- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; First Printing edition (24 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593057023
- ISBN-13: 978-0593057025
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 137,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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David Sexton, Evening Standard
[Child] makes what he does seem simple. If it is, though, it's strange nobody else has managed it so well.
Maxim
Reacher fans will love it...taking justice into his own hands and to hell with the wos'name...a solid inter-Bond-film substitute.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read all the Reacher books and found them to be entertaining in a testosterone kind of way. You like to feel the rush of righteous punishment when Reacher mercilessly deals out death or beatings in his competent way.
This book, however, feels a bit stretched and by the numbers.
The scenery is somehow more claustrophobic and there is not the same sense of peril. The bad guys seem staggeringly clumsy and Reacher seems to be running circles (literally) around them. Kudos to Reacher but it doesn't make for a very compelling book.
This book, however, feels a bit stretched and by the numbers.
The scenery is somehow more claustrophobic and there is not the same sense of peril. The bad guys seem staggeringly clumsy and Reacher seems to be running circles (literally) around them. Kudos to Reacher but it doesn't make for a very compelling book.
89 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After having Reacher team up with his former army colleagues in "Bad Luck and Trouble", Lee Child has gone back to Reacher's loner roots. "Nothing to Lose" opens with Reacher literally walking into the small town of Despair, Colorado, where he's promptly arrested and run out of town. What are the secrets that the residents of Despair are so desperate to keep hidden? Reacher is equally determined to find out...
The pace of this book is slower than most of the others that Lee Child has written and my feeling is that perhaps it related to a departure from formula. Usually Reacher encounters someone - a former colleague, an attractive woman, a man with a missing wife - with a problem and that creates the momentum. In this book, he simply stumbles on behaviour that he finds odd, and therefore starts investigating. Along the way he teams up with a local policewoman who also provides the obligatory romantic sub-plot. The book keeps you guessing with lots of sub-plots and little mysteries along the way (some of which turn out to be red herrings, but I suppose that adds to the intrigue).
"Nothing to Lose" delivered my much-anticipated "Reacher fix", but it's not Lee Child's best. Although it's a stand-alone novel, I wouldn't recommend starting here if you haven't read any other Lee Child books: you won't get what the fuss is about. I wasn't as absorbed by this one as I have been by the others in the series. The middle section dragged a little, but having said that it's still an easy read that goes down fast and keeps you up turning pages into the night. Probably if it had been another author this would have rated 3 stars for me, but I'm a shameless Reacher fan, so I'm rating it 4 stars.
The pace of this book is slower than most of the others that Lee Child has written and my feeling is that perhaps it related to a departure from formula. Usually Reacher encounters someone - a former colleague, an attractive woman, a man with a missing wife - with a problem and that creates the momentum. In this book, he simply stumbles on behaviour that he finds odd, and therefore starts investigating. Along the way he teams up with a local policewoman who also provides the obligatory romantic sub-plot. The book keeps you guessing with lots of sub-plots and little mysteries along the way (some of which turn out to be red herrings, but I suppose that adds to the intrigue).
"Nothing to Lose" delivered my much-anticipated "Reacher fix", but it's not Lee Child's best. Although it's a stand-alone novel, I wouldn't recommend starting here if you haven't read any other Lee Child books: you won't get what the fuss is about. I wasn't as absorbed by this one as I have been by the others in the series. The middle section dragged a little, but having said that it's still an easy read that goes down fast and keeps you up turning pages into the night. Probably if it had been another author this would have rated 3 stars for me, but I'm a shameless Reacher fan, so I'm rating it 4 stars.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm a big fan of Lee Child and his rogue, justice-dealing loner, Reacher. In "Nothing to Lose", Reacher must solve the mystery of a remote town, Despair, whose people seem unaccountably keen to see the back of him. This makes the plot reminiscent of the first Jack Reacher, "Killing Floor". Indeed, the whole plot is uncomfortably formulaic and reminiscent of earlier Lee Child thrillers, from Reacher shacking up with an interesting loner female to his final assault on a stronghold defended by some tough guys. I hoped desperately for some twists or intriguing characters, but in vain. Indeed, the plot conceit of having two neighbouring towns entitled "Hope" (decent place) and "Despair" (dump) was symptomatic of what feels like the author's need to let a second pair of eyes edit this down to something tighter and better (see eg "Tripwire" or "Echo Burning"). I'd have liked to another outing for Reacher's best female sidekick, the enigmatic Neagly, too (see "Without Fail" and "Bad Luck and Trouble"). And Reacher's terrific, ironic sense of humour, as seen in "The Enemy" seems to have deserted him.
So why 4 stars? Well, it's still a decent read, and moves along briskly enough. But c'mon Lee Child, you can do better than this!
For: an OK read. Against: slow-moving and formulaic in places.
So why 4 stars? Well, it's still a decent read, and moves along briskly enough. But c'mon Lee Child, you can do better than this!
For: an OK read. Against: slow-moving and formulaic in places.
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Promptly delivered - thanks.
I was impressed with the speed of delivery and very much enjoyed reading the book (one of the Jack Reacher series that I had not come across before). Thanks.
Published 24 days ago by K. E. Mackay
Surprisingly Disappointing Story from a Normally Very Reliable Author
Since I read my first Reacher tale about a year ago I must have been through eight or nine of them. They are certainly a little formulaic in that Jack is drifting around the... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Brett H
First Blood with a twist
Book 12 has Reacher heading from Hope to Despair. These are towns in Colarado that are next to each other but in the middle of nowhere. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrenshaw
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I have read all Lee Child's novels, they are very addictive, bit like being hooked on cocaine, you have to have your regular fix. I have even gotten my wife hooked. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alan Waters
Nothing To Lose
Another great read from Lee Child. It's a real page turner and the only disapointment is reaching the end of the book. Jack Reacher is such a likeable character.
Published 2 months ago by Tricia
Nothing to gain
Unless you are desperate for another Lee Child fix (or you come across it in a charity shop), give this one a miss. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jf Peachey
ok....
Not the best Reacher book I came across but much better than other thrillers I've read .
His life-like stories are so well written you easily lose the line between real life... Read more
His life-like stories are so well written you easily lose the line between real life... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Lala206
Poor motivation leads to a poor character
The second weak Jack Reacher story in a row, this novel tells of his visit to the towns of Hope and Despair in deepest Colorado. Read more
Published 5 months ago by J. R. Johnson-Rollings
Nothing To Lose - Lee Child
All fans of Lee Child will love this book. Great storyline and Jack Reacher up to his usual high standard.
Published 5 months ago by MJ Robinson
Good read
Was a good read. A bit slow to being with but in true Reacher style had a good revenge ending.
Published 6 months ago by Tracey
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