May's Mutterings

Tag: Lee Child

  • Book review: Die Trying (Jack Reacher #2) by Lee Child

    Die Trying by Lee Child My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really would give this book 3.5 stars, but Goodreads doesn’t offer that option. This is firmly in the hard-boiled loner thriller novel. Jack Reacher, the protagonist, accidentally gets kidnapped along with a mysterious woman, and the rest of the book deals with why…

  • Book review: Killing Floor by Lee Child

    Killing Floor by Lee Child My rating: 4 of 5 stars Hard boiled thrillers are a bit hit-and-miss with me. I like some of them but many are off-putting due to their unlikeable main character. I was surprised I liked this book as much as I do. There’s violence, of course, (you can’t have a…