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Beth F. (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Gone Tomorrow
In a novel that slams through one hairpin surprise after another, Lee Child unleashes a thriller that spans three decades ... and for Jack Reacher, a man who trusts no one and likes it that way, it’s a mystery with only one answer–the kind that comes when you finally get face-to-face and look your worst enemy in the eye. Another good read!
Dorian B. (Bainbridge, NY)
A good weekend read
This was my first Lee Child book I have read with the Jack Reacher main character. I found it to be an enjoyable read, and a page turner most of the time. I had to adjust to Child's style of shorter sentences and relatively short chapters, but it lends a faster pace to the story line. Occasionally too much description, but overall a fine weekend escape!
Diane D. (Cape Elizabeth, ME)
Another wild ride from Lee Child!
Gone Tomorrow grabs you from the very beginning with an apparent suicide bomber on a NY subway and takes you on a wild ride. Jack Reacher is one of my favorite characters of suspense, he's the rogue ex-military cop that everyone loves! I will keep reading as long as Child keeps writing! Great book if you like to keep the pages flying.....
rumeyj
Good read -- but not as good as the first 12 books
I am reading the series one by one, though the first one I read was Tripwire. The books have been very gripping and the storytelling is second to none. Reacher is easily lovable though he has some peculiar eccentricities.
Spoiler Alert. This book is a good read, there is no doubt, but there are two obvious plot flaws that jump out at me which makes the story less compelling than the others, specially given that Jack is all about reasoning and logic and outsmarting the enemy (and the reader).
The lesser flaw, as I see it, is the murder of Peter Marks, when they knew quite well that it wasn't necessary and she was actually caught in the traffic jam, as was their own guy trailing her. It is justified by their being fanatical, but that is really not enough.
The second and major flaw is in regard to the flash drive. The main story is based on the hunt for this flashdrive, but a two second thought process leads us to the inevitable. The villains here wanted to get rid of a file, and they successfully get Susan to delete it. But why have her copy it to a thumb drive in the first place? After she deletes it their mission is accomplished. Having her copy it somewhere else, and base a whole story on trying then to recover that copy to destroy it, when it needn't have been made in the first place, just doesn't make sense. It's definitely a gaping plot hole difficult to overlook.
charlie brandt
Why is the memory stick so important
The book was well written with a great plot. My wife and I couldn't put it down when we were each reading it.
However, at the end of the day, it's never clear why the pictures on the memory stick were important. I still can't understand why the "bad guys" would go to all the trouble to sneak 19 people into the United States to get the memory stick back.
Karen S. (Minneapolis, MN)
Gone Tomorrow
A decent read, not great. I was expecting a book that I absolutely could not put down, and while I found the chapter endings urged me to continue, the tug was not so great that the laundry didn't get done.
Mary S. (Bow, NH)
Gone Tomorrow - gone on too long
First know that Gone Tomorrow is the first Lee Child book I have read. It another Child book that features Jack Reacher - a homeless retired military police officer. While I found the context somewhat unbelievable, the plot and the writing was good enough to keep me reading to the end. If it was 50-100 pages shorter, I would have been a happier reader.
