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 enlarge | Author: Lee Child
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  129 reviews
Sales Rank: 624888
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
ASIN: B000BLNPJ6
Publication Date: June 14, 2005
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 Really Good June 29, 2008
I have been blasting through the Reacher series book by book in order, and to me that get better and better. Completely far-fetched, of course. Ultra-violent. But compelling stuff. Child has gotten so much better at the writing the romantic stuff.
Very Good! June 26, 2008
From page one to last, this was an excellent read. Great job Mr Child. On to the next installment.
The caring, compassionate Reacher May 31, 2008
Who says he's a cold calculating killer? I think he's a complicated, caring and compassionate individual who runs into some pretty strange situations, but he's more than capable of dealing with what comes his way.
Compassionate: When asking questions of a reluctant lawyer, "Do you have medical insurance?"
Caring: Still with the interview with the lawyer, "Do you have a dental plan?"
Capable: He brings a knife to a gun fight.
Yes, Reacher won't disappoint the reader who's been with him through all the previous novels. This would make a good movie.
 Great start but overall a disappointing book May 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
PLOT:In Indiana a former soldier kills 5 people in a crowded plaza and leaves plenty of evidence. Only 6 hours later he is arrested, the evidence is fool proof. The sniper only says that they got the wrong man and wants them to find Jack Reacher. And Reacher is coming anyway because more than a decade ago he made a deadly promise to the sniper. But sometimes even solid cases have holes...
OK I admit that I really like this Reacher character so that I can hardly wait for his next book to be published. In general it is always fun to follow Reacher unravelling mysteries. Unfortunately a great character with great investigative skills does not guarantee a great story.
How do you find holes in an iron-clad case? That's the starting point for Reacher. Actually a pretty good one but unfortunately what is made out of it is not great as well in this case.
Since the police have overwhelming evidence and the sniper is arrested after only 30 pages I wondered what is supposed to happen during the remaining +400! The hunt for the truth is the answer but this search is awfully long and not really too thrilling.
During this search you will discover some freakish bad guy characters that you normally only find in books from Carl Hiaasen. To me they were not really believable - especially in the final chapters of the book.
There are other flaws in the story that have to be mentioned:
Strange but it seems as if Reacher can always walk into anybody's office to get every information he wants to. Nobody ever denies him anything. Why not tell all the evidence there is right to the press? Seems absurd that a simple public person like Reacher is permitted e. g. to the evidence laboratory at the police station.
Furthermore it stroke me as odd that I had to read more than half of the book before somebody asks about the motive to shoot these particular victims. The question if it was a random shooting or a specific kill never cam up before. (Reminds me of the flaw in "Without Fail".)
The biggest flaw of the book is its solution. So much trouble and planning for that?! There should have been easier solutions for the bad guys. I don't find it believable.
Sorry Lee Child but you can do a lot better.
Bottom line:
The book is easy to read but not too thrilling. The pace is really slow and overall there is not much happening. The book could be shortened about 100 pages easily.
Better read Lee Child's "Killing Floor", "The Visitor", "Without Fail" or even "The Enemy" instead.
Cumbersome May 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book starts off well but begins to drag at the half-way mark and is a struggle to finish. Overall, the story is far-fetched, particularly the involvement of the TV reporter. That would not happen in the real world.
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