61 Hours Author: Lee Child | Language: English | ISBN:
B0036S4CWA | Format: PDF
61 Hours Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Reacher gets better and better. . . . [This is the] craftiest and most highly evolved of Lee Child’s electrifying Reacher books.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Child is a superb craftsman of suspense, juggling several plots and keeping his herrings well-rouged. . . . Chances are you’ll want to seek out other Reacher adventures the moment you finish.”—Entertainment Weekly A bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces. If she’s going to live long enough to testify, she’ll need help. Because a killer is coming to Bolton, a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
Reacher’s original plan was to keep on moving. But the next 61 hours will change everything. The secrets are deadlier and his enemies are stronger than he could have guessed—but so is the woman he’ll risk his life to save.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lee Child's
A Wanted Man. “Masterful . . . a tour-de-force of both structure and suspense.”—The Providence Journal “Child keeps his foot hard on the throttle. . . . This is Child in top form, but isn’t he always?”—Booklist (starred review) “Compulsively addictive [with] an explosive climax that will have you tearing out your hair until Reacher’s next appearance.”—The Miami Herald- File Size: 1648 KB
- Print Length: 514 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0440296501
- Publisher: Delacorte Press; 1st edition (May 18, 2010)
- Sold by: Random House LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0036S4CWA
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Dear Mr. Child
It's likely that you read reviews of your works. I certainly hope so. You should read these one-star reviews. They're accurate. The five-star reviews are written by people who would be impressed with "Jack Reacher's" grocery list. The five-star reviews are uniformly nonsensical and should be dismissed. Sorry about that.
I used to love Jack Reacher. He was tough, smart, logical, and the stories themselves were similarly tough, smart, logical . . . to a point. That is, most of the errors could be spotted by former military personnel, people in law enforcement, and other professionals. Now, virtually anyone can see the errors (except those who gave this dreary mess a five-star attaboy). Reacher used to be great. Reacher used to be a hero. But Reacher has become silly, stupid, weak, and focussed on meaningless detail.
So, okay, that's Jack. What about the writing, the style? Well, you might try to say that style is style, and your style is your style, and no one can put a finger on style and say it's wrong. Wrong. Try this "style," see if it works for you:
Jack. Reacher. Shivered. And. Shook. And. His. Face. Turned. Numb..
He. Turned. In. Place. Then. Tried. To. Speak. But. The. Words. Wouldn't. Come..
Like it? It's just style, man. What's not to like?
But "style" can be overdone to the point of being little more than annoying, and you have reached that point. Your style, which is deteriorating with each new novel, has become one of focusing more and more on irrelevant trivia, details about surroundings and how people move about to the point of stylistic nonsense. Let's carry it about one (unfortunately) step further.
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