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This is a comic book, not a thriller. The scale is simply too large to be believable. Two stars is is probably generous, but I like the hero and the action. I'm a Reacher fan, but this is a reach too far. There's supposed to be some military checkpoint on a public highway that just gets ignored, and some town where everyone knows what's going on but word never gets out.Ignore for a second the anti-Iraq propaganda.
Child needs a visit from Jack Reacher to straighten him out after this utterly disappointing effort. Don't waste your time with this book. Read an old Reacher novel and have a good time. After reading this book I wonder if Lee Child is done with Jack Reacher. This book is bad. It's been a good run for Child, but I don't know if he has anything left. The plot is boring, Reacher's wanderings are tedious, the bad guy is lame, the plot is ridiculous, and Child need to do some actual research about brain dream people and war deserters.
With that said, I feel jilted.I pre-ordered this one as a hardback expecting another adventure true to form and got a commercialized forced political statement that cost me $17. I will wait for the reviews in the future and likely not ever purchase another Reacher/Child book again.I have never reviewed a novel on Amazon before, but this one was so bad I was obligated to do my first.
I do not need or want them in escape artist novels. We each have our political opinions and they are floated about free on a daily basis.
I discovered Lee Child and Jack Reacher 2 years ago in the form of the Persuader and loved it. I fear that Jack Reacher has jumped the shark.
They do not work. My wife and I continued to read the series and these are some of the best escapist novels I have come across in some time.
The politics were not even subtle, but way overdone 3 fold.
I'll wait for the next one in paperback. Like numerous others, I have read all previous novels written by Lee Child, have been a Jack Reacher fan since the beginning. I always look forward to the next Jack Reacher tale and hope #13 is more like the first 11. I hope he hasn't lost his touch. Nothing to Lose was nowhere near the great read the rest of the books have been. Boring characters, meandering plot, political views written into the story, overall a big disappointment.
(If you are new to Reacher, try to start from the beggining, not necessary, but useful)My admiration for this writer keeps growing. First of all let me clarify something.There's clearly a campaign in Amazon against this book.You have hundreds of dismal reviews based on one thing only: Child messed with WAR PROFETEERING creeps.and the usual fascist monkeys came out to oppose this book.Pitiful.Specially from the ones calling themselves Christians.Anyway.THE BOOK is classic REACHER stuff. only very few artists can do this. he is still on top of his game after many many years. Absolutely compeling and great for any Child fan. It keeps being creative and avoiding flat repetition in spite of being a formula genre.
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