Thread: MobileRead Discussion: Killing Floor by Lee Child (spoilers)
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Old 09-22-2010, 10:18 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
...The action scenes were plenty and enjoyable. There are copious plot twists, unfortunately very few of them are at all believable. There are so many coincidences and that along with the main characters nearly clairvoyant ability to reach deductions, like tracking down a missing witness/conspirator, made it pretty hard to maintain a suspension of disbelief.

That being said, Killing Floor is a fairly fast paced ride that provides a decent action movie type diversion.
Overall I like it. C/C+
I would give it 4½ stars out of 5. It was really enjoyable and well-written, but the coincidences did strain credulity.
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