Gone
Tomorrow
Lee Child
September
11 to 12, 2012
5/5 stars
The 13th
chronicle of Jack Reacher’s life penned by Lee Child. The time frame of this
novel is post 9/11, almost five years after the death of Jack’s brother Joe, in
Killing Floor.
The book
opens with Reacher travelling in New York subway, while he suspects a fellow
traveller, a woman named Susan Parks, to be a suicide bomber. He tries to talk
her into stopping her from carrying out her plans, when she brings out a gun,
and shoots her head to kingdom come. After that, literally, all hell breaks
loose. We are then taken through a roller coaster ride of 443 pages, which
consisted of politicians with dirty secrets, women with hobbies of cutting up
male prisomers, Reacher getting busted by feds, and everyone except Reacher,
lying thorough their teeth.
The plot,
as usual, was a bit improbable, but not slows. Ina athriller when a protagonist
gets caught up in the events happening around him, there is always a feeling
that there is too much of coincidence to be true. As, in this book, Reacher
follows up on the lady’s death, just because he felt he pushed her into committing
suicide. Which is very uncommon, a man, especially someone like Reacher who
hates spotlight and brushes with the law, would have just walked away.
But such
small points wouldn’t take away the fact, that this was a fast and enjoyable
read. It’s very common, with thrillers with 400+ pages to have a portion, which
is boring. But, that is not the case with this book. Once you get into the
saddle, the ride will stop only after the book is over.
The
characterisation was, well, adequate for a thriller. The dialogues, the best in
the business. Lee Child surely knows how to create a hero and put words into
his mouth. Another favourite aspect of mine, the ONE MAN ARMY attitude of
Reacher. He takes on a whole army of 20 guys all alone, and makes it look as
easy as buttering a bread.
Barring one
small hitch, about an unanswered question regarding the motive, this book is
surely one of the best to come out of Child’s stable.
P.S. Thumbs
up for the first person narrative.
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