MobileRead Discussion: Killing Floor by Lee Child (spoilers) - Page 4

BearMountainBooks · 10-05-2010, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Reacher showered several times. At least twice alone, three times with Roscoe, and he washed his face in the prison shower room before the Aryan White Brotherhood white trash prison gang interrupted. He wasn't such a dirty guy!

Very well then! I stand corrected!

yekim54 · 10-05-2010, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I enjoyed the book, but you know what I found really, really odd? The guy never took a shower.

Reacher was in Margrave for 8 days and the book mentions that he took 6 showers during that time (7 if you count the 14 miles he walked in a hard rain on his way to Margrave).

dmacmart · 10-05-2010, 11:48 PM

Yeah but he didn't have a change of clothes.

WT Sharpe · 10-06-2010, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by yekim54

Reacher was in Margrave for 8 days and the book mentions that he took 6 showers during that time (7 if you count the 14 miles he walked in a hard rain on his way to Margrave).

Very well then! I stand corrected!

(Although I did say 'at least.'

)

I don't remember him using the bathroom, though. That's a long time to hold it!

BearMountainBooks · 10-06-2010, 09:42 AM

I contend he needed at LEAST one more to make it realistic and keep from smelling funny.

WT Sharpe · 10-06-2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I contend he needed at LEAST one more to make it realistic and keep from smelling funny.

dfigueroa · 10-06-2010, 10:31 AM

I bought the first four Reacher books without reading any first.

I've now read three of them. They're OKAY, but as I've seen others comment, they're not the most realistic I've read.

To me, Reacher is a bit too tough, for me, unrealistic. The books are readable, but not good enough for me to recommend. I've read a lot better series.

Like Harlan Coben, Connelly and several others much more.

yekim54 · 10-06-2010, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dmacmart

Yeah but he didn't have a change of clothes.

Reacher changed his clothes at least twice:

Near the end of Chapter 16:
"Made the right onto Main Street and cruised along. I was peering left and right in under the smart striped awnings, looking for the clothes store. Found it three doors north of the barbershop. Left the Bentley on the street and went in. Paid out some of Charlie Hubble’s expenses cash to a sullen middle-aged guy for a pair of pants, a shirt and a jacket. A light fawn color, pressed cotton, as near to formal as I was prepared to go. No tie. I put it all on in the changing cubicle in the back of the store. Bagged up the old stuff and threw it in the Bentley’s trunk as I passed."

Second to last paragraph of Chapter 34:
"I walked into the depot. Bought a ticket. Then I crossed the street to a cheap store and bought new clothes. Changed in their cubicle, left the filthy old fatigues in their garbage can."

yekim54 · 10-06-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

I contend he needed at LEAST one more to make it realistic and keep from smelling funny.

Well, there is one more if you count the incident where Reacher gets drenched while killing the Kliner kid in Hubble's pool.

WT Sharpe · 10-06-2010, 05:16 PM

I still don't remember him ever making a trip to the can.

badgoodDeb · 10-06-2010, 05:32 PM

Nobody EVER uses the can, in books or movies or TV shows. Just bear that in mind!

BearMountainBooks · 10-06-2010, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by yekim54

Reacher changed his clothes at least twice:

Near the end of Chapter 16:
"Made the right onto Main Street and cruised along. I was peering left and right in under the smart striped awnings, looking for the clothes store. Found it three doors north of the barbershop. Left the Bentley on the street and went in. Paid out some of Charlie Hubble’s expenses cash to a sullen middle-aged guy for a pair of pants, a shirt and a jacket. A light fawn color, pressed cotton, as near to formal as I was prepared to go. No tie. I put it all on in the changing cubicle in the back of the store. Bagged up the old stuff and threw it in the Bentley’s trunk as I passed."

Second to last paragraph of Chapter 34:
"I walked into the depot. Bought a ticket. Then I crossed the street to a cheap store and bought new clothes. Changed in their cubicle, left the filthy old fatigues in their garbage can."

See, he changed out of filthy clothes and didn't shower.

BearMountainBooks · 10-06-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by yekim54

Well, there is one more if you count the incident where Reacher gets drenched while killing the Kliner kid in Hubble's pool.

Nope, doesn't count. Plain water is better than nothing, but in high humidity, lots of walking, being in prison--I'm thinking the more soap the better!!!

pilotbob · 10-06-2010, 11:05 PM

OK, the book did have some plot holes in it. But, not telling us when he took his SSS was not one of them. I recently read Pride & Prejudice and they never once took a shower or went to the bath room. They must have smelled to high heaven.

BOb

lene1949 · 10-07-2010, 02:39 AM

Surely Authors don't have to write a sentence everytime their hero showers... What if the hero had OCD...??? the whole book will be about showers...

10-06-2010, 09:42 AM	#50
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 1,292 Karma: 14947622 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I contend he needed at LEAST one more to make it realistic and keep from smelling funny. __________________ BearMountainBooks Online Store BearMountainBooks on Goodreads Amazon US: Under Witch Moon (urban fantasy series), Executive Lunch (Humor mystery series) Barnes and Noble Sony Bookstore Also available at: Apple, and Kobobooks

10-06-2010, 05:16 PM	#55
WT Sharpe Grand Muckity-Muck Posts: 26,616 Karma: 70641104 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindles: Paperwhite/K-3/Touch, Sony PRS-600, iPod (audio books), iPad1	I still don't remember him ever making a trip to the can. __________________

10-06-2010, 05:32 PM	#56
badgoodDeb Wizard Posts: 4,095 Karma: 9501039 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicago outskirts Device: Palm-many, Kindle1, K3, iPad, iPhone 4	Nobody EVER uses the can, in books or movies or TV shows. Just bear that in mind! __________________ -----------Found him! Wanna join the chat?

10-06-2010, 11:05 PM	#59
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 18,754 Karma: 4233896 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	OK, the book did have some plot holes in it. But, not telling us when he took his SSS was not one of them. I recently read Pride & Prejudice and they never once took a shower or went to the bath room. They must have smelled to high heaven. BOb __________________ Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. --Napoleon Bonaparte

10-07-2010, 02:39 AM	#60
lene1949 Wizard Posts: 1,966 Karma: 213930 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Device: Kindle 2, Sony PRS 650, Ipod Touch	Surely Authors don't have to write a sentence everytime their hero showers... What if the hero had OCD...??? the whole book will be about showers... __________________ Lene

10-05-2010, 11:48 PM	#48
dmacmart Evangelist Posts: 476 Karma: 39552 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Kobo Glo, Arc, iPhone, iPad 2, (husband)Touch	Yeah but he didn't have a change of clothes.

10-06-2010, 10:31 AM	#52
dfigueroa La Guera en Manzanillo Posts: 33 Karma: 50 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico Device: Kindle 2 Global	I bought the first four Reacher books without reading any first. I've now read three of them. They're OKAY, but as I've seen others comment, they're not the most realistic I've read. To me, Reacher is a bit too tough, for me, unrealistic. The books are readable, but not good enough for me to recommend. I've read a lot better series. Like Harlan Coben, Connelly and several others much more.

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