe is a hit man coming for her after she witnesses a drug transaction. It just so happens this recent prison town also has an odd biker gang living outside town limits on what appears to be an old army base (well, it turns out to be an Air Force base). While Reacher really wants to move on, his destiny, of course, is to be embroiled in protecting her from bringing down the criminal gang.
But not so fast, there is a Mexican crime lord at the head of the entire enterprise, and a very, very odd set up at the abandoned military base on the outskirts of town. It won’t be long, well 61 hours plus, that Reacher finds himself at the apex of the action.
This novel fails on a lot of levels. For one thing, it is simply boring. Yes, it does provide a glimpse into a different side of Jack Reacher that we have not seen before, although it is familiar and fits his character. But other than that, there is no mystery, there is somewhat of a not very believable plot, but mostly what we get is description of the cold and no real suspense or mystery until the very end, which in and of itself is unsatisfying.
While I will continue to read the series, I hope the next installment provides better entertainment and a more or less believable plot.
61 Hours is another in the series about Jack Reacher, the wandering ex-MP with a penchant for sticking his nose where it would be safer not to, and then taking satisfying action. Except in this book, unlike most previous ones, some of the likeable characters actually lose their lives. For escapist fiction, it was grimmer than Child’s other Reacher novels. Still, though, it kept me wondering until near the end.
Jack Reacher just gets more and more likeable as the books go along! and I must say, this is a perfect book to read in the hottest part of the year in Florida. the whole thing is set in South Dakota in the dead of winter. after reading a few chapters, you almost expect it to feel cold in reality. (thankfully, not- winter is fun to read about though....) the visual imagery created by juxtaposing 6 foot 5 Reacher with a 4 foot 11 foe was pretty awesome, too. but the cliff hanger!! I'm kicking myself for not checking out the next ahead of time.
I think I'm done with Jack Reacher novels after this. It was predictable, sloppy, melodramatic, lazy, and cringe-worthy in far too many places.
Only start this book if you have time on your hands. You will not want to put it down. A not to be missed read. This was my first Jack Reacher novel, and I am hooked. I hate to start series books with a random choice, but Lee Child's website states this could be read as a stand alone.
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