Way too complicated. I managed to finish, but barely,

I would not have read any of her books if I had started with this one.

Trying to be cute, I presume, she wrote " ... f--- God) in two places. I can't believe she actually wrote this. This is completely unacceptable and should have been edited out by one of her lazy editors.

This book was just awful. Basically about a South African kid who makes it to the big time in basketball and falls and burns. Very boring play by play takes up half the book and Grisham's tirades against poverty, immigration, human weakness, etc. takes up the rest. I had to force myself to finish. Grisham should forget writing about sports. Best thing about the book was the cover.

Another marvelous collection of stories as our intrepid James Herriot enters the RAF and segways his experiences from the service life back and forth into his vet days. I'll be sad when I run out of his books.

An interesting look at the finding and selling of ancient artifacts (much to the disgust of Martin Luther). The key artifact in this story is the Shroud of Turin. Obviously well-researched Buckley writes an intriguing and humorous albeit violent tale. I was very disappointed, however, at the ultra-foul language used which was completely unnecessary and out of place for this story.

A very entertaining story about a hurricane - a murder - and a dozen or so side stories going on at the same time. And through it all Grisham manages to keep control and bring it all to a very satisfying conclusion.

An excellent story; gripping and sad - but realistic. Saving Jews - mainly children - from extermination by the Nazis during the tail end of WWII. Only fault I might have is the repetitious episodes of our heroine and her mother - and the deadly chances she took. A bit too predictive - I am happy it ended the way I hoped it would.

I did not finish this book. I found the language too offensive.

Terrible. Sick. Wish I never started reading it - and in all honesty I did not finish.

To me this was a confusing story; about people being killed and monies finding its way into the coffers of the Catholic Church. Of wicked pedophile and homosexual priests. To me it seems clear that Leon, like many of the principal characters of her books, harbors a great distrust ion not outright hatred of Christianity and in particular, the Catholic Church. I have noticed this in her other books but not with the intensity of this one.

Fascinating account of coming of age in a mill town of northern England during the early twenties. Sad and heartbreaking in parts - but sprinkled with humor as well. They were tough people alright. Not sure many of us could have endured the hunger and hardships that were part of their daily life.

Stuck at home - libraries, etc. closed - I was happy to have this to read. I wish I had checked out a few more in the series. Well - I enjoyed it but still found it difficult to read/understand - different phraseology, strange words and sentence structure, etc. Still I got the gist of what was going on and look forward to #3 in the series.

OK. This will be the LAST Child book I will read. Non-stop violence. Reacher is nothing more than a merciless killer in this nonsensical plot of crime in a town under the thumb of Albanian and Ukrainian mobsters. Too stupid is the best I can say. I give myself credit for finishing the book. I went back to read my reviews of prior Child books I have read and see many of my same observations. Child needs to consider getting help.

Absolutely terrible!

A very disappointing read; and in my opinion, a very poor addition to the earlier Cole and Hitch Westerns in the series. The filthy language was not helped by a very bad (stupid) plot.

I started reading with great expectation. I quit reading with great disappointment. Not so much a travel essay as an introspection on how wonderful and learned the writer thought he was. Very difficult to read with his over-the-top descriptions - scattered foreign phrases - and other nonsense. Very over rated in my opinion.

Well - I managed to finish reading this book - but it was a real CHORE. It was too long - too repetitive - and too boring. The few interesting passages I scrambled to find were effectively overshadowed by his ranting about the ghastly living conditions everywhere he went. Especially in Angola. I've read many of Theroux's books over the years - and should have quit earlier - while I was ahead. I upgraded my original rating of 2 1/2 stars to 3 out of respect for the author.

What a disappointment - and from one of my favorite authors! This book was WAY TOO LONG and had WAY TOO MANY RECIPES. AND WAY TOO REDUNDANT. It seemed like was written by a different person. I must admit I was amazed. I found myself skipping around until finally found an interesting section to read. I had to force myself too finish. Did he fire all his editors? And what's with the childish illustrations. Good grief!

This was my 18th Grisham, and most likely my last. A HUGE disappointment! It's been almost two years since I've last read a Grisham novel (The Confession) which I disliked almost as much for many of the same reasons. Where to start? To begin, it was way too long, desperately needed editing. Secondly, it was a complete downer with no redeeming values as far as I could see. No wait - unless you want to read more about the Bataan Death March than you ever wanted to know. A full quarter of the book! What was Grisham thinking? But even without the Bataan Death March nonsense, it was still way too long. To summarize, it was a very long, pitiful story of a pathetic southern family that began bad and only got worse.

Mystery went on way too long; I stuck with it because I was curious how it would all end. Interesting with all the local color of that part of England (I finished the Coast to Coast Walk in Robin Hood's Bay) and lots of cool, vintage Englishisms scattered throughout. I doubt I read any more in the series.

To be fair - I did not finish this book. Stopped less than half. A REAL BUMMER. WAY TOO DEPRESSING!

Very well written however - just not for me.

A wacky, complicated set of murders takes place in a small midwest town and Flowers gets involved. Horrible language - but what can I say - it seems to work. A bit overly-complicated but seems to solve itself in the end. Wonderful characters and small snippets of copy make for a fun read.

Unusual story which bounces back and forth from 1700's to modern time. Involves a complicated murder case and mysterious buried treasure of golden statuettes. A bit overly complicated for my tastes; but well written with odd ball twists and turns. An interesting look at cajun culture.

Tiresome. And ridiculous. And needlessly violent. Child has lost the magic formula in making Jack Reacher interesting.

I was very disappointed with this book. I found it EXCESSIVELY trashy. Barry has lost his way.

Although I felt the tale was unnecessarily long, I enjoyed the story well enough. A convoluted search with a 'cast of thousands' for the priceless treasure planned to save the hapless Romanovs from the merciless bolshevics during the Russian revolution. I admire the Cusser books because they are G Rated. A rarity in today's world. Well done Clive and friends.

Nothing particularly new - the same lovable characters - working their way through the complexities of life in a country they cherish. I hope the series never ends.

What a disappointment! I liked very little about this book ... and I am a big fan of Child. This story seemed to go on and on and on and on ... you get the idea. 100 pages could easily have been edited out. But overall it was just a dumb plot. Way too complicated with a bizarre cast of dozens! Child seems to have lost his way with our friend, Jack Reacher (alias Big Foot, alias the Incredible Hulk, etc,.)

Burke is wonderful writer ... but I find myself often wishing his heroes - Clete and Dave in this series - get killed by the bad guys. Honestly his violence and language are always over the top. Too many characters, plots too complicated, and too long.

This book should have ended much sooner than it did. I'm surprised there was anyone left alive at all. A marvelous storyteller, Burke needs a strong person to tell him he's gone too far with the violence.