Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher Novels)

Lee Child has an unusual writing style but the book held my attention from start to finish. I look forward to reading other from the series.

I just adore Jack Reacher the main character in Lee Child series. He is so weird. As usual he uses military know how and weird thinking to get himself in and out of trouble in this installment of the series. Takes place in the small towns of Hope and Despair. Another winner.

Good enough to kill some time.

its the best among the jack reacher novels ..... really interesting!!!

OK I guess. Not sure I would read another.

This is the first book by Lee Child that has disappointed me. I know there are a lot of readers up in arms about this book, but I really didn't care about that. The truth is, aside from the controversy, this book is not on the same level as Child's other works. First Jack Reacher travels from a Colorado town called Hope to the next town, appropriately called Despair. In Despair Reacher is...more

This is the first book by Lee Child that has disappointed me. I know there are a lot of readers up in arms about this book, but I really didn't care about that. The truth is, aside from the controversy, this book is not on the same level as Child's other works. First Jack Reacher travels from a Colorado town called Hope to the next town, appropriately called Despair. In Despair Reacher is denied service at a diner and several deputized citizens tell him to leave town. Reacher throws the first punch and is promptly arrested, convicted of vagrancy and thrown out of town. Makes some sense, right? Well, obviously not for Reacher. He sneaks back into Despair and starts a stakeout of the local metal plant that would do the FBI proud. I couldn't help but ask myself, WHY? Reacher can handle problems and confrontations that come his way, but doesn't usually go looking for them quite the way he did in this novel. If that were the only problem, I could have overlooked it. But Reacher's constant forays between Hope and Despair became boring to read about. And boring is one thing a Lee Child book has never been. I hope the next book is back up to his previous high standard.   hide

A Jack Reacher novel. Jack finds himself in a strange company controlled town named Despair. A good read. Big fan of lee Child, just not one of his best.

breathtakingly fast-paced and edgy,full of wit,sarcasm and the skills to back em up! now I'm hooked on Jack Reacher too!!

This is by far the weakest novel in the Jack Reacher series. If you take out the political discussions, it is a weak story...Reacher seems to spend half of the book driving around aimlessly and cluelessly. This is a Reacher novel to be skipped, and certainly not the one upon which to judge Reacher or Lee Child's writing skills.