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Old 03-30-2009, 03:09 PM   #1729
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A lot of people seem to really like Lee Child's work, but I couldn't make it through Killing Floor. It was like an episode of the A-Team but not as fun. A lot of Macho stuff going on, but it felt fake-macho to me, like someone bragging about how tough they are. If you want something along those lines that rings true, get hold of Richard Stark's (Donald Westlake) "Parker" series.
I didn't expect it to be awesome, but I was hoping for it to be a fun read. But so far it's just bogged down in crap. The Dresden Files is like that, where the main character is not really real, more of what a geeky guy would expect a tough guy to be like. But they're still a ton of fun and easy to read. So far Persuader is not
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