Killing Floor 147-544

I got a working Kindle again so I will stop reading Brisingr. And here is why: a good book isn't boring. A good book will capture your attention to the point were you don't want to put it down, especially not for 2 years. Brisingr was not a good book, so I won't continue reading it. killing floor is not just a good book, it is an amazing book! I can say without a shadow of a doubt, that this has been my favorite book I have ever read. It was never boring. And you know what is unique about this 500 page book? It takes place in just one week. This brilliant author was able to make just a week stretch out over 500 pares perfectly. And like I said, it was never boring. This story is about Jack Reacher, a brilliant military cop, who has been raised inside the military, just got laid off 6 months ago because of the economy. Now he just travels around america like a tourist, enjoying life. One day, he traveled through a small town, and got framed and arrested for murder. Ironically enough, once he is released, he finds out that the victim was his brother. Now he has to get to the bottom of his brothers murder. My quotation is here to explain just how brilliant Jack Reacher is. It takes place with him explaining how he found someone.

“Right,” he said. “First bus out of there was to Memphis, but I waited for the next one. Memphis was too far. I didn’t want to go that far away.”

“That’s what made it easy,” I said. “You were circling Margrave. Not too close, not too far. And counterclockwise. Give people a free choice, they always go counterclockwise. It’s a universal truth, Hubble. All I had to do was to count the days and study the map and predict the hop you’d take each time. I figure Monday you were in Birmingham, Alabama. Tuesday was Montgomery, Wednesday was Columbus. I had a problem with Thursday. I gambled on Macon, but I thought it was maybe too close to Margrave.”

He nodded. “Thursday was a nightmare,” he said. “I was in Macon, some terrible dive, didn’t sleep a wink.” “So Friday morning you came out here to Augusta,” I said. “My other big gamble was you stayed here two nights. I figured you were shaken up after Macon, maybe running out of energy. I really wasn’t sure. I nearly went up to Greenville tonight, up in South Carolina. But I guessed right.” (Loc. 6178)

Now you see how his mind works, and it is also a preview of just how great this book is. If I had one book recommendation of my whole life, it would be this book. I seriously suggest checking it out.

Child, Lee. Killing Floor. New York City, New York: Jove Book, 1998