Tuesday, August 01, 2006
The Hard Way – Lee Child (Page-Turner)
My friend finished reading “The Hard Way” and she wanted me to read it too. This was my first Lee Child novel and it will definitely not be the last one. As expected (since it was my friend’s recommendation), it turned out to be an exciting read. I have fallen in love with the character, “Reacher", who I am told would keep appearing in other Lee Child novels. Reacher may well be one of the most enigmatic characters in modern fiction. Jack Reacher is a keeper :-)Jack Reacher, the ex-military cop is working to retrieve the kidnapped wife and daughter of Edward Lane. Lane runs a private army staffed by ex-Special Forces veterans, and once the ransom is paid without the family being returned, he sends Reacher to find the kidnappers. It's a job that seems straightforward to Reacher, but the farther he digs into the case, the more he uncovers the evil of Lane's past, a past that led directly to not just this kidnapping, but one of Lane's first wife. It's a situation where nothing or nobody can be trusted, but Reacher must decide to do the right thing.
Even though the book is not very suspenseful, it is fast-paced and is a thriller. I would highly recommend this book to all you fiction fans out there. I am ready to read the rest of Lee Child’s novels!
