"One Shot" by Lee Child (Review)

            One Shot Review

Basic Info: 

Originally published: 2005

Author: Lee Child

Preceded by: The Enemy

Followed by: The Hard Way

Adaptations: Jack Reacher (2012)

Genres: Fiction, Novel, Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

Review: Way better than the Movie!

I watched the Reacher movie some time ago, which is based of One Shot, and when I read the book, I was surprised how different and how much better the book was. First off, of course, comes casting Tom Cruise as the 6.5 foot, 250 lbs Reacher, which was just ridiculous. Then we have multiple characters missing in the movie, the biggest probably being Ann Yanni. Multiple plot points are missing or changed, but they didn't really bother me. Until the end. In the book, there is no final "boss" fight scene, typical for tween movies...instead we have Reacher stalking and butchering guys with a knife, kicking in their heads, and crushing them, etc.

When I started One Shot I was afraid that the book would probably be as bad as the movie, and would feel sort of repetitious, but a few chapters in, I was hooked, and typically for the Reacher books, couldn't put it down. There were a few fight scenes, but not that many, although the last scene was memorable. So yeah, 8/10 or in the case of Goodreads, 4/5.