I borrowed some "Lee Child" novels from the library based on recommendations of his books here.
I have read "Killing Floor" which I didn't think was too bad. I found the writing to be very child-like and simplistic and filled up with far too many really short statement-like sentences which annoyed me. His choice of punctuation seems to lay heavily on the "period" and he seems to avoid using other types of punctuation and some words to a minimum degree, like the word "and." Instead of saying "I pulled out my keys, opened the door and went inside." He says something along the lines of "Pulled out my keys. Opened the door. Went inside."
He also writes from the second person perspective which I find confusing because sometimes it's hard to figure out which "He" he is referring to in the books, especially when Reacher is having a conversation with someone.
Anyway, about 1/4 or 1/3 of the way through I had all of the who, what, where, when and why figured out before page 100.
I am now reading another book of his called "Running Blind." I'm on page 116 (there are almost 500 pages), and I already have the who, what, where, when and why figured out without having skipped ahead to find out. However I did look ahead after I figured it out only to find out that I am bang on.
Do all of his books start out the same? IE: Reacher gets arrested for something he didn't do, only to then help the police/FBI with their investigation?
And are all of his books as predictable as the 2 that I have read so far?
I have read "Killing Floor" which I didn't think was too bad. I found the writing to be very child-like and simplistic and filled up with far too many really short statement-like sentences which annoyed me. His choice of punctuation seems to lay heavily on the "period" and he seems to avoid using other types of punctuation and some words to a minimum degree, like the word "and." Instead of saying "I pulled out my keys, opened the door and went inside." He says something along the lines of "Pulled out my keys. Opened the door. Went inside."
He also writes from the second person perspective which I find confusing because sometimes it's hard to figure out which "He" he is referring to in the books, especially when Reacher is having a conversation with someone.
Anyway, about 1/4 or 1/3 of the way through I had all of the who, what, where, when and why figured out before page 100.
I am now reading another book of his called "Running Blind." I'm on page 116 (there are almost 500 pages), and I already have the who, what, where, when and why figured out without having skipped ahead to find out. However I did look ahead after I figured it out only to find out that I am bang on.
Do all of his books start out the same? IE: Reacher gets arrested for something he didn't do, only to then help the police/FBI with their investigation?
And are all of his books as predictable as the 2 that I have read so far?