Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)

First of all let me clarify something.
There's clearly a campaign in Amazon against this book.
You have hundreds of dismal reviews based on one thing only:
Child messed with WAR PROFETEERING creeps!
and the usual fascist monkeys came out to oppose this book.
Pitiful.
Specially from the ones calling themselves Christians.

Anyway...
THE BOOK is classic REACHER stuff. Absolutely compeling and great for any Child fan. It keeps being creative and avoiding flat repetition in spite of being a formula genre. (If you are new to Reacher, try to start from the beggining, not necessary, but useful)
My admiration for this writer keeps growing... he is still on top of his game after many many years... only very few artists can do this.

Is it just me, or is Child OCD about directions? It drives me crazy because looking for the next direction is foremost in my mind, instead of becoming involved in the plot. In this book, directional words appear on the number of pages as follows:
north- 50
south- 51
east- 64
west- 83
northwest- 2
northeast- 3
southeast- 3
southwest- 7
Enough already. Will someone please tell his editor to cease and desist.

First, I LOVE Lee Child's books. This latest one, though, was a complete bust. Only buy it if you are interested in the author's personal opinions regarding: Iraq; veterns; war profiteering; the current administration. I guess every good writer is entitled to a "rant" book where the writing and plot are treated as irrelevant. I hope this Mr. Child's first and last.

I've just recenly gotten back to reading mysteries and had heard a lot about how great the Jack Reacher stories are. So I picked u this one and was absoutely overwhemed by the first half which I couldn't put down. I loved the character right off the bat. A loner who apparantly drifts into trouble where ever he goes is a character I can identify with. However around the midpoint, the story, for me, completely loses steam. I felt as if I was forcing myself to stay with it. The incidents began to seem repetitious and let downs.It's not bad enough a book to discourage me from reading earlier books in the series, but I sure don't recommend it as one to start with.I give it three stars because I definitely want to read more about the character. The first part really had me revved up. I liked the characters, but lost all interest before the ending.

This book is all about Child's world-view. He's an Athiest. He tells us often. He hates religion. He has several page long discussions with 'pastors' where he 'stumps them'.

Reacher is a military man but here he seems OK with deserters. He hates the government and the establishment. But he doesn't mind wiping out a town of several inhabitants. No-conscienceMan. Post modernist thinking is everywhere here. But, only Reacher's thoughts count. Everyone else is wrong PERIOD.

War is OUR fault after 9-11. Etc.Etc.Etc.

His mystery writing is good, but I couldn't stand all the other STUFF he is preaching about. Yes, preaching. Imagine that AthiestMan preaching!