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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
Love this series! Another great adventure with Jack Reacher!
I'm in such a mood for Jack Reacher novels and this one was everything I like about them.
In The Hard Way, Reacher gets involved in a kidnapping ransom demand, one where the police can't get involved and there is something sketchy about the person waiting for the ransom. He has to figure out who is hiding what and what end does he want to bring about afterward.
I enjoyed this novel. It has everything I like about the Jack Reacher novels, a mystery, several high-powered bad guys which act as bad guys do and so Reacher is able to anticipate them. There is a team of people around him, also very competent and even a cute little kid. Yes, Reacher did take longer to work out one of the plot twists than I would like (if I had figured it out before him then I know something is going on) but another one of the plot twists worked really well. I enjoyed the final battle scene and I'm really looking forward to my next Jack Reacher novel.
4 stars!
In The Hard Way, Reacher gets involved in a kidnapping ransom demand, one where the police can't get involved and there is something sketchy about the person waiting for the ransom. He has to figure out who is hiding what and what end does he want to bring about afterward.
I enjoyed this novel. It has everything I like about the Jack Reacher novels, a mystery, several high-powered bad guys which act as bad guys do and so Reacher is able to anticipate them. There is a team of people around him, also very competent and even a cute little kid. Yes, Reacher did take longer to work out one of the plot twists than I would like (if I had figured it out before him then I know something is going on) but another one of the plot twists worked really well. I enjoyed the final battle scene and I'm really looking forward to my next Jack Reacher novel.
4 stars!
This has been one of my favourite Jack Reacher books so far, even though I figured out much of the twisty plot before Jack did.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Listened to the audiobook version of this one again (can you tell I've just discovered Overdrive and its connection to our local library?). Same narrator as Personal, he does an excellent job with Reacher's calm, bad ass observations. This one started out a little *too* observation-y and spent a lot of time and adjectives on the set dressing.
The plot is a little thinner than Personal, maybe, but it's still a good read if you can overlook the shaky premise on which Reacher's involvement is predicated.
The plot is a little thinner than Personal, maybe, but it's still a good read if you can overlook the shaky premise on which Reacher's involvement is predicated.
Uncharacteristically a little dull in the beginning, it got much better once multi-dimensional characters (including women) were introduced.
4.25*
This time, the plot in itself might have been simpler and more erratic but nonetheless it was a pleasure to accompany Reacher once more!!
Everything started so suddenly and quickly that it was confusing, and every opinion that was brought up was so believable... but in this case it wasn't difficult to see where things would end upon Yes there were some twists but it was quite predictable!!
And just like always: not everything and everyone is as it seems...
This time, the plot in itself might have been simpler and more erratic but nonetheless it was a pleasure to accompany Reacher once more!!
Everything started so suddenly and quickly that it was confusing, and every opinion that was brought up was so believable... but in this case it wasn't difficult to see where things would end upon Yes there were some twists but it was quite predictable!!
And just like always: not everything and everyone is as it seems...