One Shot: A Reacher Novel
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- ISBN13: 9780440246077
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the incorrect guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me.
And sure enough, ex—military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter–a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right–and soon the slam-dunk case explodes.
Now Reacher is teamed with a gorgeous young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are made equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning–and then beat him shot for shot.
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Not since Elmore Leonard have we seen so many pages really devoted to having no effect dialogue. This novel has been truly “Parkerized” with its endless repetition in having no effect dialogue and pages of virtually no plot momentum. Lee Child has “reached” his level of incompetence.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This leader writes well enough … but the plot lines are distinctly implausible … a disappointment.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this in an airport desperate for something to read on a long flight. The book has plot holes and technical errors that, at times, require the reader to make absurd leaps of logic to be in any way invested. I really wanted to delight in this book especially agreed my scant choices. I agree with additional reviewers’ comments about the writing style but – that may not be the largest problem with One Shot. Pass on this one.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I’m middle through listening to this audiobook and have lost count of the number of times Lee Child writes “[Character's name] said nothing”. This may seem trivial but, after the 50th use of this needless axiom, you’ll be at your wits end too. Any editor worth his/her weight would have cut out 90% of these phrases as they are amateurish and add nothing to the book. You could practically turn these phrases into a drinking game – drink anytime you hear the axiom – guaranteed excellent times for all!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The sentence “(A name) said nothing.” appears in Chapters 2 to 6 nearly 50 times.
In Chapter 4 alone, it happens 22 times…
Reacher said nothing.
Reacher said nothing.
Reacher said nothing.
Reacher said nothing.
Helen Rodin said nothing.
The Zec said nothing.
The Zec said nothing.
Helen Rodin said nothing.
She said nothing.
Helen Rodin said nothing.
Helen Rodin said nothing.
He said nothing.
Reacher said nothing.
Over and over and over and over. It’s usually a stand alone paragraph, so it stands out even more. Some additional Amazon reviewers have noted this problem as well and have called it “exasperating.” It is. It’s also obnoxious and unprofessional.
I can’t speculate as to why Child did this nor why his editor and publisher would let this take place. (Child did this consciously, no question.) If it were anything else, I would give one of his additional books a chance because the police procedural was cool and the rest of the tale was promising, but I’m so mad that I paid for this book that I don’t reflect I *want* to try another. Life is too fleeting to spend on a book that abuses my intelligence and patience this way, not to mention funding the professions of authors and publishers who do these sorts of things to their readers.
Child had “one shot,” and he blew it.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5