Barbara's Booky Blog

Despite Lee Child's glowing intro, I didn't think Charlie Fox was anything like Jack Reacher. Other than the obvious ex-military connection, there really isn't anything similar in the two characters. I liked Charlie but I she over-estimated her ability to defend herself against musclebound creeps. Oh yeah, she won in the end but that was to be expected as she is the heroine of the series. IMHO the plot was an over-used one and very predictable. I figured the club's owner and lackey's were behind all the problems plaguing her right from the beginning.

This book had the feel of something translated into English as the sentence structures just weren't right. Regardless of the British slang (of which I understood little), there was just something off about the writing itself which was distracting. It won't keep me from reading the next in the series though.