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Old 06-13-2011, 02:32 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by tm3 View Post
i read "61 hours" and thought it kind of OK, then started "one shot" and bailed about halfway through.

the reacher character is just too over the top for me, kind of like superman sans cape.

i think stephen hunter does a much better job in some of his books with the bob lee swagger character, who gets the bad guys but without the use of superpowers.
I don't see Reacher as having super powers. He's out at the far edge of the bell curve but not off the scale IMHO.

I read I, Sniper: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel and decided not to read any more. I wish I'd written a review so I could remember why. I'm thinking it had too much hokey emotional drama for my tastes. I'm wondering now if the others in the series might be better?
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