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Summary: One more overlook and illogic problem, Mr. Child
Review: Unless Costello's secretary is also a loner without any family connection, her disapperance after such a long period should be incurred a missing person investigation by the police. It's impossible that when Reacher returned to Costello's office, the door was still unlocked and with no changes at all. You should be very careful in writing this kind of novel since we readers are not so careless in reading. You should at least find a better editor who could spot your overlooks.
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Summary: A very talented writer with deep thoughts and poetic style
Review: One of the most fantastic writers of the late 90s. I would put Mr. Child together with Michael Connelly and both are definitely better than Stephen Cannel. Both writers are with natural writing gift and not pretentious at all. What Child should be aware are: 1) find better editing people; 2) find a better publisher who could print his books with larger fonts; 3) be careful of the minor logic and tense flaws that seemed to be inevitable in all of his Jack Reacher series, and this one also got some: P.52 "Costello FIND you down there?" P.56 Even all the mourners left, the house should not just become empty, it should still with some catering people hanging around to clean up the dishes. It was unlikely that Jodie alone prepared all the food for the after-funeral meals. P.323 Tony did not go down to Key West bar looking for Jack Reacher.
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Summary: Pretty decent overall
Review: very entertaining, wouldn't buy this one in hardcover but it was a fun read. Tad bit predictable but nice characters.
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Summary: Child delivers Again
Review: Third in the Jack Reacher series. I really enjoyed this addition, I learned more about Jack Reacher's background and history. Jack, again, gets involved with a beautiful woman, from his past, to determine what happened to a MIA from the Vietnam war. Excellent read ! Suggest you start in the beginning of the series with the Killing Floor.
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Summary: This is my worst buy of the year.
Review: Page after page of descriptive detail that has little to do with a plot that is not plausible and characters that are completely unreal.
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Summary: A good book, but still a notch below Killing Floor
Review: I literally just finished reading Tripwire, and it was a good book, easily up there with Lee Child's other Jack Reacher books, but still not quite as "oh my god" awesome as Killing Floor. The villian this time was (without giving anything away) a fairly common type of character, whose true nature I saw coming well in advance of the final couple of chapters. Even so, this was a good novel, but not quite the "can't put it down to go to sleep" type of read that Killing Floor was. Maybe Lee Child will be like William Gibson, in that everything he writes after his first novel will be damn good, but just never able to measure up to that first work. That said, I'll still keep buying everything the guy writes.
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Summary: Can't wait for the next one
Review: I guess I read books for a different purpose than many of the reviewers here. I don't really care about the technical flaws in the book. I read to take my mind off of the day-to-day stuff that is going on. I'm a big fan of Lee Child and can't wait for the next Jack Reacher installment.
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Summary: Child puts you in a character's head like no other author.
Review: Tripwire is my least favorite of Mr. Child's four novels. Having said that, Child on a bad day is better than most writers on their best day. My 3-star rating is relation to his other 5-star books. I actually listened to this book on unabridged audio. Mr. Dick Hill does a marvelous job as he did on the prior three books. I found the violence in this one a bit gratuitous. The bad guy stretches the bounds of evil and credibility, but on the whole, the novel works. On audio, Mr. Child's constant use of "right?" in dialog tends to annoy. If you've not read Mr. Child before, start with his other books.
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Summary: Well written, worth the time
Review: Heinlein once said that his books had to provide the equivalent amount of entertainment of his primary competition for the working person's dollar - a six pack of beer. This book is definitely worth a six pack. I've read all three books and they are fun entertainment. This book is more pared down than the others; fewer characters, tighter writing. I think it is better.
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Summary: Knocked me for a loop - great. Keep it up.
Review: The first book got me hooked. The second book made me want more. The third convinced me you are great.
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