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 enlarge | Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 2903
Media: Paperback
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0553815865
EAN: 9780553815863
ASIN: 0553815865
Publication Date: April 3, 2006
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 Well crafted densely plotted thriller March 3, 2008
It is some time since I last read a Jack Reacher thriller and obviously Lee Child's has improved over the years.
As always he grabs the reader from the first page, but has developed greater skill in drawing one into the story with finely observed detail and clever plotting and twists as Reacher does a complete U-turn in his assessment of the crime.
Although a thriller (action hero Reacher is perhaps sometimes a little too invincible) it is also a clever whodunit/howdunnit.
A fine achievement.
 Very disappointing March 1, 2008
I read Lee Child's 'The Hard Way' and loved it, that was what made me buy this book. Sadly this one was not in the same league. It was readable but to be honest by the time I was halfway through I couldn't have cared less who was responsible for the shootings, the charachters were so dull that there weren't any at all that I was remotely bothered about. Jack Reacher too seems to be a somewhat ludicrous person, who can in reality live like that? How does he have the money to stay in hotels etc when he doesn't have a job? Maybe I missed something in the earlier books and he's a secret millionaire?
Normal service resumed September 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is probably the best Reacher book since Die Trying, holding the readers attention and urging you to turn the page. The plot deservedly has a quicker pace than usual, with less of the superfluous descriptive paragraphs that have slowed down the last couple of adventures.
The whole set up with Barr, and Jacks inner conflict towards him was good and maybe made Jack question himself a little. Other than Reacher the characters were well drawn, if generally similar to previous books, with the usual enigmatic set of bad guys.
If this had been a stand alone book I'd have given it five stars, but taken in context of the whole series it felt a bit formulaic in regard to structure. As always Reacher was just a bit too clever, invincible and one step ahead. I also felt the whole travelling-light-and-binning-his-clothes-after-three-days gimmick felt a bit tired. While there will be some who argue that if it isn't bust, don't fix it, I'd like to see Lee Child freshen things up a bit in future books and inject something new. Reacher is also aging in real time with each book, here he's in his mid forties, so I think it would make sense for Child to recognise that aging process too over the coming books.
 Best of the series August 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I don't know if this book truly is a gem in the Jack Reacher series or if it's just because it was my first - but to me, this is the best one having read a few more of them now. I can't say much without giving anything away so i'll just recommend you read this because it's brilliant!
Lee Child more brilliant than ever August 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
this book is completely gripping from start to finish. A true gem in all of the Jack Reacher novels
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