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Hi all,
I have 61 Hours from my local library, and I have read all the previous books, in order.
Yes, the POV shifts between novels can be unsettling, though I think the style works best in first person.
Some of the books are definitely better than others, though I'd hesitate to say any were "bad." The fragmented sentences don't bother me at all, and I take them as being straight from the thoughts of the protagonist.
The Lee Child website is interesting, and there was an interview not so long ago where Child discussed his process of writing and the criticisms leveled at genre fiction in general and his work inparticular: so-called "mainstream" or literary authors are often contemptuous of genre stories, referring to them as "commercial" or "plot-driven" (as opposed to "character-driven") writing.
He has pointed out that it is no easy thing writing a genre novel (such as a Jack Reacher book), and said that if literary writers could do it, they would. I tend to think that in many instances he would be right.
There are some excellent interviews of Child on YouTube. The one for Gone Tomorrow is quite worthwhile.
Cheers,
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