scottishbookworm Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 www.leechild.com I don't know if there's a thread already posted on lee child but I'll post one here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Poppy Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Had a look. He is a new author for me. But looks interesting. I shall keep an eye on this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith* Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've read all his Jack Reacher books and I think they're great. He's one of the few authors I activly keep surveillance on to check for new books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~V~ Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've read all his Jack Reacher books and I think they're great. He's one of the few authors I activly keep surveillance on to check for new books. same here i do think he's in danger of becoming formulaic though and he's done the opposite to elizabeth george, being a brit who sets his stories in the usa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith* Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yeah I agree. I do hope he doesn't go the way of Colin Forbes. That guy brings out a book a year and I've read about 15 of them and they're all almost exactly the same. I don't see why people still buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I've read all his Jack Reacher books and I think they're great. He's one of the few authors I activly keep surveillance on to check for new books. I have read a few of these, and enjoyed them. He's one of the authors I turn too, when I cannot decide on anyone else to tell you the truth...a "comfort author", if that exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 The first book I picked up of Lee Child is "The Enemy" I found it a good read. Anyone read that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yep, guilty. a while ago though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosegarden Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I listened to The Visitor last year and really enjoyed it. Lots of twists and turns and unpredictability. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I have One Shot on the e-bookshelf and am looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith* Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 He did one book but for the life of me I can't remember the title but it was a prequal where Reacher was back in the Army. I really liked that one, it helped him develop in my mind. I'd like to see a few more like that. And bring back neagley lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 He did one book but for the life of me I can't remember the title but it was a prequal where Reacher was back in the Army. I really liked that one, it helped him develop in my mind. I'd like to see a few more like that. And bring back neagley lolthat title was "The Enemy" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I read Killing Floors six years ago now and I became a real Jack Reacher addict. I enjoy both Lee Child Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith* Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hi John and welcome to the BookClubForum. Feel free to visit the Introductions Forum and tell us a bit about yourself. Lee Child has been discussed HERE previously Enjoy, Wraith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Thanks Wraith, I'll merge the threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishbookworm Posted April 15, 2007 Author Share Posted April 15, 2007 Lee child has a new book out called BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Posted April 20, 2007 Share Posted April 20, 2007 I've read Killing Floors - but haven't felt the urge to pick up any more. However, the plot of Bad Luck and Trouble looks intriguing and I'm very tempted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papillon Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I've read all Lee Child's books and enjoyed everyone although my favourites are "DieTrying" (the one after "Killing Floor" Sugar so maybe it's worth picking him up again) and the other is "Persuader". I liked the trip back with "The Enemy" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Has anyone else read this? I got it as a birthday present over the weekend and have just tonight cracked it open (probably a mistake to start it on a work night, since I can't seem to put a Jack Reacher book down until I have read it through, and six a.m. comes awfully early!) This is Child's eleventh Jack Reacher novel and I have read and thoroughly enjoyed every one of them. I love his tight, clean writing style, and the impossible jams Reacher gets himself into, and OUT of. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has read it, and what you thought of it. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oblomov Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 I bought Child's Die Trying at Heathrow on my way to Singapore last year. I'm afraid I found the book very boring, pretentious and frankly illogical. The characters were very cardboard and the situations highly improbable in this day and age. Even allowing a margin for artist's licence, there has to be a modicum of common sense to a supposedly serious story and this one had none. I will not be wasting any more money on Lee Child's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aromaannie Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 I think I might give his books a try - any recommendations as which one to start with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Aromaannie, I haven't yet read one I didn't like. If it were me, I would start with The Killing Floor, which was his first, and work my way through, oldest to newest. They are very fast-paced, exciting books and it doesn't take long to get through them. Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maureen Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 I have read and quite enjoyed a couple of his too, however not so much that I would list him as one of my preferred authors. I also did not try to read all the books, as I usually do when I discover a new author which i really like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aromaannie Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 Aromaannie, I haven't yet read one I didn't like. If it were me, I would start with The Killing Floor, which was his first, and work my way through, oldest to newest. They are very fast-paced, exciting books and it doesn't take long to get through them. Jean Thanks - have added it to my wish list at Amazon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I finished Bad Luck and Trouble yesterday and enjoyed every word of it. I normally polish off a Jack reacher novel in a sitting or two, but a family member is in the hospital, so I have been busy visiting. I find Child's style to be very entertaining reading. He has a way of creating scenarios that seem impossible, and then within a few pages, handing the reader a solution that is perfectly reasonable, and not at all contrived. I'm already looking forward to next year's offering: Play Dirty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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