Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)

I am a big fan of Lee Child's books. They are usually fast moving and interesting. This title is a tad different. It was easy to put down and in fairness, it was also easy to pick back up and get on with. However...it struck me that Child wrote this book without quite know the direction it would take. The end seemed to me to be a tidy tying up of many loose ends, most of which were un-satisfying in their conclusion. A big disappointment!

I'm a Reacher fan, but this is a reach too far. There's supposed to be some military checkpoint on a public highway that just gets ignored, and some town where everyone knows what's going on but word never gets out...
Ignore for a second the anti-Iraq propaganda. The scale is simply too large to be believable. This is a comic book, not a thriller. Two stars is is probably generous, but I like the hero and the action.

After reading this book I wonder if Lee Child is done with Jack Reacher. It's been a good run for Child, but I don't know if he has anything left. This book is bad. The plot is boring, Reacher's wanderings are tedious, the bad guy is lame, the plot is ridiculous, and Child need to do some actual research about brain dream people and war deserters.

Don't waste your time with this book. Read an old Reacher novel and have a good time. Child needs a visit from Jack Reacher to straighten him out after this utterly disappointing effort.

I discovered Lee Child and Jack Reacher 2 years ago in the form of the Persuader and loved it. My wife and I continued to read the series and these are some of the best escapist novels I have come across in some time. With that said, I feel jilted.

I pre-ordered this one as a hardback expecting another adventure true to form and got a commercialized forced political statement that cost me $17. The politics were not even subtle, but way overdone 3 fold. I fear that Jack Reacher has jumped the shark. I will wait for the reviews in the future and likely not ever purchase another Reacher/Child book again.

I have never reviewed a novel on Amazon before, but this one was so bad I was obligated to do my first. We each have our political opinions and they are floated about free on a daily basis. I do not need or want them in escape artist novels! They do not work!

Like numerous others, I have read all previous novels written by Lee Child, have been a Jack Reacher fan since the beginning. Nothing to Lose was nowhere near the great read the rest of the books have been. Boring characters, meandering plot, political views written into the story, overall a big disappointment. I'll wait for the next one in paperback. I hope he hasn't lost his touch! I always look forward to the next Jack Reacher tale and hope #13 is more like the first 11.