Abridged Audiobook
A different Jack Reacher. I felt uncomfortable with him being forceful with the female protagonist. He came across as a bully and his character certainly lost some respect in my eyes. Not my favourite by far. A let down after Bad Luck and Trouble.
This my first Lee Child book, and despite my opinion of this one, I'll give him another shot. I like Reacher as a character; he reminds me of Spencer. But Child is not as economical as Robert B. Parker, nor as disciplined as a writer. I won't think of Child as a lazy writer until I listen to another. But this one, Nothing to Lose, has far to many lose ends, and so much essential to the narrative is simply not credible. The ending and the events surrounding it are just so far fetched as to be ridiculous. After a very promising beginning, Child is failed by his editor, allowing him to drift on and on and extend sequences that are in need of cutting. Many questions raised by the narrative are left unanswered, like how are Despair's townspeople involved in either of the two plot lines? Kind of important. Is the purpose of this book to memorialize Reacher or to tell a plausible story. The latter can certainly be achieved without harming Reacher's stature in any way.
This is a pretty good Reacher story. I wish that it were not abridged as Dick Hill is such a very good narrator/reader.
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