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One Shot (Jack Reacher)
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Author: Lee Child
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One Shot (Jack Reacher) Description
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440241027
ISBN: 0440241022
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 496
Publication Date: 2006-03-28
Publisher: Dell
Product Release Date: 2006-03-28
Studio: Dell
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780440241027
ISBN: 0440241022
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 496
Publication Date: 2006-03-28
Publisher: Dell
Product Release Date: 2006-03-28
Studio: Dell
Editorial Review of One Shot (Jack Reacher)
Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, from the world he lives in—no phone, no address, no commitments–ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Child’s astonishing new thriller, Reacher’s arrival will change everything—about a case that isn’t what it seems, about lives tangled in baffling ways, about a killer who missed one shot–and by doing so give Jack Reacher one shot at the truth.…
The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards away–point-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr. His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see. But when Reacher hears Barr’s own words, he understands. And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own. Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But, as always, in battle, Reacher is at his best.
Moving in the shadows, picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunning–and then match him shot for shot….
From the Hardcover edition.
The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards away–point-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr. His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see. But when Reacher hears Barr’s own words, he understands. And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own. Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But, as always, in battle, Reacher is at his best.
Moving in the shadows, picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunning–and then match him shot for shot….
From the Hardcover edition.
Customer Reviews of One Shot (Jack Reacher)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: One Shot
Review: Lee Child is an amazing story-teller of mystery-thrillers that draws in the reader and will not allow you to put them down once you open the covers. Jack Reacher (the main character)is unique. The details and speed in which the plot develops haunts you even when you have finished and put it down. ONE SHOT is true to Child's form. He takes an event that is all too common and devestating for a city today and weaves it into a plot with characters you seem to recognize in your own life. It's an excellent read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Really Good
Review: I have been blasting through the Reacher series book by book in order, and to me that get better and better. Completely far-fetched, of course. Ultra-violent. But compelling stuff. Child has gotten so much better at the writing the romantic stuff.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Very Good!
Review: From page one to last, this was an excellent read. Great job Mr Child. On to the next installment.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The caring, compassionate Reacher
Review: Who says he's a cold calculating killer? I think he's a complicated, caring and compassionate individual who runs into some pretty strange situations, but he's more than capable of dealing with what comes his way.
Compassionate: When asking questions of a reluctant lawyer, "Do you have medical insurance?"
Caring: Still with the interview with the lawyer, "Do you have a dental plan?"
Capable: He brings a knife to a gun fight.
Yes, Reacher won't disappoint the reader who's been with him through all the previous novels. This would make a good movie.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great start but overall a disappointing book
Review: PLOT:In Indiana a former soldier kills 5 people in a crowded plaza and leaves plenty of evidence. Only 6 hours later he is arrested, the evidence is fool proof. The sniper only says that they got the wrong man and wants them to find Jack Reacher. And Reacher is coming anyway because more than a decade ago he made a deadly promise to the sniper. But sometimes even solid cases have holes...
OK I admit that I really like this Reacher character so that I can hardly wait for his next book to be published. In general it is always fun to follow Reacher unravelling mysteries. Unfortunately a great character with great investigative skills does not guarantee a great story.
How do you find holes in an iron-clad case? That's the starting point for Reacher. Actually a pretty good one but unfortunately what is made out of it is not great as well in this case.
Since the police have overwhelming evidence and the sniper is arrested after only 30 pages I wondered what is supposed to happen during the remaining +400! The hunt for the truth is the answer but this search is awfully long and not really too thrilling.
During this search you will discover some freakish bad guy characters that you normally only find in books from Carl Hiaasen. To me they were not really believable - especially in the final chapters of the book.
There are other flaws in the story that have to be mentioned:
Strange but it seems as if Reacher can always walk into anybody's office to get every information he wants to. Nobody ever denies him anything. Why not tell all the evidence there is right to the press? Seems absurd that a simple public person like Reacher is permitted e. g. to the evidence laboratory at the police station.
Furthermore it stroke me as odd that I had to read more than half of the book before somebody asks about the motive to shoot these particular victims. The question if it was a random shooting or a specific kill never cam up before. (Reminds me of the flaw in "Without Fail".)
The biggest flaw of the book is its solution. So much trouble and planning for that?! There should have been easier solutions for the bad guys. I don't find it believable.
Sorry Lee Child but you can do a lot better.
Bottom line:
The book is easy to read but not too thrilling. The pace is really slow and overall there is not much happening. The book could be shortened about 100 pages easily.
Better read Lee Child's "Killing Floor", "The Visitor", "Without Fail" or even "The Enemy" instead.
Review Summary: One Shot
Review: Lee Child is an amazing story-teller of mystery-thrillers that draws in the reader and will not allow you to put them down once you open the covers. Jack Reacher (the main character)is unique. The details and speed in which the plot develops haunts you even when you have finished and put it down. ONE SHOT is true to Child's form. He takes an event that is all too common and devestating for a city today and weaves it into a plot with characters you seem to recognize in your own life. It's an excellent read.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Really Good
Review: I have been blasting through the Reacher series book by book in order, and to me that get better and better. Completely far-fetched, of course. Ultra-violent. But compelling stuff. Child has gotten so much better at the writing the romantic stuff.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Very Good!
Review: From page one to last, this was an excellent read. Great job Mr Child. On to the next installment.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: The caring, compassionate Reacher
Review: Who says he's a cold calculating killer? I think he's a complicated, caring and compassionate individual who runs into some pretty strange situations, but he's more than capable of dealing with what comes his way.
Compassionate: When asking questions of a reluctant lawyer, "Do you have medical insurance?"
Caring: Still with the interview with the lawyer, "Do you have a dental plan?"
Capable: He brings a knife to a gun fight.
Yes, Reacher won't disappoint the reader who's been with him through all the previous novels. This would make a good movie.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great start but overall a disappointing book
Review: PLOT:In Indiana a former soldier kills 5 people in a crowded plaza and leaves plenty of evidence. Only 6 hours later he is arrested, the evidence is fool proof. The sniper only says that they got the wrong man and wants them to find Jack Reacher. And Reacher is coming anyway because more than a decade ago he made a deadly promise to the sniper. But sometimes even solid cases have holes...
OK I admit that I really like this Reacher character so that I can hardly wait for his next book to be published. In general it is always fun to follow Reacher unravelling mysteries. Unfortunately a great character with great investigative skills does not guarantee a great story.
How do you find holes in an iron-clad case? That's the starting point for Reacher. Actually a pretty good one but unfortunately what is made out of it is not great as well in this case.
Since the police have overwhelming evidence and the sniper is arrested after only 30 pages I wondered what is supposed to happen during the remaining +400! The hunt for the truth is the answer but this search is awfully long and not really too thrilling.
During this search you will discover some freakish bad guy characters that you normally only find in books from Carl Hiaasen. To me they were not really believable - especially in the final chapters of the book.
There are other flaws in the story that have to be mentioned:
Strange but it seems as if Reacher can always walk into anybody's office to get every information he wants to. Nobody ever denies him anything. Why not tell all the evidence there is right to the press? Seems absurd that a simple public person like Reacher is permitted e. g. to the evidence laboratory at the police station.
Furthermore it stroke me as odd that I had to read more than half of the book before somebody asks about the motive to shoot these particular victims. The question if it was a random shooting or a specific kill never cam up before. (Reminds me of the flaw in "Without Fail".)
The biggest flaw of the book is its solution. So much trouble and planning for that?! There should have been easier solutions for the bad guys. I don't find it believable.
Sorry Lee Child but you can do a lot better.
Bottom line:
The book is easy to read but not too thrilling. The pace is really slow and overall there is not much happening. The book could be shortened about 100 pages easily.
Better read Lee Child's "Killing Floor", "The Visitor", "Without Fail" or even "The Enemy" instead.