Helpful Score: 1
I got hooked on Repairman Jack from his very first solo novel more than ten years ago. By that time, Jack is already the loner with an underground word-of-mouth business 'fixing' situations. For fans reading this AFTER the conclusion of 'Nightworld' this might be a letdown, since this Jack is pretty innocent and unaware of what's to come. He's not yet suspicious or very cynical about the system or people.
However, this book explains how Jack meets The Lady and her dog, Abe, and Carlos, along with some of the other cast of characters that occasionally show up, later in the series. He learns how to drop off the grid. The conspiracies are present, and he unknowingly intersects with their plans.
I'm not sure why others have rated it as average, but if it's the plot line, then the apparent coincidences might be the cause. This may be good or bad, but FPW might be trying to show that the forces of Fate continues to influence our hero's destiny.
We'll have to see in the next two books.
Hey. At least we continue to get Repairman Jack stories!
However, this book explains how Jack meets The Lady and her dog, Abe, and Carlos, along with some of the other cast of characters that occasionally show up, later in the series. He learns how to drop off the grid. The conspiracies are present, and he unknowingly intersects with their plans.
I'm not sure why others have rated it as average, but if it's the plot line, then the apparent coincidences might be the cause. This may be good or bad, but FPW might be trying to show that the forces of Fate continues to influence our hero's destiny.
We'll have to see in the next two books.
Hey. At least we continue to get Repairman Jack stories!
Don't read this if you are not already familiar with Repairman Jack, or if you don't like cliffhangers. It's Repairman Jack: The Early Years all right, but to me it felt like Wilson is setting up RJ's world for people who already know it. It was fun to see Jack meet Julio for the first time and learn what Abe really does for a living. But it just seems like we're getting new info on people we should already be familiar with. And Wilson didn't completely sell me on how Jack evolved his moral code; the events are there but not so much the emotion. Bertel was good though: "there are certain things I will not abide". There are no overt supernatural occurances, and this book ends unresolved. If you are unfamiliar with the Adversary Cycle the references to "The One" are going to leave you confused.
Bottom line: Good for Repairman Jack fans, for newbies read The Tomb, maybe the rest of that series, and pick this one up later. It's a great series, but I just wouldn't start here.
Bottom line: Good for Repairman Jack fans, for newbies read The Tomb, maybe the rest of that series, and pick this one up later. It's a great series, but I just wouldn't start here.
