Customer Reviews
schite - By: A. Moore, 26 Dec 2008 
This will be one of the only negative reviews here as I got this book free with a newspaper, therefore I am not a fan of Lee Child like all the other reviewers will be. I think Lee Child is probably a pretty intelligent guy,in that he has found a way of making himself very rich. As expected, a moronic thriller, one of what seems to be a production line of them, with terrible, clichéd characters, ludicrously unrealistic situations & implausible (although intricate, I'll give him that) plots. As long as the man himself isn't under any illusions about what he is writing & why he is writing them, no harm done I guess - fair play to him & to the readers who like this stuff. If any movies are made, however, I will be annoyed. There is a limit.
One Shot twists and turns ***1/2 - By: J. Minogue, 03 Nov 2008 
'Friday, five o' clockin the afternoon. Maybe the hardest time to move unobserved through a city. Or, maybe the easiest. Because at five o' clock on a Friday afternoon nobody pays any attention to anything except the road ahead.'
As one of the other reviewers said there's nothing wrong with formulaic when it works as well as this. I don't know if I'll tire of Reacher but for now they are completely addictive. Yes, there are some problems with his invincibility but Child is very good at setting up twists & turns to demonstrate his mental agility as well as all that physical invincibility so that we're happy to suspend disbelief & go with the flow. Like yet one of the other reviewers I find myself very worried about jack's personal hygiene - why doesn't he wash out his clothes? He has a toothbrush but no deodorant & yet he is irresistible to women. Still, these aren't books to ponder over - it's more a matter of one finished...where's the next one?
One SHOT- Totally HOT! - By: M. C. Smith, 10 Sep 2008 
Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic. From 1st page to the last Lee Child has you by the throat- a fabulous JACK REACHER adventure -thriller- Incredible!
" Reacher said nothing"
BUY!!
Love Leo Tolstoy - but Lee Child is a new favourite - By: Mr. James Smith, 22 Jul 2008 I picked up a copy of this book for free one day with a London newspaper. It sat on my shelf for weeks unread - probably partly because I had my own snobby preconceptions about Child. The adverts I'd seen for his books made them look like complete no-brainers all about muscle & guns. Then I read One Shot & it certainly will not be the last Lee Child I read.
He paces his books perfectly & Jack Reacher is one of the great crime-fighters - hard as nails but smart, sophisticated & very 21st centuryin his opinions & attitudes. Child takes you through Reacher's thoughts with the skill of a master. I loved One Shot, am now reading The Enemy, & already put Child up there with my two favourite crime/thriller writers: Ian Rankin & Ian Fleming.
One read and you will be hooked - By: Mr. G. T. Redshaw, 07 May 2008 This book was real treat (especially as I got it as a freebee from the Evening standard). It is my first Jack Reacher book & won't be my last. This can be a stand-alone book, although I'm sure you will get more out of it if you have read the others.
What I liked about it is that the plot kept changing & evolving as it was told trough the eyes of Jack. A minor niggle - Every now & then I found Jack `a little too right or invincible all the time', but then if you accept that, then he is a believable character.
I'm not normally a sucker for freebee advertising, but I'm finding myself looking around for the rest of the series.
