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chicken_steadicam's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
darth_vader's review against another edition
5.0
My first Lee child novel.
A couple weeks ago we watched a jack reacher movie with Tom cruse and I so love the character that I looked up and learned the movie was based on a book. Thought I would give the author a try and loved it. My new favorite author.
A couple weeks ago we watched a jack reacher movie with Tom cruse and I so love the character that I looked up and learned the movie was based on a book. Thought I would give the author a try and loved it. My new favorite author.
phillipsmithy's review against another edition
3.0
Not a bad book, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first Reacher novel. It was a little slow in parts but ramped up towards the end. I found Child’s overly descriptive segments, whilst they were a good description of what was happening, overly long and pointless and the book could easily have done without them (such as the bullet firing sequences). Also I think the romance could’ve been handled a bit better, it was a bit odd in places such as the sex scene next to the grave of the body that Reacher had spent all day digging. I also found the constant need to switch between Reacher’s perspective one chapter and then that of the FBI the next a little annoying, as whilst the FBI segments added to the story they definitely weren’t as interesting as the Reacher chapters and I thought that there was too many of them. I still enjoyed the book however and it certainly won’t be the last Reacher novel that I read.
lily_birch9's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
day_fisher's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Reacher, always the hero is unable to turn a blind eye against injustice. The problem is this time the FBI thinks he's actually with the bad guy. I like the Reacher books this far, but found the beginning of this one to be slow and I could not understand why the kidnappers would keep reacher around, given he's not their target and is definitely a threat to their success. But overall a good action story!
aejohnson85's review against another edition
3.0
I didn't enjoy this one as much as the first in the series. Jack Reacher seems to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time and he always gets the girl (if only for a short time). A good read but I did find the sections describing the various guns to be overwhelming - Child is obviously very knowledgable but I found those sections to be a bit dry.
liakeller's review against another edition
4.0
I loved the strong female lead that wasn't a damsel in distress. Interesting plot. Will keep reading through the Jack Reacher series.
wgibson624's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
aytoz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.75