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Summary: An Exciting Thriller
Review: This was my first Jack Reacher book, and I think Lee Child's series is worth checking out, so I'll probably read the other three. I like Jack. He's a tough, no-nonense guy and you never know what he's thinking. He almost appears bigger than life, but the rest of his character is so understated that it seems to work. This thriller certainly has a different twist to it than most, but I must admit I figured it out about halfway through. That didn't detract from the story though because it moves fairly quickly and I wanted the time to get to know Jack. I too was a bit disappointed with the ending. I think it could have been done a bit better and not just left flat. The book would then rate a 5 in my opinion. Even though you could see the ending about halfway through, I thought the book interesting enough to finish. The paint thing was a bit "over the top" though. I enjoyed the previous three in the series more than this one, but I'm sure the next will be good again.
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Summary: Interesting twist
Review: I enjoyed the book. It is an exciting and intriguing twist on the serial killer genre, though I think the book went on a little too long. Perhaps that's because I figured out who the killer was fairly early in the book, and because there was no real investigating going on until late in the book. I do agree with the readers who find Child's portrayal of the FBI less than credible. I'm perfectly willing to accept that there are some corrupt agents, but could the entire agency really be this stupid? Nothing they do makes any sense. If they really thought ... was the killer, they wouldn't hire him as a consultant. If they want him as a consultant, why don't they listen to anything he says? Why not just ask him to help (for a modest stipend?) why threaten his girlfriend?
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Summary: Too bad about the ending
Review: Although Child takes the reader on an interesting ride that keeps him from putting the book down, much of the book is a bit over the top. After exciting the reader throughout the book, Child disappoints with an unrealistic half - baked ending resulting in a poor rating.
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Summary: I'm Ambivalent
Review: Yes, I read it in one or two sittings as I did with Child's other books. He has the talent for making me do that. But the book was annoying because it lacked any semblance of credibility. I'm not a huge FBI fan, but the way Child has it violate Reacher's rights is beyond anything it would (or could) do. And give us a break: let the guy take a shower and a nap and change his clothes while traveling without sleep from East Coast to West and back again about four times in a week. Finally, the book also contains the kind of minor mistakes that add up to strained credibility. You do not take the Palisades Parkway to the Garden state. They run parallel. And Fort Dix is not a Marine base. It's Army, unless it's changed since I served there in the '60s. There are a few others, too.
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Summary: Great Action but too Far Fetched
Review: This is the fourth of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels. It's a difficult book to review for me because I thoroughly enjoy the characters, the fast paced plot, and the intrigues. As an action/mystery novel this is an outstanding book. I could barely put it down. I've really enjoyed each of Child's novels. Here we find Reacher getting himself into trouble once again by being in the wrong place at the wrong time and winding up smack in the middle of the hunt for a serial killer. There are many plot twists and some great false foreshadowing. The end caught me completely by surprise. Child fooled me and had me going down the wrong path of who the killer really was. The huge downturn is that the plot and set up is so farfetched and so unbelievable that it really ruined my suspension of disbelief. Granted, this sounds a little odd since most novels of this genre, including previous books in this series, have some pretty outlandish unbelievable plots. However, here Child paints an FBI that takes corruption to a level that only the most hard core conspiracy theorist could ever swallow. I think police organizations in this country,including the FBI are morally bankrupt and corrupt -- but Child goes beyond that to fantasy. What's worse is that even if the FBI is as corrupt as what they are painted to be in the novel -- the motive of the FBI officers in this case make no sense whatsoever. In short, the setup is absurd on the grounds of logic, if nothing else. He could have written a better novel had he not take such an approach. Thus, yes I enjoyed the book -- but at the same time am irritated by it and give it poor rating.
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Summary: Uneven Pace
Review: Lee Child spins wonderful tales, convoluted and popping with curious and intriguing characters. his failing is he lacks pace. Long descriptive paragraphs are fine as he gets his plot going. He does them well. But when the action gets perking along he seems to forget the drama and instead lessen by long, needless descriptions that do nothing but clog up the pace. In Running Blind, he also makes one of his few factual mistakes. He has his hero Reacher say: "You ever been to Israel? Women in the front line there too...." I don't know where he got this mistaken idea. Women in the Israel Defense Force serve as secretaries and other noncombat roles, usually as the concubines of the officers.
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Summary: Gripping
Review: I am now on my fourth (in a row) Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child who manages to combine hard action, originality and excellent storyline twists which keep you guessing right to the last page. Thoroughly recommended.
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Summary: Very Predictable
Review: Lee Child is my favorite author(hence my last name "Reacher"), and I am sure you can read all the other reviews to see what this is about. I think the only reason I dont give this book a 1 is because Lee Child wrote it. There isn't the action represented in the first three books. Reacher takes the long way of finding out who the bad guy is when it is staring him in the face. My favorite kind of book has me guessing who the killer is throughout the whole thing. The author should make me change my mind a million times, until i finally settle on one person, who turns out to be wrong(As Child does in his previous three books). I had the bad guy pinned within the first 150 pages, and nothing after that gave me any reason to doubt my hypothesis. If you are looking for a great suspense author, you have found him, but dont waste your time with this book. I suggest his first three.
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Summary: Alternate Title
Review: Don't be caught out! I was eager to buy this book having read all the others in the series, but I see from other reader's reviews that this story is published under 2 different titles. In the UK this book is known as "The Visitor". I find it a little strange that this one should be different as all the other stories are known by just 1 title. That apart this is just as gripping a story as all the others and I eagerly await the next one!
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Summary: Entertaining but a little obvious
Review: This was my first Reacher novel and I know that Mr Child is a popular author so I had a reasonably high expectation. I actually found Reacher a little irritating, although street smart he is too much of a loner and too inclined to be difficult. The FBI came over as more manipulative then I would expect of your premier law agency and, while the story moved me along, it was a little obvious at times. I predicted the methodology of the murders very early on although the who and why was a little less obvious. Overall it occupied a couple of hours and was worth the effort but this was not the top notch thriller I expected it to be.
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