![]() I commend myself for enduring the monotonous narrative of less than eight-word sentences and I feel I have given this book more than enough of a chance to care about it. An interesting combination but the story was a little weak. ![]() The Killing Floor mixes the present time evils of hydrofracking with the unsolved mystery of Croatoan. Lee Child (Goodreads Author) (shelved 83 times as jack-reacher-series) avg rating 4. scene to its fiery final confrontation, Killing Floor is irresistible. It had its moments but it just wasnt up to snuff. I want something good to read, and I'm finding more reasons to not read it with every page. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher) Child, Lee on. ![]() I can just imagine these brilliant counterfeiters stopping their covert operation to take a nice picture with all the key elements nicely lined up. This reads like an 80s action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.A big tough ex-military guy drifts into a small town and is sucked into uncovering. Then, they discover a very convenient photograph that the dead guy's ex-wife has that shows the guy grinning at the camera, standing next to his delivery truck, with another key element guy conveniently visible in the background (Oh! A link!), AND with the warehouse where bodies were found at the beginning of the story (Oh! Another link!). Well, I'm at 320 pages and the thought of plowing through 204 more has about as much appeal as chewing toenails.įirst off, I'm sick of reading about this guy who, as a vagrant, wanders into town, gets arrested on suspicion of murder, is released, and promptly starts banging the hottest chick in town who is also a cop. 61 Hours introduces Major Susan Turner, Reacher’s replacement in his old division, and their hint of romance carries over. Everything was quite matter of fact and simple. I found the writing style to be quite different from what I would have expected and I am not 100 sure why. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads. I also heard a pretty reputable BBC book review panel podcast where they were going absolutely bonkers over the series. He makes mistakes, is too late to save a key character, and needs help. Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, 1) by Lee Child (Goodreads Author) Claude's Bookzone 's review liked it 3.5 Stars Very engaging story. Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. There is mass appeal for the Jack Reacher series, there's been a movie made, Lee Child is making a gazillian dollars off it. ![]()
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