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Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)
by Lee Child
from Delacorte Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Boo-Hoo, Jack Reacher doesn't share your views on Iraq
  This is a standard Lee Child/Jack Reacher novel, and in that sense, it's pure action, suspense and thrills. I'm writing this review primarily to help counter the OBVIOUS attempts to sabotage the book by hard-right zealots who just can't believe an author has the gall to have his hero not support the phony war in Iraq. The people tossing down these one-star reviews not only need a reality check; they need to understand what books are for. Period. Go Lee!

• Stunning -- again
  Another triumph. Dark, gripping, sinister, nightmarish . . . . it reminds me of the best Michael Innes. The plot threads are complex and subtle -- you have no idea what's happening, and often, in otherwise excellent thrillers you guess what's going on. Here, I had no inkling. Oh, man, I wish I could write like that.

• Deep Despair
  I have enjoyed other of Child's Reacher stories but this one I should have missed. First we go to Hope and then to Despair and Reacher keeps going back to Despair, the town. In this story Reachers keeps fighting with the poor miserable inhabitants of this town and it is just overkill and Reacher comes off as more of a thug. There are absolutely no surprises in this book except for how ill-conceived it is. The Reacher character works better when he is up against tough characters, not weak ones. The ending to... more info

• Disappointing, but Jack Reacher is still a wonderful character!
  Jack Reacher is truly a wonderful character, but this book loses touch with him. The ending is hurried and struck me as contrived, rather than polished, which is the norm for Lee Childs.
  I'm sure it's very difficult to create new and interesting material repeatedly, but this character deserves the extra effort. As an idea, why not try bringing the character full circle with a reason and desire to stop drifting and become involved in a current real-life military or geopolitical situation - maybe working... more info

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