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A review by cbaker8887
61 Hours by Lee Child
2.0
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.