My silly reason to start reading Killing Floor (Answering the question: is Tom Cruise too short?) lead me to a truly amazing book. It took me over 200 pages to really get into it and start appreciating its trimness. I normally enjoy books with elaborate psychological characterization, with a lot of train of thought and a whole bunch of big words and linguistic play. None of that in Killing Floor. This book is all about plot, and I have been known to detest books like that. Not anymore. The lack of of fat in this book is amazing. 
 Killing Floor is downright anorexic. How can that be a good thing, you wonder? A good writer is the answer. Lee Child manages to use scarcity of words and feelings to convey much more than a lot of authors manage through characters laden with complexity. His plot development is careful and meticulous, he's not in a hurry and at no point does he embellish things. He's brutally honest and always straight to the point which gives you a certain calm and peace of mind.Making me enjoy a book which is everything I do not look for in a book (first person narrative, skinny characterization, plot insistence) has truly amazed me. And now, I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.