I am senselessly in love with Jack Reacher. I just love his sense of honour, honesty and all that's wrong with the world. I love the way Lee Child puts across the tale from beginning to end, keeping you tied up in each scene and dialogue.
Didn't enjoy this outing as much as the others though, as the suspense is kinda predictable if you keep your eyes open and the ending is kind of abrubt, not having it's usual panache.
As always here we find Jack Reacher being drawn into others' problems due to other else but his sense of doing what's right at the time. Side by side, we delve into the phsyci of the villain whose full of " short comings ", pun intended. The countdown from the 61 hours is soemthing I didn't quite grasp but maybe it'll make sense in the next contribution of Child.
But all in all, this is a trip worth taking if you love action, drama and all that's good in writing !!
Well, by now anyone who knows me knows full well that I'm a Lee Child/Jack Reacher die hard fan. So there's not much to say here. This book had me thinking about a lot of things. About how hard it is for women in the armed forces to get through what men usually find comparitively easy. How hard it is for rape victims to live each day after, facing their demons. How difficult it is for a person to understand what they truly want from life and how to get there.
On the other hand, I wasn't very pleased with the ending of the book for personal reasons, so that would depend on the person reading.
Yet in the writing, each page grips you and you can go through the whole book in one sitting if you have the time. All I can say is Go Reacher !!!
By now anyone who knows me, knows I've become a big, Big, BIG fan of Jack Reacher novels. So don't expect anything except high praise.
This book is once started doesn't let one put it down. You can spend the whole day wrapped in the world of Jack Reacher and his logical deductions. It even has you thinking about the complexities of today's world and feeling admiration for the great hero. I hate to admit it but I have a crush on Jack Reacher. ;) Too bad he ain't real !! :p
This book is a thinking man's book for those who love mystery, thrill and action. The best part about Jack Reacher novels is you don't need to have read one to be connected to the other.
In this particular book, we have Jack Reacher coming to the rescue of a man who undoubtedly has massacred people and yet who believes that Reacher can prove that he didn't.
So far, I've finished reading all of the below -
Bad luck and Trouble
Nothing to Lose
The Hard Way
Killing Floorand am planning to finish all the books in the series.
Okay ! I did not get the relation of the title with the story but it hardly matters. My first Lee Child read and wow !!
Every review on the front and back flap hold true with this one. After ages, a new read held me in it's grip and it was absolutely hard to put it down. Jack Reacher, the protagonist has you in awe of him a few pages into the book. The story is actually like a train gathering speed and taking you along for the ride.
It has you thinking about the soldiers and what all they end up doing in the name of duty. It has one aghast at the horrors of torture falling upon unsuspecting souls. It has you amazed with the detail with which each action/ situation is described. It has you wondering about small sacrificies for the greater good !!
All in all, cant' wait to get my hands on earlier Lee Child offerings :D
