Book of the Month Club, April Edition: The Hunter

Finally got round to this one. I don't have much to add to the above, but I liked it overall; went down fast and easy in just a couple gulps. I appreciate authors who don't make their books longer than they need to be, although I did find the post-Mal stuff a bit abrupt. I did snicker throughout the entire sequence of Parker immediately spotting and dealing with (with surprising lack of violence) the sheer number of mobsters sent along with the payout in the subway.

The most uncomfortable part was certainly the laundromat woman's fate, but firmly agree it was an important character-setting moment. No remorse, but aggravated at how "stupid" it was. Parker wasn't angry with himself, but at the universe itself for making a death happen he hadn't intended.

Just a little bump to mention that this book has been adapted (again) into a film, with Jason Statham as Parker.

I have a weakness for Statham films so I'm kinda looking forward to this.

I think the Statham movie is based on a later book, actually. Ha, wow I looked it up and they apparently did can the book they were originally going to use and opt to make yet another version of this one instead. Oh well! I'm sure I'll see it, but I do kind of wish someone would make a faithful film version of this book if they're going to keep adapting it, and this one doesn't seem like it will be.

I'm stoked, because as much as I loved the chapters where Parker had to keep giving himself electrical shocks so he could keep going, that's honestly something that'd translate well to the big screen. Ditto for the chapter where he's in a car chase, realizes there's a bomb at the bottom of his car, so runs up over a half-ramp so as to corkscrew through the air so a construction crane can pluck the bomb off his undercarriage. That didn't really work in text.