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alobear...I'm afraid I have another Jack Reacher review!
Just when I thought all Jack Reacher books were same - in The Enemy, we retain the first person narrative from Persuader, but step back in time to the very start of 1990, when Reacher is still in the army. The whole book follows one of his Military Police cases, which makes for some really interesting differences to the usual vigilante fare. It also has a lot more about Reacher's family, in that they're not all dead at this point, so we get more of Reacher from a different point of view.
He still "says nothing" a lot, and he still refuses to tell his partner when he's worked stuff out, and I still worked out who did it and how about half way through (but not why, so it was still intriguing to the end) - but it was extremely enjoyable, not least because it felt fresh.
In other news, I'm currently reading a novel-length fanfiction - crossover between BBC Sherlock and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I know, I know - it sounds bonkers, and it really should be too silly for words - but, somehow, it actually *works*! :o)
Oh, and speaking of Sherlock, I finally watched The Reichenbach Fall for the first time on Sunday - it made me cry, and I'm still having trouble walking past St Bart's even nearly a week later... Roll on January when we get to find out how it was done and how Sherlock is going to prevent John from killing him himself when all is revealed!
Just when I thought all Jack Reacher books were same - in The Enemy, we retain the first person narrative from Persuader, but step back in time to the very start of 1990, when Reacher is still in the army. The whole book follows one of his Military Police cases, which makes for some really interesting differences to the usual vigilante fare. It also has a lot more about Reacher's family, in that they're not all dead at this point, so we get more of Reacher from a different point of view.
He still "says nothing" a lot, and he still refuses to tell his partner when he's worked stuff out, and I still worked out who did it and how about half way through (but not why, so it was still intriguing to the end) - but it was extremely enjoyable, not least because it felt fresh.
In other news, I'm currently reading a novel-length fanfiction - crossover between BBC Sherlock and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I know, I know - it sounds bonkers, and it really should be too silly for words - but, somehow, it actually *works*! :o)
Oh, and speaking of Sherlock, I finally watched The Reichenbach Fall for the first time on Sunday - it made me cry, and I'm still having trouble walking past St Bart's even nearly a week later... Roll on January when we get to find out how it was done and how Sherlock is going to prevent John from killing him himself when all is revealed!
