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A review by macloo
One Shot by Lee Child
4.0
Best Jack Reacher book so far. I skipped one, The Enemy (2004), because the library didn't have it.
Reacher goes to an Indiana city where a sniper has killed five people. Reacher knew the guy a long time ago when they were both in the Army. This plot was (marginally) more believable than some of the others, and there was a lot less description of guns and ammo, which is a relief. There's a little too much detail about walking around the center of the city — streets, buildings — and sometimes that gets draggy. Reacher walks a lot because he doesn't have a car.
I still really have a love/hate relationship with these books. I like spending time with Reacher because he's not an alcoholic and he respects women. He's a pleasant hard-boiled detective type (although not a detective). He's not so much solving a mystery (or a murder) as working a puzzle, and the puzzle always requires more legwork than brainwork (although Reacher's no dummy!). I liked the description of a lawyer getting her solo practice started, and of the shooting range in Kentucky and what the owner talked about. In a Reacher book there are scenes or clusters of scenes that are nicely fleshed out and very absorbing. And the ending is bang-up satisfying.
This is definitely escapist reading, though. I still need work a bit to suspend disbelief here.
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Reacher goes to an Indiana city where a sniper has killed five people. Reacher knew the guy a long time ago when they were both in the Army. This plot was (marginally) more believable than some of the others, and there was a lot less description of guns and ammo, which is a relief. There's a little too much detail about walking around the center of the city — streets, buildings — and sometimes that gets draggy. Reacher walks a lot because he doesn't have a car.
I still really have a love/hate relationship with these books. I like spending time with Reacher because he's not an alcoholic and he respects women. He's a pleasant hard-boiled detective type (although not a detective). He's not so much solving a mystery (or a murder) as working a puzzle, and the puzzle always requires more legwork than brainwork (although Reacher's no dummy!). I liked the description of a lawyer getting her solo practice started, and of the shooting range in Kentucky and what the owner talked about. In a Reacher book there are scenes or clusters of scenes that are nicely fleshed out and very absorbing. And the ending is bang-up satisfying.
This is definitely escapist reading, though. I still need work a bit to suspend disbelief here.
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