Review: Killing Floor
This is a Jack Reacher novel. The first one, in fact. I picked it up because my Dad has been entertaining himself with these and recommended them. He knows he’s not recommending great literature.
I did roll through it and it was fun. I had the feel of an 80’s action movie. Or maybe more like an 80’s action TV series, where a drifter moves from town to town and gets sucked into their problems. It had pretty much all the good and bad of that genre.
I think Child did a better than average job putting building Reacher as a protagonist who is believable enough to not break suspension of disbelief. Reacher does some things that run that risk, but Child moves things along and keeps twists coming in ways that kept me along for the ride.
But it is an 80’s actioner. For guys. The female characters are just prizes and items to defend.
Well built, but not my favorite.