One Shot twists and turns ***1/2
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'Friday, five o' clock in the afternoon. Maybe the hardest time to move unobserved through a city. Or, maybe the easiest. Because at five o' clock on a Friday afternoon nobody pays any attention to anything except the road ahead.'
As one of the other reviewers said there's nothing wrong with formulaic when it works as well as this. I don't know if I'll tire of Reacher but for now they are completely addictive. Yes, there are some problems with his invincibility but Child is very good at setting up twists and turns to demonstrate his mental agility as well as all that physical invincibility so that we're happy to suspend disbelief and go with the flow. Like yet one of the other reviewers I find myself very worried about jack's personal hygiene - why doesn't he wash out his clothes? He has a toothbrush but no deodorant and yet he is irresistible to women. Still, these aren't books to ponder over - it's more a matter of one finished...where's the next one?
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One SHOT- Totally HOT!
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Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic. From 1st page to the last Lee Child has you by the throat- a fabulous JACK REACHER adventure -thriller- Incredible!
" Reacher said nothing"
BUY!!
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Love Leo Tolstoy - but Lee Child is a new favourite
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I picked up a copy of this book for free one day with a London newspaper. It sat on my shelf for weeks unread - probably partly because I had my own snobby preconceptions about Child. The adverts I'd seen for his books made them look like complete no-brainers all about muscle and guns. Then I read One Shot and it certainly will not be the last Lee Child I read.
He paces his books perfectly and Jack Reacher is one of the great crime-fighters - hard as nails but smart, sophisticated and very 21st century in his opinions and attitudes. Child takes you through Reacher's thoughts with the skill of a master. I loved One Shot, am now reading The Enemy, and already put Child up there with my two favourite crime/thriller writers: Ian Rankin and Ian Fleming.
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One read and you will be hooked
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This book was real treat (especially as I got it as a freebee from the Evening standard). It is my first Jack Reacher book and won't be my last. This can be a stand-alone book, although I'm sure you will get more out of it if you have read the others.
What I liked about it is that the plot kept changing and evolving as it was told trough the eyes of Jack. A minor niggle - Every now and then I found Jack `a little too right or invincible all the time', but then if you accept that, then he is a believable character.
I'm not normally a sucker for freebee advertising, but I'm finding myself looking around for the rest of the series.
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My first Child novel
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One Shot is the first Lee Child novel I ever read. I'd gone into many stores before and picked up other titles The Enemy, Persuader, Tripwire & Die Trying. But, after reading back cover I would always think "nah, probably too much reading". Some months later I picked up a copy of One Shot in a book store and thought "maybe". The plot looked good so I went for it, and I was seriously impressed they way it was written. I loved the way Reacher just turns up in the town where the shootings happened, how he goes about dealing with people (the Russians, the girl & guys in the sports bar). And also how at the end after doing what he has to, Reacher just up's and leaves. No goodbyes or thanks for your help, he just takes off. bloody brilliant.
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