david_agranoff's review against another edition
5.0
This is the 8th Jack and I am writing these reviews as I read them. In many ways this is the novel I have been waiting to read since the start. It is in many ways a crucial turning point in the saga, but what is amazing is just how many of the novels present yet another turning point for the main character. You know Jack is going to survive to fight another day, so Wilson very smartly finds ways to ratchet up the tension for Jack.
I have said it before but Wilson has proven with this series (and Adversary cycle which comes together and ends in the same novel Nightworld) that he is the master of plotting. Crisscross is a tight example of this because it weaves two Jack “Fix-it” cases and then perfectly weaves them into the wider story of the secret history of the world.
Well, Jack should have known better as he and the reader have been warned that there are no coincidences for Jack anymore. He is hired by a woman to find her son who has joined a cult called Dormentalism which is basically a fictionalized Scientology. At the same time Jack is working the case of a woman being blackmailed by the same man Jack had to steal pictures from back in The Haunted Air (RMJ#6).
Jack is aware that the woman being blackmailed is hiding a secret from him, but takes the case. As Jack works this case, he looks for the man who joined the Dormentalist cult. The only problem is that Jack discovers this cult is more than just a money scheme and connects to the growing evil he has been pulled into a war against.
This novel is really well put together and much better than the last one.
I have said it before but Wilson has proven with this series (and Adversary cycle which comes together and ends in the same novel Nightworld) that he is the master of plotting. Crisscross is a tight example of this because it weaves two Jack “Fix-it” cases and then perfectly weaves them into the wider story of the secret history of the world.
Well, Jack should have known better as he and the reader have been warned that there are no coincidences for Jack anymore. He is hired by a woman to find her son who has joined a cult called Dormentalism which is basically a fictionalized Scientology. At the same time Jack is working the case of a woman being blackmailed by the same man Jack had to steal pictures from back in The Haunted Air (RMJ#6).
Jack is aware that the woman being blackmailed is hiding a secret from him, but takes the case. As Jack works this case, he looks for the man who joined the Dormentalist cult. The only problem is that Jack discovers this cult is more than just a money scheme and connects to the growing evil he has been pulled into a war against.
This novel is really well put together and much better than the last one.
acknud's review against another edition
5.0
Repairman Jack to the rescue. This is another in the saga of repairman Jack's quest to undo The Otherness. I have to say this was my favorite so far. I know it was a little bit of a copycat in it's description of the church (think Scientology) but it read very well and kept my attention. I hope the rest of the series is as entertaining.
buildhergender's review against another edition
5.0
Repairman Jack is helping a nun get out from under the thumb of a blackmailer.
And he is also hired to contact the son of a mother, a mystrious woman with a dog.
The son is in a thinly veiled cult that sounds an awful lot like Scientology.
We find out that Jack is not done with the Trucking Company that owned the truck that put his father in the hospital.
And somehow we end up with both cases under Repairman Jacks belt crossing into each other.
No more coincidences.
And he is also hired to contact the son of a mother, a mystrious woman with a dog.
The son is in a thinly veiled cult that sounds an awful lot like Scientology.
We find out that Jack is not done with the Trucking Company that owned the truck that put his father in the hospital.
And somehow we end up with both cases under Repairman Jacks belt crossing into each other.
No more coincidences.
clgibbons's review against another edition
4.0
Wilson takes a few pot shots at Scientology in this installment of Repairman Jack. Jack has to infiltrate the Dormentalist Church, and it's some fucked up shit. I really liked this volume because events are coming together to form a bigger, broader picture. For the first time, Jack's fix-its go horribly wrong. And Gia, Jack's special lady, acts as the proverbial loaded gun on stage. I already have book 9 out from the library and am ready to go.
braydin's review
4.0
Jack takes on a "church" that is almost, but not quite entirely unlike Scientology. It is hard to review this one without giving spoilers, but suffice it to say that it has some developments on the over-arching storyline of the Otherness.
The story was fast and kept me reading late. Perhaps not as impactful as some of the other books in the series but still an overall solid read.
The story was fast and kept me reading late. Perhaps not as impactful as some of the other books in the series but still an overall solid read.
heathermassa's review
4.0
Repairman Jack can fix your life. Evidently Repairman Jack can fix the world.
Sometimes, you are looking for a story of good vs. evil. This is one of them. Throw in a Scientology-like cult.
Fast paced and good book.
Sometimes, you are looking for a story of good vs. evil. This is one of them. Throw in a Scientology-like cult.
Fast paced and good book.
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