Crisscross: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack) by F. Paul Wilson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Crisscross: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack)
Book Review: Crisscrossing Adventures with Jack!
Summary: 5 Stars
Crisscross is the 8th Repairman Jack novel and once again F. Paul Wilson proves to his ever-growing reading audience once again just why he reigns supreme in this genre.
Our hero Jack finds himself not only working two 'repair jobs' but also getting aquainted with his approaching fatherhood with Gia's pregnancy. Jack is still working on finding a legitimate way to get back to a semi-normal life and get back 'on the grid' so he can give Gia and her daughter, Vicky a more undangerous lifstyle.
F. Paul Wilson weaves a fantastic and never boring storyline that never lets up, getting Jack into precarious positions during his fix-it jobs that will titillate readers until the wee hours of the morning. As per norm, Wilson gives readers another little hint of the ever-emerging hidden storyline to come with the shadow war going on between the Adversary and the Otherness, of which Jack keeps finding himself embroiled and caught inbetween both conflicting entities.
This novel is yet again proof of why Wilson's beloved protagonist Repairman Jack is so popular. Unlike alot of other action/adventure writers of both sci-fi and fantasy - or a blending of both - F. Paul Wilson doesn't write the same rehashing with each and every novel, but instead of standing on his high laurels, he continues to enrich his main characters with their ever-growing relationships, thus keeping a firm grasp on his reading audience. Every book is fresh and new material, instead of rehashing what we have read already like alot of other writers of series tend to do.
Crisscross is high energy writing at its very core, emersing its readers into a story that will not only grab at your heart strings, but also send your adrenaline pumping with all its suspence and action/adventure. Fantastic revenge stuff here!
Book Review: Jack Fixes a Cult - another enjoyable series instalment
Summary: 4 Stars
Jack has agreed to work on 2 fix-its that have nothing to do with one-another, one involves contacting a man who has joined a cult to give him a message and the other is a case of blackmail. However, for Jack there are no longer any coincidences and he finds that his two fix-its cross each other in strange ways as the story progresses.
These novels continue to be entertaining and a good read. Jack is a bit darker than usual in parts of this instalment in the series, but he's still a likeable, intelligent character. If you like your thrillers with a dash of the supernatural this series is worth picking up for a read, but increasingly with each book it helps to know what has gone on in the earlier books in the series.
Book Review: Jack vs. Crazed Cultists
Summary: 4 Stars
This is the 8th Repairman Jack novel and it's just as solid as all the others. Very entertaining riff on Lovecraftian cultist trying to take over the world and bring the Otherness over to rule. Reads like a direct sequel to "Gateways". Great series here. Start reading with the "Tomb". Book Review: Best Wishes For a Speedy Recovery to FPW
Summary: 5 Stars
The excellently-penned Repairman Jack series mixes action, mystery, thriller, horror, sci-fi, humor, pop culture and philosophy all together to create an alternate-universe world that works on multiple levels to keep me turning pages. I give a solid 5 stars to every book in the series!
Crisscross is another great read that furthers the RJ story along. I first read Harbingers, and have just finished reading all the RJ books, although I didn't read any of them in order, just whichever was available at the library when I finished one and needed another.
Since the story does develop with each installment I plan to buy them all in paperback and read them again in order, starting with The Tomb and including Nightworld.
BTW - I love Abe - he reminds me of my uncle :)
Book Review: Another great Jack Story
Summary: 5 Stars
This was yet another awesome book. I love the intrigue and mystery that is captured in all of the Repairman Jack Novels. This series is a MUST READ for all fans.