Publisher: Bantam
ISBN 9780515142242
My rating: 3/5
A Chicago street in bright sunshine. Jack
Reacher, strolling nowhere, meets an attractive young woman, limping, struggling
with her crutches, alone. Naturally he stops to offer her a steadying arm and
then they turn together—to face twin handguns held level and motionless and
aimed straight at their stomachs.
Chained to the woman, locked in a
dark, stifling van racing 2,000 miles across America, Reacher needs to know who
he's dealing with. The kidnappers are saying nothing and his companion claims to
be Holly Johnson, FBI agent. She's fierce enough and tough enough, but he knows
there must be more to her than that. And at their remote, hostile destination,
they will need to act as a team and trust each other, pitting raw courage and
cunning against insane violence and seemingly hopeless odds, with their own
lives and hundreds more at stake. (leechild.com)
My rating
Eerie comes to mind! Yet not as good as the first one. Unfortunately not.
So, there's Jack Reacher, he's at the wrong place, wrong time - kidnapped with the handicapped woman (Holly) he helped carrying dry cleaned clothes. By some militia group as it turns out and they take them to some remote spot in the Montana forests. And then ... it gets complicated and weird and Child lost me.
Still interesting, but I had to put the book aside waaay to often, because it was too detailed ? boring ? complicated ? I don't know. It just didn't grip me like the first book.
The story in itself would have been much better if it had been edited down to a few pages less. Reacher still a kick-ass hero you'd like to have at your side when in trouble or not. (PS - I did like the scene when we find out about his weakness - nice touch indeed!) Holly's character a bit "underdeveloped". I would have liked to have more of her. The whole bunch of FBI agents and other agents way to confusing. The leak / mole obvious half way through the book.
Worth a read - betcha it is. It's a Lee Child book. Haven't read any of his yet? Don't start with this one!
Now, let me go and find Reacher #3 :-)
Was he even listening? She watched his hands. There was something about them: strong, yet soft at the same time. He wore a subtle diamond ring on one of his fingers and a silver watch around his wrist. She couldn’t help but stare, and she suddenly had a vision of these hands touching her, caressing her body and taking her into an embrace. Hollie blushed and quickly turned her head. Feeling guilty, she tried to get her mind back to the minister’s words and the Christmas story he was telling.
