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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)

Lee Child

Finish date: March 20, 2016

Discussion: March 2016: Mystery Thriller

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March 2016: Mystery Thriller

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Jan 24, 2020 Vela Reads a Novel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: time-100-read

I had given up earlier on this book. Started again and finished now it's good just like watching a movie. Nothing more nothing less ...more

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Oct 20, 2014 JoLene rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio, mystery, kindle, series, read-2015, chunkster

3.5 stars

This is my first Jack Reacher book. My husband and I have been listening to this on audio while driving --- we don't drive together very often, so it took a while. The audio narrator was excellent with different voices for the different characters.

It started off a bit slow for me, but I once the story got rolling, it was pretty good. Jack Reacher is an ex military (MP) guy who is drifting around since leaving the service. He is travelling through Margrave, GA and decides to stop. Unfor ...more

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Jan 15, 2016 Barbara M rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: action, first-in-series, ebook, mystery-thriller

Jack Reacher is a Superman. Big guy, good looking, able to do the most astounding things; not very realistically, but you gotta admire him, he's the hero with the (not really) white hat! This is Child's debut and I have friends who wouldn't miss one of his Jack Reacher stories. Since I always start at the beginning, I started with this one. I downloaded the ebook and really enjoyed the bonus at the beginning where Lee Child describes how he got into writing and how Jack Reacher came to exist. ri ...more

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Jan 17, 2016 Theresa rated it liked it

Shelves: z-pop-sugar-2016-reading-challenge

Will definitely read more of the Jack Reacher series. With prequel The Affair, I read this as part of Pop Sugar 2016 reading challenge, for the category 'a book and its prequel'. I really like the mystery genre, was not familiar with Lee Child's books, so was thrilled when I realized he had recently written a prequel, thus giving me a push to start the series. I was captivated from the opening. The opening scene with a swat-team type arrest of this guy eating breakfast was vivid, fast-paced, and ...more

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