Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)
by Lee Child
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Book Reviews of Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)
Book Review: Another Good Reacher Story!
Summary: 4 Stars
In Nothing To Lose, Jack Reacher finds himself in a load of trouble in the small but aptly titled town of Despair, Colorado. The town has a secret, and Jack is determined to find out what that secret is.
There seems to be a lot of negative reviews about this book, but personally I thought it was a good as any other in the series. The pace is a little bit slower, than in the other novels, but I felt that added to the character development.
Only a couple of points prevent me giving this novel the full five stars. 1) The Police Officer, Vaughan, in the town of Hope, gives Jack too much of a free reign, in the story, particularly when he first starts to antogonise the neighbouring town (Despair's) Police Department. 2) Jack has a lot of luck fall his way when he is in tricky situations. Perhaps more so than in the other Reacher novels.
Four to four and a half stars.
Book Review: A Serious Disappointment Starting With A Shout Out To Peta
Summary: 1 Stars
After getting my Kindle and then reading great reviews on the Reacher series I started reading and tore through the first nine in no time. But then in the last novel we learn that Reacher makes an instant judgement that PETA must be a great organization. Just a single line, but a statement nonetheless. A warning signal that the politics were soon to follow.
"Nothing to Lose" lets it all out. We get it, Child is a leftist. Fine, but kinda weird if you ask me for the character he created. Filled with ridiculous politics and certain to turn off the majority of Reacher fans. Leftists are always so certain of their ideals that real facts never get in their way. Other reviewers have addressed the particulars like where are the "real-world deserters" and why are the terroists always the Christians in novels, but not so in the real world?
Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
Book Review: Not as bad as people say.
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay, I admit I'm a Reacher fan. This may not be my favorite Reacher book, but it's still darn good. People have said the plot is a lot like Rambo, and I have to agree that it is. That being said, I still enjoyed it.
All Reacher wants to do is to eat lunch, that's it. Just eat and move on. To bad that didn't happen. Soon Reacher is hip deep in small town politics. It seems that everyone wants him out of town for no good reason.
Or is there?
What's going on at the local plant? Why does everyone want Reacher out?
If you know Reacher, then his back is against the wall, and he has to come out fighting, Reacher has Nothing to Lose.
As I said, this may not be the best Reacher book, but it's still a darn good read. If this is your first introduction to Jack Reacher, then I'd say skip it until you're familiar with Reacher, then come back to it.
Book Review: Reacher's Woes
Summary: 3 Stars
Blood Moon: Thrillers and Tales of Terror
"Nothing to Lose" is not one of Lee Child's best books featuring his hero Reacher. The first two hundred-odd pages plod along as Reacher goes back and forth between two towns with the patently allegorical names of Hope and Despair. Meanwhile, there is very little in the way of plot development to propel the story.
That being said, I have to admit I like the ending, and midway through the novel the pace does pick up satisfactorily.
I found the villain to be an interesting character, and ultimately, I do like the complex, if at times bewildering, plot of this thriller. If only it hadn't taken so long for it to play out!
--Bryan Cassiday, author of "Blood Moon" and "Fete of Death"
Book Review: Jack is tired.....
Summary: 3 Stars
On a friend's recommendation - I went to the book store and to Amazon and bought all of the Lee Child books and read them in order. All are 4 or 5 star books, but by the time I got to this one, Jack got a little tired. 11 books and 11 years after leaving the Army, Jack Reacher is still a loner, a strange mix of existentialist, nihilist, Buddhist, and vigilante, a person aimlessly roaming the U.S. in search of nothing, asking for nothing, only wanting to live for the moment that he can right some wrong, and kill a bad guy with the efficiency of a M1A1 Abrams tank at point blank range. If you have read the 10 previous titles, read this one, but be warned, it is tedious, as the story line "a tale of two Colorado cities" Cheyenne Wells and Kit Carson, whoops, sorry - "Hope" and "Despair" is not very believable, and the punch line is Child's most predictable yet.