Killing Floor by Lee Child

26 Aug 2010 1 Comment

by literaryvampiress in Books, reviews Tags: Jack Reacher, Killing Floor, Lee Child

ISBN: 978-0425205068
Rating: B
#1 Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher is a wanderer. A military brat who turned into a 13 year military man who craves freedom. He wants no place to hang his hat, he’d rather throw it away and buy a new one. KILLING FLOOR leads Jack to Margrave Georgia where he finds himself accused of murder with hours of his arrival.

I picked up KILLING FLOOR based on several recommendations from my online book group. I wasn’t overly impressed, but I wasn’t let down either. I think Reacher and I need to get to know each other a little better. This was a mediocre read, I enjoyed it when it was within my grip but it was easy to forget about Jack and his problems when I wasn’t actively involved in the story. Was this the typical debut novel of a series that is full of set up and has a slow wandering plot? Maybe, but I am interested enough to read the next in the series DIE TRYING.

Reacher is an interesting character, this area of story development was flush however the plot had major gaping holes. I’m not sure how I feel about I feel about Reacher’s relationship with the police, if you have read this you know what I mean. The rest of the plot was well thought out and had me trying to solve it the entire read.

Although I was not impressed by this series debut I am intrigued to see if Reacher and Child will grow on me.

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