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Title: Running Blind by Lee Child, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-56740-362-X Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 8 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.41 (68 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Exciting thriller with a wonderful main character.
Comment: Lee Child's "Running Blind" is a novel about the FBI's efforts to find a sadistic and malevolent serial killer. The main character is Jack Reacher, a macho ex-military man, who is as sharp mentally as he is quick and capable with his fists. Reacher lives by a unique moral code and pretty much does as he likes. He has no job, has little respect for authority and doesn't play by society's rules. The FBI enlists Reacher's help when their best investigators are stymied by the aforementioned killer who is murdering women without leaving any obvious clues. Reacher is a brilliant investigator who thinks creatively and makes mental leaps that are helpful in solving difficult cases. "Running Blind" is fast-paced and action-packed, and Reacher is an appealing, if rough-edged, hero. Child would have us believe that Reacher owns one set of clothes and wears them all the time! That is a bit much to swallow. Another quibble that I have is that Child uses too much misdirection to fool the reader and I feel that he sometimes does not play fair. However, "Running Blind" does have sharp dialogue and many unexpected twists and turns. It is a page-turner and I doubt that anyone will be able to put it down in the last ten pages. I recommend "Running Blind," since it is a clever police procedural that keeps the reader guessing until the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Exciting, Well-Done Thriller
Comment: I have now read all of the Jack Reacher novels by Lee Child and I believe this one to be the best of them all. Not that it doesn't have flaws - some of the activities carried out by the FBI are pretty questionable, Reacher at times approaches super-human in his skills, and there are probably a few too many red herrings and digressions. Nevertheless, for what it is, this is an extremely fast-moving and exciting thriller. It is genuinely hard to put down and the ending will likely surprise you (though admittedly a careful reader will probably see it coming; there are clues aplenty). Child plays fair, however, and you buy the whole thing. I do wish Child's novels "reached" (pun intended) a wider audience; he is a good writer who has created an interesting and charismatic character. This book is well worth your time.
Rating: 3
Summary: Weakest in the series
Comment: The "top 100 reviewer" said, "The absolutely very best thing about RUNNING BLIND is the plot twist identity of the Perp". And I'd agree, if I hadn't guessed the perp after about a third of the way into the book. Child's Reacher thrillers are good because you are not supposed to guess what comes next. But in the Reacher mysteries, his clues are often pretty obvious. Read it anyway; see if you agree.
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Title: Killing Floor by Lee Child ISBN: 0515123447 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Fail by Lee Child ISBN: 0515135283 Publisher: Jove Books Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Persuader: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child ISBN: 0385336667 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Enemy: A Jack Reacher Novel (CHILD, LEE) by Lee Child ISBN: 0385336675 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Narrows: A Novel by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316155306 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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