Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1) in SSG: Spy/Spec-Ops Group

Jan 14, 2018 Jamie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fbi, kidnapping, psycho-at-large, forcible-confinement, conspiracy-thriller, counterfeiting

Killing Floor is a solid Reacher novel but not the best out there. There are bad men in town led by a psychopath and his father. Reacher is made to be their fall guy which is their first mistake. The big ex MP does his signature head butt early on in the story. Reacher is pissed and then he becomes enraged in a cold & disciplined way. The town of Margrave, Georgia is corrupt and like always Reacher is in the wrong place at the wrong time. One thing in the book that doesn't make sense is why a po ...more

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Jul 05, 2012 Michael rated it really liked it

The first portion of the book was extremely engaging; addictively so. A fun read. He drew the main plot point out towards the end but it was an enjoyable book, especially given it was his first novel. The style and theme are right up my alley for casual reading and I'll likely read the whole series. ...more

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Mar 20, 2024 Hugo rated it liked it

Lone incredibly competent badass strolls into town, kicks all sort of ass and solves all the problems.
This sort of story is fun and entertaining for what it is, with no pretensions of being anything more than that, Lee Child is very good at writing action, not soo good at writing dialogue (but this is the first book in the series, maybe it will pick up)
One thing in the book that made me chuckle is a short sequence where Reacher displays deduction abilities to rival Sherlock Holmes when trying to ...more

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