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A review by cnorbury
61 Hours by Lee Child
5.0
One of the better Jack Reacher stories. Child gives the reader a great setup, as implausible as it may seem on the surface, but this is where Reacher "hangs out"--middle of nowhere America. He's eased into the plot because the small-town police force is undermanned and overwhelmed, and proceeds to lead without taking complete control of the operation.
An excellent subplot is Reacher's phone conversations with "Amanda" his successor several times removed at his old Army unit, the 110th. The two start this romantic, suggestive conversation over many calls and several days which is innocent at face value but deeply suggestive by the context and the sharp dialogue byplay. Lots of fun and a nice break from worrying about a prison riot or protecting the star witness for the prosecution in a major drug bust trial about to take place.
Reacher only busts a few heads, which is enough because this is a more cerebral case and one of the sub-contexts is the isolation of the town in South Dakota and the brutal cold which is a killer all its own.
Again, Child shows his mastery of the genre by entertaining us from page one until the end. I only had a small reservation about the end, which leaves us wondering if Reacher survived. It's an intentional tease that worked only when the book was first released because there are subsequent Reacher stories, so we know he survives. Still . . . :-)
An excellent subplot is Reacher's phone conversations with "Amanda" his successor several times removed at his old Army unit, the 110th. The two start this romantic, suggestive conversation over many calls and several days which is innocent at face value but deeply suggestive by the context and the sharp dialogue byplay. Lots of fun and a nice break from worrying about a prison riot or protecting the star witness for the prosecution in a major drug bust trial about to take place.
Reacher only busts a few heads, which is enough because this is a more cerebral case and one of the sub-contexts is the isolation of the town in South Dakota and the brutal cold which is a killer all its own.
Again, Child shows his mastery of the genre by entertaining us from page one until the end. I only had a small reservation about the end, which leaves us wondering if Reacher survived. It's an intentional tease that worked only when the book was first released because there are subsequent Reacher stories, so we know he survives. Still . . . :-)