Simply the best- you will drop everything down to read it.
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This book is simply one of my favourite book ever. I have recommend it many times and lend it to at least 3 people and my own copy is now in tatters.
I found the plot absolutely fantastic. Lee Child's imagination is rich and he creates an excellent atmosphere. He really does small town evil like no- one else ( OK maybe Karin Slaughter). You can not not fall in love with Reacher, who once again uses brains and muscles to achieve what he wants and help those who need it. So many scenes are for me iconic, such as the one in the prison. the twist in the plot is so clever, even now, 2 years after reading it, I always think of it with a smile on my face. Pure delectation, absolute heaven.
I thoroughly, throughly recommend it: you will not regret it!
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A total masterpiece!!!
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This book is total masterpiece, I really enjoyed this one - the plot, characters, layout, and total everything - is the highest notch in excellence!
I highly recommend this book! Like most of the Lee Child books!
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serial character lover
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I love Jack reacher books, and this is one of the best I`ve read. Lee Child is such a good writer. If you like Child read the Soft Target books by Conrad Jones, theyre fantastic thrillers, same genre. Keep them coming Mr Child.
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A good no-brainer read
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Just finished this on holiday - have never read any Lee Child before so decided to start at the beginning of the Jack Reacher story. I'm more of a fan of the style where you can work out what is happening so was slightly disappointed that you had to be fed some of the knowledge and couldn't have worked it out on your own. Plus there were some big leaps that you had to make (won't spoil it for those who haven't read but there is the 'coincidence in being in Margrave' and the 10th man leap which I still can't work out!).
Having said that, it is a real page-turner and all characters are very engaging. While it is the Jack Reacher series, I do hope we see some of the others back in other books in the series. I guess I'll have to read them to find out.
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Don't let the military aspect put you off a fabulous book
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I picked this book up in the airport to read on holiday not expecting anything but an average but good holiday read. I couldn't put it down. It completely surprised me. By the end of the first chapter I was so bumused and enagaged by the plot and the main character that I was engrossed for the next two days.
Although Jack Reacher is a gruff, predatory loner, something about him makes you want to learn more and more about how he has come to be at the point in his life where this novel starts. It was full of action, full of twists and turns and I found it refreshingly orginal in the over saturated thriller/crime genre.
I have since gone on to read most of the other books by Lee Child and while they may never again have the same impact is this introduction to Jack Reacher, they are still my holiday novel of choice 7 years on.
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