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With Fear City, F. Paul Wilson brings his Repairman Jack "early years" trilogy to an end, to say nothing of the character, who's moving into retirement for a while. It's hard not to feel that retirement might be the best thing for Jack; as much as I dearly love the character and his story, Jack has become so entwined in his mythology and the complex plotting of the series that it's hard to let him cut loose in the way that made the early entries in the series so much fun. At its best moments, the "Early Years" trilogy in general and Fear City specifically manages to recapture that sense of fun; at its weakest points, though, it feels like more of the same, a rich and exciting character whose life is so dictated by fate that there's not much room for his great personality. That problem gets compounded somewhat in Fear City, when the plot begins to align with real-world events in a way that never quite settles right for me. (Without spoiling much, those who had issues with Wilson's decision to incorporate 9/11 into the saga's arc may have similar issues with Fear City.) Add to that Wilson's constant use of Muslim terrorists as one-note villains and a slew of characters who all seem defined by their ethnicity, and you have a book that shouldn't really work, and honestly gets genuinely troubling and borderline offensive at times. And yet, somehow, Fear City still works as a great piece of entertainment. Part of that is Wilson's gift for plotting; it's genuinely exciting to see Wilson put the pieces together, as a couple of big reveals here legitimately shocked me, and left me smiling as I realized how carefully he plotted out this trilogy. Part of that is his knack for pacing and action, both of which come through in spades as everything builds to a climax that brings all of the book's threads together. And, to be sure, a lot of it is Jack, whose raw inexperience, enthusiasm, and personality still anchor a book every bit as well as it did back in The Tomb. Fear City (and the "Early Years" trilogy as a whole) isn't my favorite Jack story. It's filled with flaws, Wilson's fatigue with the character shows a bit, and the mythology ends up crushing some of the fun. But for all of that, it's a last run with a great character, and Wilson delivers in a way that counts, showing us some of Jack's formative experiences that legitimately feels like a flashback and not just "Jack with less wrinkles". It's not a place to start for newcomers, and it's probably a set of the series that's more for fans than for casual readers. But who reads the Jack books and doesn't become a fan, I ask you?


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Fear City Repairman Jack The Early Years F Paul Wilson 9780765330161 Books Reviews

As always, Repairman Jack is there to help. In this graphic story several innocent lives are lost and Jack does what he can to balance the scales. Believable characters, entertaining and educational dialogue. Great story line.

“It means acting with honor, doing the right thing. It means spending your day in such a way that at the end of it you can go home— enter your house— with your head high, without guilt or regret. Well, this city is your house, and if you can’t find it in yourself to defend it when it’s threatened, then you can’t enter your house justified— you can’t walk these streets justified.”

I will re-read this story and always look forward to Repairman Jack.
I have read the entire Repairman Jack series and it's interesting to read the background novels set before Jack came to be the "fixer". This story was well-written and moved along swiftly. As it was recently September 11th, the story line reflecting the terroristic plot to put a bomb beneath the twin towers was especially disturbing. I recommend this book as well as the entire Repairman Jack series.
Well, this seems to be it. The last entry in Repairman Jacks story. Really just about the only time frame in Jacks story left untold, so it makes perfect sense to fill in how Jack came to be in NY and how Repairman Jack got started in a "professional" way. I enjoyed all the Jack entries and this is no exception. All great reads. Jack ( and Abe ) will be missed and fondly remembered.
This last entry in Jacks story is a well done mix of Jack fiction interspersed with real life events from 1993 NYC. Fun and fast paced.
Au Revoir Jack and Abe. Enjoyed getting to know you. Thanks F. Paul Wilson for such an iconic cast of characters and well done stories.
FEAR CITY is the last of what I'll call the CITY TRILOGY and with it, FP Wilson bids adieu to Jack ("just Jack") for the last time. Yes, I know we're heard this before at least once, but this time I have a feeling that it might be for real. On the other hand, at novel's end, Jack is only 24 but Jack is somewhere in his mid-30s at the beginning of THE TOMB, so I suppose that a few more prequels to the main sequence are possible.

FEAR CITY is really just the ending of the same tale started in COLD CITY and continued in DARK CITY, even though the three novels span a period of roughly 3 years (coincidently (?), the same length of time that the main sequence takes to get from THE TOMB to NIGHTWORLD. There is plenty of foreshadowing of the ultimate cosmic nature of things that will evolve in the main sequence that will slip right by anyone who has not read all the Repairman Jack books, which is why I disagree with FPW himself who says in COLD CITY that this is an excellent place to start all the RJ novels. I think THE TOMB is the place to start and then read straight through the entire sequence, perhaps stopping every 3 or 4 novels to insert one of the 3 YA Young Jack novels. That or just read the main RJ series first, then the Young Jack Trilogy and finishing up with the CITY TRILOGY.

There are no coincidences and everything is connected, as FPW has stated many times. FEAR CITY begins with the murder of one of Jack's ex-girlfriends that in FPW's inimitable style leads to a conspiracy of grand proportions that Jack has to figure out and stop to save potentially thousands of lives. It's a grand finale to perhaps the most extraordinary series I have ever read. I'll miss Jack et alia - they all seem like old friends (and enemies) by now, but I guess I can always go back and start at the beginning and read them again.

Recommended

JM Tepper
With Fear City, F. Paul Wilson brings his Repairman Jack "early years" trilogy to an end, to say nothing of the character, who's moving into retirement for a while. It's hard not to feel that retirement might be the best thing for Jack; as much as I dearly love the character and his story, Jack has become so entwined in his mythology and the complex plotting of the series that it's hard to let him cut loose in the way that made the early entries in the series so much fun. At its best moments, the "Early Years" trilogy in general and Fear City specifically manages to recapture that sense of fun; at its weakest points, though, it feels like more of the same, a rich and exciting character whose life is so dictated by fate that there's not much room for his great personality. That problem gets compounded somewhat in Fear City, when the plot begins to align with real-world events in a way that never quite settles right for me. (Without spoiling much, those who had issues with Wilson's decision to incorporate 9/11 into the saga's arc may have similar issues with Fear City.) Add to that Wilson's constant use of Muslim terrorists as one-note villains and a slew of characters who all seem defined by their ethnicity, and you have a book that shouldn't really work, and honestly gets genuinely troubling and borderline offensive at times. And yet, somehow, Fear City still works as a great piece of entertainment. Part of that is Wilson's gift for plotting; it's genuinely exciting to see Wilson put the pieces together, as a couple of big reveals here legitimately shocked me, and left me smiling as I realized how carefully he plotted out this trilogy. Part of that is his knack for pacing and action, both of which come through in spades as everything builds to a climax that brings all of the book's threads together. And, to be sure, a lot of it is Jack, whose raw inexperience, enthusiasm, and personality still anchor a book every bit as well as it did back in The Tomb. Fear City (and the "Early Years" trilogy as a whole) isn't my favorite Jack story. It's filled with flaws, Wilson's fatigue with the character shows a bit, and the mythology ends up crushing some of the fun. But for all of that, it's a last run with a great character, and Wilson delivers in a way that counts, showing us some of Jack's formative experiences that legitimately feels like a flashback and not just "Jack with less wrinkles". It's not a place to start for newcomers, and it's probably a set of the series that's more for fans than for casual readers. But who reads the Jack books and doesn't become a fan, I ask you?