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Jack Reacher #8
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* 亘乇賳丿賴鈥屰� 噩丕蹖夭賴鈥屰� 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 爻丕賱 丕夭 Barry Award
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- 乇蹖趩乇 賴賲趩賳丕賳 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賵 蹖丕 爻賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 跇丕賳乇 賲乇丿賽 鬲賳賴丕 賵 噩丕賳鈥屫池� 賮乇賲丕賳乇賵丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�. 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵丿卮丕賳 賵乇賯 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟嗀�.
賳蹖賵蹖賵乇讴 丿蹖賱蹖 賳蹖賵夭
572 pages, Paperback
First published May 11, 2004
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About the author
Lee Child
435听books33.2k听followersLee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a presentation director during British TV's "golden age." During his tenure his company made Brideshead Revisited, The Jewel in the Crown, Prime Suspect, and Cracker. But he was fired in 1995 at the age of 40 as a result of corporate restructuring. Always a voracious reader, he decided to see an opportunity where others might have seen a crisis and bought six dollars' worth of paper and pencils and sat down to write a book, Killing Floor, the first in the Jack Reacher series.
Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. The first Jack Reacher movie, based on the novel One Shot and starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, was released in December 2012.
Lee has three homes鈥攁n apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.
Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.
Killing Floor was an immediate success and launched the series which has grown in sales and impact with every new installment. The first Jack Reacher movie, based on the novel One Shot and starring Tom Cruise and Rosamund Pike, was released in December 2012.
Lee has three homes鈥攁n apartment in Manhattan, a country house in the south of France, and whatever airplane cabin he happens to be in while traveling between the two. In the US he drives a supercharged Jaguar, which was built in Jaguar's Browns Lane plant, thirty yards from the hospital in which he was born.
Lee spends his spare time reading, listening to music, and watching the Yankees, Aston Villa, or Marseilles soccer. He is married with a grown-up daughter. He is tall and slim, despite an appalling diet and a refusal to exercise.
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February 20, 2013
OK, I will admit it....after not even paying attention to Lee Child's name in the bookstores all these years, I am now a committed Jack Reacher fan. And it even pains me more to reveal that it was the Tom Cruise movie that motivated me to start reading the series! (Ouch...that hurt just to type)
But, whether you go to see the movie or just want a fun read, I highly recommend these novels. I have read two now and am on my third. Same engaging character (Reacher,) great plot lines, wonderful supporting character development, and best of all, a nice pace to the story.
After seeing the movie, I researched a little, and found out that "The Enemy" was the eighth in the Reacher series but actually was a pre-quel to the first novel Child wrote. There are conflicting opinions as to whether you should read the books in order or start with this pre-quel. For whatever it's worth, I think reading "The Enemy" first is a great move. It really gives you a terrific insight into what makes Reacher tick and therefore gives the reader an improved perspective into the character as he is developed in the remainder of the series.
"The Enemy" starts off a tad slow in pace but as you read on, you realize it is all part of the development of the main character. Reacher is a product of life in the military. He was literally born while his father was an active soldier. This is important as you move into the later books in the series because it helps you understand the way he approaches almost everything in life...problems, people, relationships, eating....literally "everything!"
Do NOT get thrown off by the author's repeated use of the phrase "I said nothing." Just keep yourself in check and put the phrase into the context of YOUR understanding of "Reacher." This is an important tidbit because otherwise, the phrase will drive you nuts after a while. Just keep in mind exactly who this guy is, how he got there, and how different his view of the world has been compared to yours.
So with that, you are on your own to either pursue "The Enemy" or not! However, be forewarned, if you DO choose to try a Child novel, my bet is you won't be able to read just one.
But, whether you go to see the movie or just want a fun read, I highly recommend these novels. I have read two now and am on my third. Same engaging character (Reacher,) great plot lines, wonderful supporting character development, and best of all, a nice pace to the story.
After seeing the movie, I researched a little, and found out that "The Enemy" was the eighth in the Reacher series but actually was a pre-quel to the first novel Child wrote. There are conflicting opinions as to whether you should read the books in order or start with this pre-quel. For whatever it's worth, I think reading "The Enemy" first is a great move. It really gives you a terrific insight into what makes Reacher tick and therefore gives the reader an improved perspective into the character as he is developed in the remainder of the series.
"The Enemy" starts off a tad slow in pace but as you read on, you realize it is all part of the development of the main character. Reacher is a product of life in the military. He was literally born while his father was an active soldier. This is important as you move into the later books in the series because it helps you understand the way he approaches almost everything in life...problems, people, relationships, eating....literally "everything!"
Do NOT get thrown off by the author's repeated use of the phrase "I said nothing." Just keep yourself in check and put the phrase into the context of YOUR understanding of "Reacher." This is an important tidbit because otherwise, the phrase will drive you nuts after a while. Just keep in mind exactly who this guy is, how he got there, and how different his view of the world has been compared to yours.
So with that, you are on your own to either pursue "The Enemy" or not! However, be forewarned, if you DO choose to try a Child novel, my bet is you won't be able to read just one.
June 5, 2020
Although this is the eighth book to be published in the Jack Reacher series, it's a prequel to the others. It begins on New Year's Eve, as 1989 is turning into 1990. At the time, Reacher is still in the army and has just been transferred from Panama to Fort Bird, North Carolina. While almost everyone else is out celebrating, Reacher is the Military Police duty officer on the post when a two star general is found dead in a sleazy motel thirty miles from the base.
It appears that the married general has died of a heart attack while in the middle of having sex with a cheap hooker. By the time Reacher arrives, the hooker is long gone and so is the general's briefcase. Reacher's orders are to contain the situation so that the army will not be embarrassed. But what seems like a minor problem that can be solved relatively easily, turns into something much, much larger when Reacher finds the general's widow murdered miles away in Virginia. It also turns out that a very sensitive document is missing along with the general's briefcase.
The whole situation becomes very complicated and Reacher pairs up with a tough female M.P. named Summer to tackle the problem. He will find himself in a lot of trouble and in very grave danger as he digs into a situation that could ultimately threaten a lot of lives and careers, including his own. And, in the middle of all this, he has to deal with a critical family situation as well.
This is a very entertaining read that explains a lot about the army at the end of the Cold War and about the way in which the Military Police work. It also provides a lot of background about Reacher and his family that the reader hasn't learned before. Reacher, while younger, is his usual self and will naturally have to break a few heads along the way as he battles a boatload of adversaries, most all of whom are in the army as well and some of whom are his superior officers. All in all, a fun book with lots of action.
It appears that the married general has died of a heart attack while in the middle of having sex with a cheap hooker. By the time Reacher arrives, the hooker is long gone and so is the general's briefcase. Reacher's orders are to contain the situation so that the army will not be embarrassed. But what seems like a minor problem that can be solved relatively easily, turns into something much, much larger when Reacher finds the general's widow murdered miles away in Virginia. It also turns out that a very sensitive document is missing along with the general's briefcase.
The whole situation becomes very complicated and Reacher pairs up with a tough female M.P. named Summer to tackle the problem. He will find himself in a lot of trouble and in very grave danger as he digs into a situation that could ultimately threaten a lot of lives and careers, including his own. And, in the middle of all this, he has to deal with a critical family situation as well.
This is a very entertaining read that explains a lot about the army at the end of the Cold War and about the way in which the Military Police work. It also provides a lot of background about Reacher and his family that the reader hasn't learned before. Reacher, while younger, is his usual self and will naturally have to break a few heads along the way as he battles a boatload of adversaries, most all of whom are in the army as well and some of whom are his superior officers. All in all, a fun book with lots of action.
July 11, 2020
The Enemy (Jack Reacher #8), Lee Child
The Prequel, The Enemy, is the eighth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is narrated in the first person.
In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel.
Jack Reacher investigates and comes to the conclusion that the woman Kramer was with stole his briefcase.
Reacher's superior, Col. Leon Garber, orders him to deliver news of the general's death to his wife. Accompanied by a female officer, Lieutenant Summer, Reacher travels to her house in Virginia. When they arrive, however, they find evidence of a break-in, as well as Mrs. Kramer's body. ...
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 21/04/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Prequel, The Enemy, is the eighth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is narrated in the first person.
In the last hours of 1989, Major Gen. Kenneth Kramer dies of a heart attack in a seedy North Carolina motel.
Jack Reacher investigates and comes to the conclusion that the woman Kramer was with stole his briefcase.
Reacher's superior, Col. Leon Garber, orders him to deliver news of the general's death to his wife. Accompanied by a female officer, Lieutenant Summer, Reacher travels to her house in Virginia. When they arrive, however, they find evidence of a break-in, as well as Mrs. Kramer's body. ...
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This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 18, 2017
4.5/5
鈥淵ou鈥檙e wasting your time,鈥� I said. 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e making a big mistake. Because you really don鈥檛 want to make an enemy out of me.鈥�
Absolutely brilliant.
You can鈥檛 go wrong with anything Lee Child has published. This is my eighth book I鈥檝e read from him, and I can tell you that it totally exceeded my already high expectations. Such a fantastic read!
In this installment, Jack Reacher, way back when he was still a Military Police, had teamed up with Lieutenant Summer to investigate the killings of two soldiers and one civilian. Every time they thought they found some new clues, it turned out that what they got led them to nowhere. Every turn seemed like a dead end. The deeper their investigation went, the more complex the situation became. Reacher found himself fighting against the unknown enemy. The worst enemy. Their jobs were in jeopardy and they both might ultimately end up in jail. But Reacher never quits. There was no going back. No easy way out. The only way to get out of this mess was to win this fight.
Even though I felt like the action took a backseat to the suspense, it definitely had me hooked throughout. There was so much happening that I wished I could turn the pages fast enough because I desperately wanted to find out the truth behind these murders!
One of the things that impressed me about this book was that Reacher went from badass to super badass in such a strong way. Undoubtedly, with his cleverness, calmness, confidence, and unassailable character, Jack Reacher made The Enemy truly stand out from the crowd.
鈥淲here鈥檚 the best place you ever served?鈥�
I smiled. Gave her the same answer I give anyone who asks that question.
鈥淩ight here,鈥� I said. 鈥淩ight now.鈥�
鈥淓ven with Willard on your back?鈥�
鈥淲illard鈥檚 nothing. He鈥檒l be gone before I am.鈥�
All in all, this was a very gripping and riveting suspense/crime mystery novel. For fans of this genre, this is a reading experience that you shouldn鈥檛 miss out on. Highly recommended!
**Each book in Jack Reacher series is a stand alone that can be read in any order.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e wasting your time,鈥� I said. 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e making a big mistake. Because you really don鈥檛 want to make an enemy out of me.鈥�
Absolutely brilliant.
You can鈥檛 go wrong with anything Lee Child has published. This is my eighth book I鈥檝e read from him, and I can tell you that it totally exceeded my already high expectations. Such a fantastic read!
In this installment, Jack Reacher, way back when he was still a Military Police, had teamed up with Lieutenant Summer to investigate the killings of two soldiers and one civilian. Every time they thought they found some new clues, it turned out that what they got led them to nowhere. Every turn seemed like a dead end. The deeper their investigation went, the more complex the situation became. Reacher found himself fighting against the unknown enemy. The worst enemy. Their jobs were in jeopardy and they both might ultimately end up in jail. But Reacher never quits. There was no going back. No easy way out. The only way to get out of this mess was to win this fight.
Even though I felt like the action took a backseat to the suspense, it definitely had me hooked throughout. There was so much happening that I wished I could turn the pages fast enough because I desperately wanted to find out the truth behind these murders!
One of the things that impressed me about this book was that Reacher went from badass to super badass in such a strong way. Undoubtedly, with his cleverness, calmness, confidence, and unassailable character, Jack Reacher made The Enemy truly stand out from the crowd.
鈥淲here鈥檚 the best place you ever served?鈥�
I smiled. Gave her the same answer I give anyone who asks that question.
鈥淩ight here,鈥� I said. 鈥淩ight now.鈥�
鈥淓ven with Willard on your back?鈥�
鈥淲illard鈥檚 nothing. He鈥檒l be gone before I am.鈥�
All in all, this was a very gripping and riveting suspense/crime mystery novel. For fans of this genre, this is a reading experience that you shouldn鈥檛 miss out on. Highly recommended!
**Each book in Jack Reacher series is a stand alone that can be read in any order.
October 3, 2018
Superb, 5 Stars!
Child's best-ever writing, especially Reacher's personal life with brother Joe and his dying mother, poignant, honest and true. A gem. For the first time, after 8 books and 8 years of Reacher, Child produces pathos and real honour. Well done. Welcome to my favourite writers club.
And all this is wrapped in a deliciously complex military conspiracy. Wonderful.
As usual with my reviews, please first read the publisher鈥檚 blurb/summary of the book. Thank you.
Summer talking to Reacher about Kramer's wife:
"I came all this way and I've got nobody to hug."
Reacher: "Sounds like a country song. Then your truck breaks down and your dog dies."
Reacher's dying mother to him and brother Joe:
"I'll be dead. I won't be missing anything. It's you that will be missing me. Like you miss your father. Like I miss him. Like I miss my father, and my mother, and my grandparents. It's a part of life, missing the dead."
The farewell scenes with Joe and his dying mother are superbly handled by Child, poignant and true and with death calmly presiding. Perhaps the best scenes he's ever written.
Tanks
... the twentieth century's signature sound is the squeal and clatter of tank tracks on a paved street. That sound was heard in Warsaw, and Rotterdam, and Stalingrad, and Berlin. Then it was heard again in Budapest and Prague, and Seoul and Saigon. It's a brutal sound. It's the sound of fear. It speaks of a massive overwhelming advantage in power. And it speaks of remote, impersonal indifference. Tank treads squeal and clatter and the very noise they make tells you they can't be stopped. It tells you you're weak and powerless against the machine. Then one track stops and the other keeps on going and the tank wheels around and lurches straight towards you, roaring and squealing. That's the real twentieth-century sound.
Abrams tank
Not really a spoiler .... *in my rarely humble opinion*
Summer to Reacher:
"Your mom died, and you're hurting, and you're closing in on yourself. But you shouldn't. You can't do this alone, Reacher. You can't live your whole life alone."
I shook my head. "It's not that," I said. "It's that I'm only guessing here. I'm holding my breath all the time. One long shot after another. And I don't want to fall flat on my face. Not right in front of you. You wouldn't respect me any more."
She said nothing.
"I know," I said. "You already don't respect me because you saw me naked."
She paused. Then she smiled.
Lots of Humvees in this book
I applied what the unofficial Humvee manual called 2-40 air conditioning, which meant you opened two windows and drove at forty miles an hour.
Humvee
I never went back to Paris, either. I meant to. I thought I might go climb down under the Pont des Invalides, late at night, and just sniff the air. But it never happened. I was in the army, and I was always where someone else told me to be.
For me, one phrase sums up Reacher's life more than any other:
He didn't look back.
Reacher's ribbons (perhaps)
The Silver Star medal
The Soldier's Medal
Expert Sharpshooter medals
.
Child's best-ever writing, especially Reacher's personal life with brother Joe and his dying mother, poignant, honest and true. A gem. For the first time, after 8 books and 8 years of Reacher, Child produces pathos and real honour. Well done. Welcome to my favourite writers club.
And all this is wrapped in a deliciously complex military conspiracy. Wonderful.
As usual with my reviews, please first read the publisher鈥檚 blurb/summary of the book. Thank you.
Summer talking to Reacher about Kramer's wife:
"I came all this way and I've got nobody to hug."
Reacher: "Sounds like a country song. Then your truck breaks down and your dog dies."
Reacher's dying mother to him and brother Joe:
"I'll be dead. I won't be missing anything. It's you that will be missing me. Like you miss your father. Like I miss him. Like I miss my father, and my mother, and my grandparents. It's a part of life, missing the dead."
The farewell scenes with Joe and his dying mother are superbly handled by Child, poignant and true and with death calmly presiding. Perhaps the best scenes he's ever written.
Tanks
... the twentieth century's signature sound is the squeal and clatter of tank tracks on a paved street. That sound was heard in Warsaw, and Rotterdam, and Stalingrad, and Berlin. Then it was heard again in Budapest and Prague, and Seoul and Saigon. It's a brutal sound. It's the sound of fear. It speaks of a massive overwhelming advantage in power. And it speaks of remote, impersonal indifference. Tank treads squeal and clatter and the very noise they make tells you they can't be stopped. It tells you you're weak and powerless against the machine. Then one track stops and the other keeps on going and the tank wheels around and lurches straight towards you, roaring and squealing. That's the real twentieth-century sound.
Abrams tank
Not really a spoiler .... *in my rarely humble opinion*
Summer to Reacher:
"Your mom died, and you're hurting, and you're closing in on yourself. But you shouldn't. You can't do this alone, Reacher. You can't live your whole life alone."
I shook my head. "It's not that," I said. "It's that I'm only guessing here. I'm holding my breath all the time. One long shot after another. And I don't want to fall flat on my face. Not right in front of you. You wouldn't respect me any more."
She said nothing.
"I know," I said. "You already don't respect me because you saw me naked."
She paused. Then she smiled.
Lots of Humvees in this book
I applied what the unofficial Humvee manual called 2-40 air conditioning, which meant you opened two windows and drove at forty miles an hour.
Humvee
I never went back to Paris, either. I meant to. I thought I might go climb down under the Pont des Invalides, late at night, and just sniff the air. But it never happened. I was in the army, and I was always where someone else told me to be.
For me, one phrase sums up Reacher's life more than any other:
He didn't look back.
Reacher's ribbons (perhaps)
The Silver Star medal
The Soldier's Medal
Expert Sharpshooter medals
.
October 28, 2016
I love this fast action, fast moving series. Jack Reacher is a mans man with a tough exterior and a good moral compass. I have not read this series in order but this could be the first. It is the explanation of why Jack opts out of his military career. The storyline moves along smartly with good characters who are likable and believable. I love when any of these come up as a Daily Deal. Dick Hill is not always my favorite narrator but Reacher is the perfect character for him.
November 15, 2021
I wasn't as engaged in this one as much as usual. I think I was distracted in the listening process, and if I had held this one in my hands, I would have said it was too wordy.
Reacher was trying to find the bad guy, but this time it as in his own organisation, and he as completely and utterly fed up. I thought this may have been the installment where we saw him decide to quit the military.
Funding being cut, positions being lost and positions being given to bad seeds, and lots of times where his brother is encouraging him to watch his future and watch his back.
It was nice seeing Reacher and his brother interact, but it is clearly evident Reacher isn't all warm and fuzzy. But this we well know.
Reacher and Joe's mother dies, the boys are different in their interactions with her, Reacher is a realist and accepting of their mother's desire to die without fuss, Joe is more inclined to show his heart on his sleeve. But, again, this we know.
I enjoyed seeing Reacher deal with the bad eggs of the military, dead pan comments and simple but oh so effective cutting comments.
On the bad side of Reacher us civvies would not want to be!
Oh, another thing I always notice in Lee Child's writing is the use of the term 'for a spell'. I don't like it. But that's ok, uber cool Reacher makes up for it.
Reacher was trying to find the bad guy, but this time it as in his own organisation, and he as completely and utterly fed up. I thought this may have been the installment where we saw him decide to quit the military.
Funding being cut, positions being lost and positions being given to bad seeds, and lots of times where his brother is encouraging him to watch his future and watch his back.
It was nice seeing Reacher and his brother interact, but it is clearly evident Reacher isn't all warm and fuzzy. But this we well know.
Reacher and Joe's mother dies, the boys are different in their interactions with her, Reacher is a realist and accepting of their mother's desire to die without fuss, Joe is more inclined to show his heart on his sleeve. But, again, this we know.
I enjoyed seeing Reacher deal with the bad eggs of the military, dead pan comments and simple but oh so effective cutting comments.
On the bad side of Reacher us civvies would not want to be!
Oh, another thing I always notice in Lee Child's writing is the use of the term 'for a spell'. I don't like it. But that's ok, uber cool Reacher makes up for it.
July 24, 2018
I tend to read Jack Reacher (or simply Reacher as everyone calls our hero) in "batches". I've got to say I like the books but after a while the logical flaws begin to bother me a bit and I lay them aside until I can beef up my "suspension of reality" muscles again. You know jack travels around with no change of clothes, sometimes no money and meets extremely, unbelievably, impossibly beautiful women who all fall helplessly in love with him...oooookay.
But here we get a really good addition to the series. This one has an intricate plot that is well detailed and hangs together well.
The synopsis says it. Jack being Jack (I mean Reacher) stumbles on to some very odd oddities and won't let it/them go... Of course he won't, even if it means his career.
But then, that's Reacher.
Well told, very interesting and absorbing. Recommended.
But here we get a really good addition to the series. This one has an intricate plot that is well detailed and hangs together well.
The synopsis says it. Jack being Jack (I mean Reacher) stumbles on to some very odd oddities and won't let it/them go... Of course he won't, even if it means his career.
But then, that's Reacher.
Well told, very interesting and absorbing. Recommended.
February 8, 2017
First in the Jack Reacher thriller series (and technically eighth) revolving around an ex-military policeman out to see the world. And save it. This story takes place at Fort Bird in North Carolina.
My Take
I just love how Reacher's mind works. It's fascinating to read how he pulls the clues together, how he puts himself into the killer's mind. I do like the post pathologist. He's as interested in truth as Reacher and they dance around the evidence and keeping it safe.
Make me laugh鈥� "The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline."
I did enjoy Reacher and Summer's European tour. Tearing ahead of Willard and terrifying Armored Branch officers. Then there's the little escape at the airport.
Sadly, Reacher also fit in a trip to his mom's. Talk about not knowing someone. It takes a situation like this for Reacher to learn an extremely important, valuable fact about his mother.
For the most part, this story was so convoluted, twisting around on itself and so full of betrayals! There is no organization in the world that is without people more interested in their own power, their own status quo than in the organization they are supposed to be a part of. It's one thing in the corporate world but when it comes to the military or the church---or government! Stop, just stop laughing so hard. So I'm an idealist... You know what I mean. In a perfect world, people would look out or each other. It would be full of Reachers.
This story has one Reacher, but it does have a lot of support for him. My heart raced, I cried for people like Kramer and Carbone for what they had to hide just so they could do what they loved [in the army!], and I was so angry about the lives destroyed just for jerks who want to get ahead. D'ya reckon they might ever come out with a conscience bomb??
I do wonder if Reacher makes the decision he does at the end because of people like Willard and others like him in the army. That he doesn't want to start down that road.
The major lesson here? Don't piss Reacher off.
The Story
With the Berlin Wall coming down, soldiers are nervous. No more Cold War means fewer soldiers needed.
There are a few things you can count on the army for: to screw up and to cut inexplicable orders. Jack thought it was odd enough that he was suddenly ordered out of Panama and sent to Fort Bird. He finds it even odder as he discovers that a number of M.P.s, good ones, have all been rearranged around the world. All on the same day. None of the signatures on their orders make sense either. Nor do the lies.
Then there's the two-star general who bought it with a heart attack in a rundown motel. And his briefcase is missing. He'd had a very good chance of becoming Vice-Chief of Staff. If he'd lived. They don't have too long to worry about having to tell the widow.
It just gets weirder when Reacher is arrested when he returns from a quick trip to Paris to see his mother. But it does introduce him to his enemy.
Willard may think he has it all over Reacher, but he reckons without the loyalty Reacher commands. Well, how would Willard understand loyalty, anyway?
The Characters
Major Jack Reacher is one of the best of the military policemen in the army and the top people know it. Joe Reacher is his brother who moved over to the FBI from military intelligence. Their mom is dying from cancer. Monsieur Pierre Lamonnier knew her when Josephine Moutier was B茅atrice and rescuing downed soldiers. For which she received La Medaille de la R茅sistance.
Lieutenant Summer is eager to transfer into 110th Special Unit and she thinks she's lucky to have caught Reacher's eye. Lieutenant Colonel Norton is an instructor in Psy-Ops for the army.
Colonel Leon Garber suddenly gets sent to Korea with a promotion. Just in time to screw up Reacher's trip home from Paris. Now, Reacher is answering to Colonel Willard, a.k.a., The Enemy. A jerk who is more interested in the status quo and his own rise than in truth. Blackmail works just fine for him.
Kenneth R. Kramer is, or rather was, a two-star general in Armored Branch, staying in a flea-bitten motel while en route to a hush-hush, no-big-deal conference at Fort Irwin in California. Mrs. Kramer is already home in Virginia for the holidays. General Vassell and Colonel Coomer with Kramer were "the corporate face of Armor" and they were traveling together to this conference. Major Marshall is their driver.
Rick Stockton is the deputy chief near Fort Bird in North Carolina. Detective Clark is on Mrs. Kramer's case.
Special Forces Sergeant Christopher Carbone seemed like such a good guy. His mates in Delta Force are not gonna be happy. Colonel David C. Brubaker, Fort Bird's Special Forces CO, is found murdered in very suspicious circumstances. Sergeant Trifonov is also with Delta, but he has an excellent excuse. And his friend's sister can back him up. So can her soon-to-be-ex husband.
The Cover
The cover is a deserted, rainy street with the light from traffic lights and neon signs reflecting off the wet pavement in a glorious blur of red, white, and blues.
The title is too accurate, for Reacher did find The Enemy. You just know Reacher was army, prepared to make on-the-spot decisions.
My Take
I just love how Reacher's mind works. It's fascinating to read how he pulls the clues together, how he puts himself into the killer's mind. I do like the post pathologist. He's as interested in truth as Reacher and they dance around the evidence and keeping it safe.
Make me laugh鈥� "The Reacher brothers' need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline."
I did enjoy Reacher and Summer's European tour. Tearing ahead of Willard and terrifying Armored Branch officers. Then there's the little escape at the airport.
Sadly, Reacher also fit in a trip to his mom's. Talk about not knowing someone. It takes a situation like this for Reacher to learn an extremely important, valuable fact about his mother.
For the most part, this story was so convoluted, twisting around on itself and so full of betrayals! There is no organization in the world that is without people more interested in their own power, their own status quo than in the organization they are supposed to be a part of. It's one thing in the corporate world but when it comes to the military or the church---or government! Stop, just stop laughing so hard. So I'm an idealist... You know what I mean. In a perfect world, people would look out or each other. It would be full of Reachers.
This story has one Reacher, but it does have a lot of support for him. My heart raced, I cried for people like Kramer and Carbone for what they had to hide just so they could do what they loved [in the army!], and I was so angry about the lives destroyed just for jerks who want to get ahead. D'ya reckon they might ever come out with a conscience bomb??
I do wonder if Reacher makes the decision he does at the end because of people like Willard and others like him in the army. That he doesn't want to start down that road.
The major lesson here? Don't piss Reacher off.
The Story
With the Berlin Wall coming down, soldiers are nervous. No more Cold War means fewer soldiers needed.
There are a few things you can count on the army for: to screw up and to cut inexplicable orders. Jack thought it was odd enough that he was suddenly ordered out of Panama and sent to Fort Bird. He finds it even odder as he discovers that a number of M.P.s, good ones, have all been rearranged around the world. All on the same day. None of the signatures on their orders make sense either. Nor do the lies.
Then there's the two-star general who bought it with a heart attack in a rundown motel. And his briefcase is missing. He'd had a very good chance of becoming Vice-Chief of Staff. If he'd lived. They don't have too long to worry about having to tell the widow.
It just gets weirder when Reacher is arrested when he returns from a quick trip to Paris to see his mother. But it does introduce him to his enemy.
Willard may think he has it all over Reacher, but he reckons without the loyalty Reacher commands. Well, how would Willard understand loyalty, anyway?
The Characters
Major Jack Reacher is one of the best of the military policemen in the army and the top people know it. Joe Reacher is his brother who moved over to the FBI from military intelligence. Their mom is dying from cancer. Monsieur Pierre Lamonnier knew her when Josephine Moutier was B茅atrice and rescuing downed soldiers. For which she received La Medaille de la R茅sistance.
Lieutenant Summer is eager to transfer into 110th Special Unit and she thinks she's lucky to have caught Reacher's eye. Lieutenant Colonel Norton is an instructor in Psy-Ops for the army.
Colonel Leon Garber suddenly gets sent to Korea with a promotion. Just in time to screw up Reacher's trip home from Paris. Now, Reacher is answering to Colonel Willard, a.k.a., The Enemy. A jerk who is more interested in the status quo and his own rise than in truth. Blackmail works just fine for him.
Kenneth R. Kramer is, or rather was, a two-star general in Armored Branch, staying in a flea-bitten motel while en route to a hush-hush, no-big-deal conference at Fort Irwin in California. Mrs. Kramer is already home in Virginia for the holidays. General Vassell and Colonel Coomer with Kramer were "the corporate face of Armor" and they were traveling together to this conference. Major Marshall is their driver.
Rick Stockton is the deputy chief near Fort Bird in North Carolina. Detective Clark is on Mrs. Kramer's case.
Special Forces Sergeant Christopher Carbone seemed like such a good guy. His mates in Delta Force are not gonna be happy. Colonel David C. Brubaker, Fort Bird's Special Forces CO, is found murdered in very suspicious circumstances. Sergeant Trifonov is also with Delta, but he has an excellent excuse. And his friend's sister can back him up. So can her soon-to-be-ex husband.
The Cover
The cover is a deserted, rainy street with the light from traffic lights and neon signs reflecting off the wet pavement in a glorious blur of red, white, and blues.
The title is too accurate, for Reacher did find The Enemy. You just know Reacher was army, prepared to make on-the-spot decisions.
March 23, 2020
Soldier Jack Reacher tries to uncover a complex conspiracy that emerges after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. A Reacher back story? Will it work? Can it work. The answer is no, I feel like the series is built around the idea of an unregulated lone wolf and bringing in his back story just seems like a space filler! 4 out of 12
March 15, 2022
Book 8 in the Jack Reacher series and this is where I go for a comfort read. I know I'm guaranteed to be immersed, taken away from reality and it's going to be a 5 star journey.
Once again Lee Child did not disappoint.
In this novel we see Jack in the army which Is something I'd been hoping for plus we got a bit of back story with his mother and his relationship with Joe, his brother.
I love the precision in the writing style in these books. Its so simple, straight to the point and accurate, there's no room for error in the format of these books and it really appeals to me.
I really enjoy this series and Jack, my ultimate fictional character crush.
Five stars.
Once again Lee Child did not disappoint.
In this novel we see Jack in the army which Is something I'd been hoping for plus we got a bit of back story with his mother and his relationship with Joe, his brother.
I love the precision in the writing style in these books. Its so simple, straight to the point and accurate, there's no room for error in the format of these books and it really appeals to me.
I really enjoy this series and Jack, my ultimate fictional character crush.
Five stars.
October 30, 2023
3,5 C膬derea comunismului a luat prin surprindere armat膬 american膬, care nu mai avea motive s膬 men葲in膬 un num膬r mare de angaja葲i. Lupta pentru ap膬rarea posturilor duce la conspira葲ii 葯i corup葲ie la nivel 卯nalt, iar cei de jos devin pilonii celor de la putere. Unul dintre volumele bune ale seriei.
January 22, 2019
I previously listed this 3 stars although I had no memory of this story. Upon re-read (listen), I rate this story 5 of 10 stars.
July 14, 2019
I am liking this.
On New year's day 1990, a highly ranked soldier is found dead, Reacher is on duty. Reacher is on a roll in search of the facts and to inform the widow. But he founds out the dead body of widow.
This itself can raise the curiosity within me at least. I will stick with this book and then will finish the remaining.
On New year's day 1990, a highly ranked soldier is found dead, Reacher is on duty. Reacher is on a roll in search of the facts and to inform the widow. But he founds out the dead body of widow.
This itself can raise the curiosity within me at least. I will stick with this book and then will finish the remaining.
December 10, 2017
One of the better Jack Reacher books--an interesting look at Reacher's earlier military career.
July 14, 2022
The Enemy is the eighth adventure of Jack Reacher, the military policeman created by Lee Child. In these early books, the investigative part is still predominant, and this book is no exception. Reacher, who at the time is still in the army, must investigate a series of murders that will take him all over the world, this time accompanied by Lieutenant Summer, a very determined woman who will give Reacher fundamental support. Indeed, two, since she will also support Reacher in another sense.
The investigation part is very well constructed and articulated and the twists are not lacking; Reacher uses as usual his few orthodox ways to dig deeper into the facts and also on this occasion he does not disdain to lead his hands towards those who deserve it. After all, Reacher is certainly not famous for being a model of compliance with procedures and that is precisely why I like him. In the book there is also a parallel part concerning Reacher's private life, in particular the relationship with his brother Joe and their mother; it is a part that will lead Reacher to discover things that he did not know about his mother's past and that makes us understand a little more why he is like this today. The book is written in the usual Lee Child style, that is, it never exceeds vulgarity even if all the events take place in environments that are certainly not known for their refinement. All in all a book that hits its target.
The investigation part is very well constructed and articulated and the twists are not lacking; Reacher uses as usual his few orthodox ways to dig deeper into the facts and also on this occasion he does not disdain to lead his hands towards those who deserve it. After all, Reacher is certainly not famous for being a model of compliance with procedures and that is precisely why I like him. In the book there is also a parallel part concerning Reacher's private life, in particular the relationship with his brother Joe and their mother; it is a part that will lead Reacher to discover things that he did not know about his mother's past and that makes us understand a little more why he is like this today. The book is written in the usual Lee Child style, that is, it never exceeds vulgarity even if all the events take place in environments that are certainly not known for their refinement. All in all a book that hits its target.
April 7, 2025
You don't need to solve all the world's problems.听 Only some of them. There are enough to go around
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丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 胤乇賮 賯囟蹖賴 丕蹖賳 诏賵賱丕禺 丿賵爻鬲鈥屫ж簇嗃� 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫屫屬� 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿. 乇蹖趩乇 丕蹖賳噩丕 亘賴 賳爻亘鬲 賯亘賱蹖鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丕夭卮 禺賵賳丿賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 鬲丨賱蹖賱诏乇賴 鬲丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘禺賵丕丿 亘乇賴 亘夭賳 亘夭賳 讴賳賴 賵 丿乇诏蹖乇 亘卮賴貨 丕氐賱丕 賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 丕蹖賳噩丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 蹖賴 讴丕乇丌诏丕賴賴 鬲丕 蹖賴 爻乇亘丕夭(/爻乇亘丕夭 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲賴).听
賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘賱丿賴 讴賴 亘丕 丿丕丿賳 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 丿蹖鬲蹖賱 乇蹖夭 乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 賵 乇賵丕賳蹖貙 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏ж� 亘倬乇丿丕夭賴 賵 丕賵賳丕 乇賵 賯賵蹖 讴賳賴. 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕賵賳 賵爻胤 丿睾丿睾賴 賴丕蹖 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 乇賵 噩丕 賲蹖丿賴 賵 亘丕 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賲孬賱 賵噩丿丕賳 賵 賵賮丕丿丕乇蹖 賵 毓賲賱 亘賴 丿爻鬲賵乇 賵 ... 讴賱賳噩丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟� 賯卮賳诏賴.
賳賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 賵乇跇賳 氐賵鬲蹖 賳诏賲. 趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 丕賯丕 賯卮賳诏 賲蹖禺賵賳賴 賵 趩賯丿乇 亘丕賲夭賴 賱賴噩賴 賮乇丕賳爻賵蹖 賲丕丿乇卮賵賳 乇賵 丿乇丌賵乇丿賴 亘賵丿.
丌禺 賲丕丿乇卮賵賳 诏賮鬲賲貙 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 讴丕賲賱丕 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳 趩賳丿 讴鬲丕亘 倬蹖卮 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賴丕蹖 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 亘毓丿 丕夭 鬲卮禺蹖氐 蹖賴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 鬲乇賲蹖賳丕賱(爻乇胤丕賳 賵 丕賲孬丕賱賴賲) 蹖丕 倬蹖乇蹖 禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丕蹖賳噩丕 丨乇賮鈥屬囏� 賵 賲丿賱 亘乇禺賵乇丿 賲丕丿乇卮賵賳 賯卮賳诏 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 趩蹖夭丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 乇賵 蹖丕丿丌賵乇蹖 賵 鬲丨讴蹖賲 讴乇丿.
It鈥檚 like walking out of a movie. Being made to walk out of a movie that you鈥檙e really enjoying. That鈥檚 what worried me about it. I would never know how it turned out. I would never know what happened to you boys in the end, with your lives. I hated that part. But then I realized, obviously I鈥檒l walk out of the movie sooner or later. I mean, nobody lives forever. I鈥檒l never know how it turns out for you. I鈥檒l never know what happens with your lives. Not in the end. Not even under the best of circumstances. I realized that. Then it didn鈥檛 seem to matter so much. It will always be an arbitrary date. It will always leave me wanting more.
"Life," Joe said. "What a completely weird thing it is. A person lives sixty years, does all kinds of things, knows all kinds of things, feels all kinds of things, and then it's over. Like it never happened at all."听
"We'll always remember her."听
"No, we'll remember parts of her. The parts she chose to share. The tip of the iceberg. The rest, only she knew about. Therefore the rest already doesn't exist. As of now."
賮乇賵乇丿蹖賳 郾鄞郯鄞
December 29, 2011
Weak 3 stars. It wasn鈥檛 as fun or engaging as other Reacher stories. A long drawn out mystery with a tell-all at the end.
STORY BRIEF:
A general was meeting someone for sex in a motel and dies of a heart attack. His briefcase with confidential documents is missing. Someone kills his wife the same day. Someone kills a Delta force soldier in the woods a day or so later. Reacher鈥檚 boss is transferred out and replaced by Willard who tells Reacher not to investigate these deaths.
REVIEWER鈥橲 OPINION:
This is not typical tough guy Reacher with a lot of action and good mystery. The mystery drags through most of the book. There is some discovery but not much. Then all of a sudden toward the end, Reacher has a eureka moment in his head and tells his partner in a five minute monologue the complicated story of what has been going on. I would have preferred we learn clues and some of the mystery as we go along. This book doesn鈥檛 have the energy of prior books. There are a few good fighting and macho scenes, but not enough to make up for the rest.
This is the first Reacher book that I have NOT labeled as a thriller. I call it mystery suspense. In a thriller we watch the bad guy planning and doing bad things to Reacher and others. In this book, the bad guys are hiding and covering up things rather than planning future harm to Reacher. That might be part of the reason it鈥檚 not as good as the prior books.
Reacher wants to investigate a murder, but his incompetent bureaucratic boss orders him to write it up as a training accident and to not investigate. So Reacher investigates on the sly, with his boss threatening to arrest him for being AWOL or not following orders. That is the main threat to Reacher which is not as fun as when bad guys try to harm him.
PERSONAL PREFERENCE DISLIKES:
I did not like two things toward the end. Usually I like seeing Reacher beat up and kill bad guys. But he killed one of them in a way that bothered me. It felt like an assassination. It wasn鈥檛 killing in self defense. I don鈥檛 know why it bothered me when other Reacher killings did not. I wish it were done differently.
Another thing that bothered me was that Reacher received an inheritance. He said he didn鈥檛 want it and gave it away. In other books, he is a vagabond and uses his savings to pay for busses, motels, and cheap restaurant food. The inheritance would help him. Yes he is still in the army and has not yet started his vagabond lifestyle, but it felt unsettling and impractical. Army pay is not very good. In another book he inherited money that he put in a bank account to fund his vagabond lifestyle. I don鈥檛 see why this inheritance should have been different. There was no taint to it. To be fair, his charitable donation was for a worthwhile cause.
THE SERIES:
This is book 8 in the Jack Reacher series. I gave 4 or more stars to all of the first 7 books except for Running Blind, gave that one 2 陆.
NARRATOR:
The narrator Dick Hill was very good.
DATA:
Unabridged audiobook reading time: 14 hrs and 9 mins. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: two referred to not shown. Setting: January, 1990, mostly N and S Carolina, plus other US locations and Europe. Book copyright: 2004. Genre: mystery suspense. Ending: Technically good, but an unsettled feeling.
STORY BRIEF:
A general was meeting someone for sex in a motel and dies of a heart attack. His briefcase with confidential documents is missing. Someone kills his wife the same day. Someone kills a Delta force soldier in the woods a day or so later. Reacher鈥檚 boss is transferred out and replaced by Willard who tells Reacher not to investigate these deaths.
REVIEWER鈥橲 OPINION:
This is not typical tough guy Reacher with a lot of action and good mystery. The mystery drags through most of the book. There is some discovery but not much. Then all of a sudden toward the end, Reacher has a eureka moment in his head and tells his partner in a five minute monologue the complicated story of what has been going on. I would have preferred we learn clues and some of the mystery as we go along. This book doesn鈥檛 have the energy of prior books. There are a few good fighting and macho scenes, but not enough to make up for the rest.
This is the first Reacher book that I have NOT labeled as a thriller. I call it mystery suspense. In a thriller we watch the bad guy planning and doing bad things to Reacher and others. In this book, the bad guys are hiding and covering up things rather than planning future harm to Reacher. That might be part of the reason it鈥檚 not as good as the prior books.
Reacher wants to investigate a murder, but his incompetent bureaucratic boss orders him to write it up as a training accident and to not investigate. So Reacher investigates on the sly, with his boss threatening to arrest him for being AWOL or not following orders. That is the main threat to Reacher which is not as fun as when bad guys try to harm him.
PERSONAL PREFERENCE DISLIKES:
I did not like two things toward the end. Usually I like seeing Reacher beat up and kill bad guys. But he killed one of them in a way that bothered me. It felt like an assassination. It wasn鈥檛 killing in self defense. I don鈥檛 know why it bothered me when other Reacher killings did not. I wish it were done differently.
Another thing that bothered me was that Reacher received an inheritance. He said he didn鈥檛 want it and gave it away. In other books, he is a vagabond and uses his savings to pay for busses, motels, and cheap restaurant food. The inheritance would help him. Yes he is still in the army and has not yet started his vagabond lifestyle, but it felt unsettling and impractical. Army pay is not very good. In another book he inherited money that he put in a bank account to fund his vagabond lifestyle. I don鈥檛 see why this inheritance should have been different. There was no taint to it. To be fair, his charitable donation was for a worthwhile cause.
THE SERIES:
This is book 8 in the Jack Reacher series. I gave 4 or more stars to all of the first 7 books except for Running Blind, gave that one 2 陆.
NARRATOR:
The narrator Dick Hill was very good.
DATA:
Unabridged audiobook reading time: 14 hrs and 9 mins. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: two referred to not shown. Setting: January, 1990, mostly N and S Carolina, plus other US locations and Europe. Book copyright: 2004. Genre: mystery suspense. Ending: Technically good, but an unsettled feeling.
September 26, 2010
This is one of my favorite Lee Child books - and that says a lot as I would say he IS my favorite author! This book is a bit of a departure as it follows Jack Reacher while he is still in the military instead of Reacher, the ex military hobo.
He is removed from his post in Panama and stationed in North Carolina on New Year's Eve. A strategic relocation by someone that still has yet to be identified... While "celebrating" the new year in the MP office he is called to a run down hotel where a 2 star general is found dead... then hours later and miles away, he finds the general's wife dead too. This is just the beginning of a conspiracy that Reacher has to unravel in order to find a killer in his own ranks and avoid being set up as the fall guy for it all.
In between the military mystery, you learn about his family as well. While visiting his mother in France with his brother, Joe. Secrets are revealed and his mother's mysterious past comes to light.
I particulary like the ending and the explanation for background we have learned about Reacher in Child's other books. This trip back introduces us to characters referenced in other books and gives a sense of how he was demoted before leaving the military... I look forward to the next flashback book which I anticipate will introduce us to his elite team while they were still in the military (Re: Bad Luck and Trouble).
He is removed from his post in Panama and stationed in North Carolina on New Year's Eve. A strategic relocation by someone that still has yet to be identified... While "celebrating" the new year in the MP office he is called to a run down hotel where a 2 star general is found dead... then hours later and miles away, he finds the general's wife dead too. This is just the beginning of a conspiracy that Reacher has to unravel in order to find a killer in his own ranks and avoid being set up as the fall guy for it all.
In between the military mystery, you learn about his family as well. While visiting his mother in France with his brother, Joe. Secrets are revealed and his mother's mysterious past comes to light.
I particulary like the ending and the explanation for background we have learned about Reacher in Child's other books. This trip back introduces us to characters referenced in other books and gives a sense of how he was demoted before leaving the military... I look forward to the next flashback book which I anticipate will introduce us to his elite team while they were still in the military (Re: Bad Luck and Trouble).
November 12, 2017
My Rating: 3.8/5
The first thing I loved about enemy is the first person perspective. The story is well thought and detailed. Characters are well written in terms of how interesting they are. The prose goes down a skid in some places and you can actually guess a lot of the twists around the path but The enemy is a thrilling ride. It's a lot of fun. We even get to know a lot more about Reacher. Overall it's a good read
I'm waiting to read the next book. Thank you, for reading the review.
The first thing I loved about enemy is the first person perspective. The story is well thought and detailed. Characters are well written in terms of how interesting they are. The prose goes down a skid in some places and you can actually guess a lot of the twists around the path but The enemy is a thrilling ride. It's a lot of fun. We even get to know a lot more about Reacher. Overall it's a good read
I'm waiting to read the next book. Thank you, for reading the review.
October 19, 2019
4.5 Stars - Loved Reacher's "backstory"! This one goes back in time to when Reacher was an elite military cop. Reader's get a front row seat to the case that came back to bite him - ultimately destroying his career. At first, it seemed a bit strange to go back to a time before any of the previous books, but I ended up loving this story and finished having a better insight into the man Jack Reacher. As always with Child's writing, there are a lot of details and information woven into this story but it doesn't disrupt the flow/pace of the suspense as it continuously builds to a dynamic climax. This one is personal and emotional - putting the heart and soul of the man out there. I wiped a few tears before finishing this book. A fantastic addition to the Jack Reacher series! Can't wait to continue the journey!
October 31, 2016
I love the character of Jack Reacher, but sometimes the author makes the plots a little too convoluted.
This isn't my favourite book in the series and at 540 pages it could have been two hundred pages shorter.
It seemed that the plot was engineered to take Reacher to lots of locations, and ultimately it was getting a bit boring.
This was one of the earlier novels, and I think the author has now grown into the character and spends more time with Reacher and less with contrived plots.
This isn't my favourite book in the series and at 540 pages it could have been two hundred pages shorter.
It seemed that the plot was engineered to take Reacher to lots of locations, and ultimately it was getting a bit boring.
This was one of the earlier novels, and I think the author has now grown into the character and spends more time with Reacher and less with contrived plots.
May 31, 2018
Number 8 in the Jack Reacher series.
This took me by surprise. Number 8 in the series and it's back to 1990 and Jack is still in the army.
For all that it is still a great read. Jack is still the same "mess with me and you will regret it" guy.
There is dead soldiers all over the place. Jack is being threatened by his CO to do a cover up on the deaths but Jack is not buying it. There is something very wrong going on in the US Army and Jack will break as many heads as he needs to to find out what is going on.
Jack's number two, lieutenant Summer, is a young and very attractive woman. This partnership soon becomes very unprofessional, I'll say no more.
The two are of like minds when it comes to the investigation and together they start a chain reaction that will have, even the top brass, worried.
As usual, this book has a tight, tense plot. It's full of army machismo. God help me, but there were some characters that I hated so much I really wanted Jack to work his magic on them.
Recommended for lovers of page turners.
This took me by surprise. Number 8 in the series and it's back to 1990 and Jack is still in the army.
For all that it is still a great read. Jack is still the same "mess with me and you will regret it" guy.
There is dead soldiers all over the place. Jack is being threatened by his CO to do a cover up on the deaths but Jack is not buying it. There is something very wrong going on in the US Army and Jack will break as many heads as he needs to to find out what is going on.
Jack's number two, lieutenant Summer, is a young and very attractive woman. This partnership soon becomes very unprofessional, I'll say no more.
The two are of like minds when it comes to the investigation and together they start a chain reaction that will have, even the top brass, worried.
As usual, this book has a tight, tense plot. It's full of army machismo. God help me, but there were some characters that I hated so much I really wanted Jack to work his magic on them.
Recommended for lovers of page turners.
April 26, 2025
What, me, jump into a series at book 8? Yup, after becoming a fan of the Reacher series, I decided to move a few books away from the first three seasons and boy did I pick a good one to start.
This was definitely a prequel story which means it鈥檚 also a perfect standalone鈥� the mister has read all of them through the years and after seeing the Tom Cruise movies (I do like my share of bad guys getting their comeuppance even served with an overdose of violence), I didn鈥檛 think I鈥檇 like the series. Shaking my head at my literary snobbery!
While I鈥檓 not a fan of military settings (and I definitely don鈥檛 know the US Army鈥檚 armory details), I do love a guy doing the right thing for victims even when the system fails them. No brushing any crumb of any crime under the rug for this big dude. While not one-dimensional (as I had figured after the Cruise movies), Reacher isn鈥檛 an emotional guy either Feelings? Something Reacher keeps locked up tight (the side trip to Paris to see his Mother is telling), but when it comes to being canny or doing the right thing (which does mean deviating from what鈥檚 legal occasionally), he鈥檚 your guy!
The plotting is fierce in this one鈥� miss a few details and you鈥檝e missed something important. Superb set up every time. Every thing matters and there鈥檚 not a lot of information wasted here (okay, there鈥檚 the prerequisite bedding of a young lady鈥� something I got used to in the series鈥� one per season equals one per book, is my educated guess). There are also enough red herrings to keep a mystery lover happy, and enough punching to keep the bad guys down.
Consider me a fan 鈥� already in line for the next book.
This was definitely a prequel story which means it鈥檚 also a perfect standalone鈥� the mister has read all of them through the years and after seeing the Tom Cruise movies (I do like my share of bad guys getting their comeuppance even served with an overdose of violence), I didn鈥檛 think I鈥檇 like the series. Shaking my head at my literary snobbery!
While I鈥檓 not a fan of military settings (and I definitely don鈥檛 know the US Army鈥檚 armory details), I do love a guy doing the right thing for victims even when the system fails them. No brushing any crumb of any crime under the rug for this big dude. While not one-dimensional (as I had figured after the Cruise movies), Reacher isn鈥檛 an emotional guy either Feelings? Something Reacher keeps locked up tight (the side trip to Paris to see his Mother is telling), but when it comes to being canny or doing the right thing (which does mean deviating from what鈥檚 legal occasionally), he鈥檚 your guy!
The plotting is fierce in this one鈥� miss a few details and you鈥檝e missed something important. Superb set up every time. Every thing matters and there鈥檚 not a lot of information wasted here (okay, there鈥檚 the prerequisite bedding of a young lady鈥� something I got used to in the series鈥� one per season equals one per book, is my educated guess). There are also enough red herrings to keep a mystery lover happy, and enough punching to keep the bad guys down.
Consider me a fan 鈥� already in line for the next book.
April 11, 2015
I really wish I could love Jack Reacher books more. In theory they are everything I should enjoy in a story but in reality I find them a bit of a trudge through treacle and always about a hundred pages or so too long.
This one was interesting in that it took you back to perhaps a light bulb moment in Jack Reacher's army career and life and shows you a little more of his personal life. The isolated relationship he has with his family - even his mother only calls him Reacher.
We find Jack unexpectedly drafted to Fort Bird where on New Years Eve a General is murdered close by and things go to hell in a hand basket rather quickly. The General's wife is also murdered and Reacher has to turn that investigation over to local police as its a civilian homicide. The company boss is switched out with a colonel who insiats that Reacher does not continue to investigate the murder. This doesn't sit well and despite the orders Jack continues to look into the situation.
Reacher also has to deal with a very upsetting personal situation and the most interesting point of the book is the history of his mother and what she did during the second world war as part of the resistance.
Between trying to avoid charges and arrests instigated by his new CO and being blocked at every turn in the investigation there is as always time for Reacher to get into bed with a subordinate. This seems to be a theme through the books and there doesn't seem to be any attraction between him and the female lieutenant in this book until the point they go to Paris.
In a way this book has actually made me a bit anti Reacher but I can't quite put my finger on why. He obviously has honour and fights for what is right but even MPs can't go off doing half of what he does and get away with it. Not wanting to ruin the ending I think perhaps this is what does it for me. To me it was pre-meditated murder and makes him just as bad as the rest of the people he was rounding up.
Three stars is about as good as I can manage for this. Will I read the next Reacher book? Probably but then I am a glutton for punishment!
This one was interesting in that it took you back to perhaps a light bulb moment in Jack Reacher's army career and life and shows you a little more of his personal life. The isolated relationship he has with his family - even his mother only calls him Reacher.
We find Jack unexpectedly drafted to Fort Bird where on New Years Eve a General is murdered close by and things go to hell in a hand basket rather quickly. The General's wife is also murdered and Reacher has to turn that investigation over to local police as its a civilian homicide. The company boss is switched out with a colonel who insiats that Reacher does not continue to investigate the murder. This doesn't sit well and despite the orders Jack continues to look into the situation.
Reacher also has to deal with a very upsetting personal situation and the most interesting point of the book is the history of his mother and what she did during the second world war as part of the resistance.
Between trying to avoid charges and arrests instigated by his new CO and being blocked at every turn in the investigation there is as always time for Reacher to get into bed with a subordinate. This seems to be a theme through the books and there doesn't seem to be any attraction between him and the female lieutenant in this book until the point they go to Paris.
In a way this book has actually made me a bit anti Reacher but I can't quite put my finger on why. He obviously has honour and fights for what is right but even MPs can't go off doing half of what he does and get away with it. Not wanting to ruin the ending I think perhaps this is what does it for me. To me it was pre-meditated murder and makes him just as bad as the rest of the people he was rounding up.
Three stars is about as good as I can manage for this. Will I read the next Reacher book? Probably but then I am a glutton for punishment!
February 18, 2022
袙褉邪谐褗褌 芯褌胁褗褌褉械.
袘械褕械 蟹邪斜邪胁薪芯 懈 褉邪蟹薪芯芯斜褉邪蟹褟胁邪褖芯 写邪 褋械 褔械褌械 蟹邪 屑谢邪写邪褌邪 胁械褉褋懈褟 薪邪 袪懈褔褗褉. 袦邪泻邪褉 薪褟泻芯懈 芯斜褖懈 褔械褉褌懈, 褌芯 褋械 薪邪屑懈褉邪褌 懈 写芯褋褌邪 褉邪蟹谢懈泻懈 胁 锌芯胁械写械薪懈械褌芯 屑褍. 袛芯褋褌邪 锌芯-懈蟹斜褍褏谢懈胁, 锌褉懈斜褗褉蟹邪薪, 锌褉邪胁械褖 写邪谢械褔 锌芯胁械褔械 谐褉械褕泻懈.
袗褉屑懈褟褌邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 (泻邪泻褌芯 褋邪屑 泻邪蟹胁邪) 薪械 褋 械写薪邪 谐薪懈谢邪 褟斜褗谢泻邪, 邪 谐薪懈谢邪 械 褑褟谢邪褌邪 泻芯褕薪懈褑邪. 袪邪蟹斜懈褉邪屑械 锌芯胁械褔械 蟹邪 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褋 斜褉邪褌 屑褍 懈 褋褗写斜邪褌邪 薪邪 屑邪泄泻邪 屑褍. 袨褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褋 泻褉邪褋懈胁懈褌械 卸械薪懈 (泻芯懈褌芯 薪械懈蟹屑械薪薪芯 胁 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪 褋邪 芯褌 锌芯谢懈褑懈褟褌邪, 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 懈谢懈 锌芯薪械 蟹薪邪褟褌 泻邪泻 写邪 褉懈褌邪褌 懈 褋褌褉械谢褟褌) ... 械, 褌械 褋邪 褋懈 褋褗褖懈褌械, 泻邪泻胁懈褌芯 写芯斜褉械 蟹薪邪械屑.
小邪屑芯褌芯 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械 械 褋褉邪胁薪懈褌械谢薪芯 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪芯. 袩芯 械写薪芯 胁褉械屑械 泻褗屑 褋褉械写邪褌邪 写芯褉懈 谢械泻芯 屑懈 蟹邪斜芯泻褋褍胁邪, 薪芯芯芯 锌褗泻 褌芯谐邪胁邪 褋械 锌芯褟胁懈 褋械褉卸邪薪褌 孝褉懈褎芯薪芯胁. 小谢邪胁懈 孝褉懈褎芯薪芯胁. 袘褗谢谐邪褉褋泻邪褌邪 胁褉褗蟹泻邪, 屑邪泻邪褉 懈 薪械 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢薪邪, 胁褋械 锌邪泻 斜械褕械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 写芯锌褗谢薪械薪懈械.
袝写薪邪 芯褌 锌芯-褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈褌械 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪 袪懈褔褗褉. 小屑褟褌邪屑 褖械 写芯锌邪写薪械 薪邪 胁褋械泻懈 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌械谢 薪邪 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪. 袨褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪, 褖械 薪懈 胁褗褉薪械 懈 泻褗屑 锌褗褉胁懈褌械 屑懈谐芯胁械 薪邪 90-褌械, 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 褋褌褍写械薪邪褌邪 胁芯泄薪邪 懈 械写懈薪 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐 褋胁褟褌 - 泻邪泻褌芯 褋褌邪褉懈褟 (袝胁褉芯锌邪), 褌邪泻邪 懈 薪芯胁懈褟 (袗屑械褉懈泻邪). 些械 褉邪蟹斜械褉械屑 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 蟹邪 屑邪褕懈薪懈褌械 薪邪 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈褌械 胁芯械薪薪懈 芯褌 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械. 袣邪泻褌芯 懈 蟹邪 谢芯褋褌芯胁械褌械 褌懈锌 "褖邪薪谐邪" ...
袘械褕械 蟹邪斜邪胁薪芯 懈 褉邪蟹薪芯芯斜褉邪蟹褟胁邪褖芯 写邪 褋械 褔械褌械 蟹邪 屑谢邪写邪褌邪 胁械褉褋懈褟 薪邪 袪懈褔褗褉. 袦邪泻邪褉 薪褟泻芯懈 芯斜褖懈 褔械褉褌懈, 褌芯 褋械 薪邪屑懈褉邪褌 懈 写芯褋褌邪 褉邪蟹谢懈泻懈 胁 锌芯胁械写械薪懈械褌芯 屑褍. 袛芯褋褌邪 锌芯-懈蟹斜褍褏谢懈胁, 锌褉懈斜褗褉蟹邪薪, 锌褉邪胁械褖 写邪谢械褔 锌芯胁械褔械 谐褉械褕泻懈.
袗褉屑懈褟褌邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹胁邪 (泻邪泻褌芯 褋邪屑 泻邪蟹胁邪) 薪械 褋 械写薪邪 谐薪懈谢邪 褟斜褗谢泻邪, 邪 谐薪懈谢邪 械 褑褟谢邪褌邪 泻芯褕薪懈褑邪. 袪邪蟹斜懈褉邪屑械 锌芯胁械褔械 蟹邪 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褋 斜褉邪褌 屑褍 懈 褋褗写斜邪褌邪 薪邪 屑邪泄泻邪 屑褍. 袨褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褋 泻褉邪褋懈胁懈褌械 卸械薪懈 (泻芯懈褌芯 薪械懈蟹屑械薪薪芯 胁 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪 褋邪 芯褌 锌芯谢懈褑懈褟褌邪, 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 懈谢懈 锌芯薪械 蟹薪邪褟褌 泻邪泻 写邪 褉懈褌邪褌 懈 褋褌褉械谢褟褌) ... 械, 褌械 褋邪 褋懈 褋褗褖懈褌械, 泻邪泻胁懈褌芯 写芯斜褉械 蟹薪邪械屑.
小邪屑芯褌芯 褉邪蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪械 械 褋褉邪胁薪懈褌械谢薪芯 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪芯. 袩芯 械写薪芯 胁褉械屑械 泻褗屑 褋褉械写邪褌邪 写芯褉懈 谢械泻芯 屑懈 蟹邪斜芯泻褋褍胁邪, 薪芯芯芯 锌褗泻 褌芯谐邪胁邪 褋械 锌芯褟胁懈 褋械褉卸邪薪褌 孝褉懈褎芯薪芯胁. 小谢邪胁懈 孝褉懈褎芯薪芯胁. 袘褗谢谐邪褉褋泻邪褌邪 胁褉褗蟹泻邪, 屑邪泻邪褉 懈 薪械 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褉懈谐懈薪邪谢薪邪, 胁褋械 锌邪泻 斜械褕械 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪芯 写芯锌褗谢薪械薪懈械.
袝写薪邪 芯褌 锌芯-褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈褌械 泻薪懈谐懈 蟹邪 袪懈褔褗褉. 小屑褟褌邪屑 褖械 写芯锌邪写薪械 薪邪 胁褋械泻懈 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌械谢 薪邪 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪褌邪. 袨褋胁械薪 褌芯胁邪, 褖械 薪懈 胁褗褉薪械 懈 泻褗屑 锌褗褉胁懈褌械 屑懈谐芯胁械 薪邪 90-褌械, 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 褋褌褍写械薪邪褌邪 胁芯泄薪邪 懈 械写懈薪 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐 褋胁褟褌 - 泻邪泻褌芯 褋褌邪褉懈褟 (袝胁褉芯锌邪), 褌邪泻邪 懈 薪芯胁懈褟 (袗屑械褉懈泻邪). 些械 褉邪蟹斜械褉械屑 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 蟹邪 屑邪褕懈薪懈褌械 薪邪 邪屑械褉懈泻邪薪褋泻懈褌械 胁芯械薪薪懈 芯褌 芯薪芯胁邪 胁褉械屑械. 袣邪泻褌芯 懈 蟹邪 谢芯褋褌芯胁械褌械 褌懈锌 "褖邪薪谐邪" ...
August 15, 2012
This is a Jack Reacher novel. He gets into trouble, he gets into more trouble, then there is a fight or something gets blown up, then everything works out, and Reacher moves on. Good stuff, but he is not Tom Cruise!
March 3, 2022
韦慰 8慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿畏蟼 蟽蔚喂蟻维蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟿喂 蟽伪谓 prequel 蟿蠅谓 蠀蟺慰位慰委蟺蠅谓, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蠂蟻慰谓慰位慰纬喂魏维 蟺蟻慰畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蠈位蠅谓 魏伪喂 慰 韦味伪魏 蔚尉伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 魏伪喂 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿蠈.
螠慰蠀 伪蟻苇蟽蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 谓伪 未喂伪尾维味蠅 Lee Child 魏伪喂 慰 位蠈纬慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂, 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭委伪 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 未蟻维蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 ''伪谓维位伪蠁蟻伪'', 伪位位维 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 维位位畏, 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪蟽魏萎谓喂慰, 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蟺慰位蠀蟺位慰魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪. 螒蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 渭慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼.
螠慰蠀 伪蟻苇蟽蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 谓伪 未喂伪尾维味蠅 Lee Child 魏伪喂 慰 位蠈纬慰蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蠈蟿喂, 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭委伪 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 未蟻维蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 ''伪谓维位伪蠁蟻伪'', 伪位位维 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 维位位畏, 蟽蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪蟽魏萎谓喂慰, 蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蟺慰位蠀蟺位慰魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪. 螒蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 渭慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼.
September 11, 2017
I was in the army, and I was always where someone else told me to be. (Reacher page 559)
4 Stars
The Enemy takes us back to Reacher's army days as an MP. At the beginning of a new decade Reacher is suddenly transferred from Panama to Little Bird then a two star general is found dead and very much naked in a motel room. His briefcase is the only thing that's missing.
Reacher enlists the help of Lieutenant Summer to unravel the mystery which proves to be difficult as everyone is stone walling them during the investigation.
The Enemy shows us how Reacher lived in the army; even then he still was not conventional. He's definitely still a bad ass though.
4 Stars
The Enemy takes us back to Reacher's army days as an MP. At the beginning of a new decade Reacher is suddenly transferred from Panama to Little Bird then a two star general is found dead and very much naked in a motel room. His briefcase is the only thing that's missing.
Reacher enlists the help of Lieutenant Summer to unravel the mystery which proves to be difficult as everyone is stone walling them during the investigation.
The Enemy shows us how Reacher lived in the army; even then he still was not conventional. He's definitely still a bad ass though.
October 30, 2018
丿乇 賵丕賯毓 3.5
禺亘 亘丕夭賲 毓賲賵 乇蹖趩乇 丕賲丕 丕蹖賳亘丕乇 丿乇 鬲丕乇蹖禺
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 噩讴 乇蹖趩乇 賮賱卮 亘讴蹖 亘賴 賯亘賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丕賵賱 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲丕噩乇丕賴丕蹖 賯亘賱 丕夭 亘蹖乇賵賳 丕賵賲丿賳卮 丕夭 丕乇鬲卮 乇賵 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 亘乇毓讴爻 讴鬲丕亘丕蹖 賯亘賱 亘丕 蹖賴 噩讴 乇蹖趩乇 禺丕乇噩 卮丿賴 丕夭 丕乇鬲卮 胤乇賮 賳蹖爻鬲蹖賲
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 蹖讴賲蹖 丕匕蹖鬲賲 讴乇丿 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲 夭蹖丕丿 丕乇鬲卮蹖 賵 丌賵乇丿賳 丕爻賲 賴丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖丕丿 鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮丿 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 丿乇 胤賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 诏蹖噩 亘卮賲
鬲乇噩賲賴 賴賲 讴賴 賲孬賱 讴鬲丕亘丕蹖 賯亘賱 禺賵亘 亘賵丿
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丿乇 丌禺乇 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賲 讴賴 丕诏賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 亘禺賵丕丿 馗賵賱丕賳蹖 亘卮賴 (丕蹖賳 毓賯蹖丿賴 卮禺氐蹖賲賴) 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賳卮 丿乇 爻胤丨 亘丕賱丕 亘蹖丕丿 禺賱丕賯蹖鬲 賵 賯丿乇鬲 鬲禺蹖賱 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 賱蹖 趩丕蹖賱丿 鬲丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖毓賳蹖 噩賱丿 賴卮鬲賲 讴丕賲賱丕 丕蹖賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賴
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趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 蹖讴賲蹖 丕匕蹖鬲賲 讴乇丿 丕氐胤賱丕丨丕鬲 夭蹖丕丿 丕乇鬲卮蹖 賵 丌賵乇丿賳 丕爻賲 賴丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 夭蹖丕丿 鬲賵 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿 讴賴 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮丿 亘毓囟蹖 噩丕賴丕 丿乇 胤賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 诏蹖噩 亘卮賲
鬲乇噩賲賴 賴賲 讴賴 賲孬賱 讴鬲丕亘丕蹖 賯亘賱 禺賵亘 亘賵丿
爻賮乇 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘丕蹖 賯亘賱蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 賵 胤賵賱丕賳蹖 鬲乇賴 賵 賲丨丿賵丿賴 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖 乇賵 賴賲 丿乇 賳馗乇賲蹖诏乇賴 賵 鬲丕 丕乇賵倬丕 賴賲 賲蹖乇賴
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丿乇 丌禺乇 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賲 讴賴 丕诏賴 賲噩賲賵毓賴 丕蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 亘禺賵丕丿 馗賵賱丕賳蹖 亘卮賴 (丕蹖賳 毓賯蹖丿賴 卮禺氐蹖賲賴) 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 賳诏賴 丿丕卮鬲賳卮 丿乇 爻胤丨 亘丕賱丕 亘蹖丕丿 禺賱丕賯蹖鬲 賵 賯丿乇鬲 鬲禺蹖賱 亘丕賱丕蹖蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴 讴賴 賱蹖 趩丕蹖賱丿 鬲丕 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖毓賳蹖 噩賱丿 賴卮鬲賲 讴丕賲賱丕 丕蹖賳 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賴
丿乇丌禺乇 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 噩賲賱賴 丕蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 噩賲賱賴 倬卮鬲 讴鬲丕亘 倬蹖丿丕 讴賳賲 芦乇蹖趩乇 賴賲趩賳丕 丕夭 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賵 蹖丕 爻賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 跇丕賳乇 賲乇丿 鬲賳賴丕 賵 噩丕賳 爻禺鬲 賮乇賲丕賳乇賵丕蹖蹖 賲蹖讴賳賳丿禄!
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