The Hard Way by Lee ChildMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
As good as the Reacher novels get. This one had some good twists and turns. I thought the whole mystery was good and I even figured out a few things before they were revealed!
On a side note, unlike James Patterson's recent (preachy) take on the horrors of modern Africa, I thought Child did a much better job of conveying what is going on over there. It was touched upon briefly by a character who was a red herring but made sense to the overall story (again, unlike Patterson's recent "Cross" novel).
Pure escapist adventure. I had a recent "debate" on Twitter as to how many books in a series you should read in a row. I find myself wanting to grab the next immediately.
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"Persuader" is waiting for you to pick up!
ReplyDeleteI don't this author, but I confess to being a serial reader. I read all of Tom Clancy's novels in one summer. I enjoyed all of them (except "Rainbow Six" which was awful), but now I have no desire to pick up another Clancy novel.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend at least one book in between. But I'm from Rutland so don't put too much stock into what I say.
I'm about to start Child's latest in paperback "Nothing to Lose."
ReplyDeleteI like the Reacher novels because they are as close to capturing the spirit of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee character, with his code of conduct and basically being a one-man army badass.
Glad to see someone else reading Lee Child's Reacher novels - I've been reading them for years.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Gone Tomorrow next month!
I saw Child speak in Manchester a few years ago; said he already had the title of the final book in the series (either 19th or 20th): Die Lonely.