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Jack Reacher #7
Persuader
Jack Reacher.
The ultimate loner.
An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's moved from place to place...without family...without possessions...without commitments.
And without fear. Which is good, because trouble--big, violent, complicated trouble--finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once...not ever.
But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business.
Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it...justice.
The ultimate loner.
An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's moved from place to place...without family...without possessions...without commitments.
And without fear. Which is good, because trouble--big, violent, complicated trouble--finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once...not ever.
But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business.
Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it...justice.
496 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2003
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About the author
Lee Child
404听books33k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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Shelved as 'for-mom'
February 23, 2025Please add this book to the tv series asap so I don't have to read any more words.
"The cop climbed out of his car exactly four minutes before he got shot. He moved like he knew his fate in advance. He pushed the door against the resisitance of a stiff hinge and swiveled slowly on the worn vinyl seat and planted both feet flat on the road. Then he grasped the door frame with both hands and heaved himself up and out. He stood in the cold clear air for a second and then turned and pushed the door shut again behind him. Held still for a second longer. Then he stepped forward and leaned against the side of the hood up near the headlight."
Thank god most of the book is dialogue.
"I need money," I said.
"Why?"
"I'm going to need to travel."
"When?"
"Right now."
"Is that wise?"
"Not reallly. I'd prefer to wait here a couple of days until the initial panic is over. But I don't want to push my luck with you."
"How much money?"
"Five thousand dollars."
Well, nevermind.
There's a nice initial twist to that opening scene that I appreciated, but this writing... Wait... is that a book over there?
Reacher, honey, I'll wait for Netflix.
"The cop climbed out of his car exactly four minutes before he got shot. He moved like he knew his fate in advance. He pushed the door against the resisitance of a stiff hinge and swiveled slowly on the worn vinyl seat and planted both feet flat on the road. Then he grasped the door frame with both hands and heaved himself up and out. He stood in the cold clear air for a second and then turned and pushed the door shut again behind him. Held still for a second longer. Then he stepped forward and leaned against the side of the hood up near the headlight."
Thank god most of the book is dialogue.
"I need money," I said.
"Why?"
"I'm going to need to travel."
"When?"
"Right now."
"Is that wise?"
"Not reallly. I'd prefer to wait here a couple of days until the initial panic is over. But I don't want to push my luck with you."
"How much money?"
"Five thousand dollars."
Well, nevermind.
There's a nice initial twist to that opening scene that I appreciated, but this writing... Wait... is that a book over there?
Reacher, honey, I'll wait for Netflix.
June 7, 2017
People were depending on me. I had been beaten many times. But I had never just quit. Not once. Not ever.
This book! OMG, my heart is still beating so fast as though it's going to jump out of my chest! What an adrenaline-pumping ride!
Ok, take a deep breath...
Alright, I will keep this short as I know that there's no way I can write this review without going into detail, in which will ultimately give the story all away. So, no spoilers here.
Once again, Lee Child dazzles me with this top-notch story, filled with the thrill of the unforeseeable events and dangerous situations that Reacher had to face. This installment contains strong elements of mystery, suspense, and thriller, all rolled into one. The book started off great, with a heart-pounding abduction scene, which had me hooked right off the bat. As the story went on, there were so many thoughts and questions racing through my mind and every exciting turn of events made my head spin. I can tell you that this book kept me on the edge of my seat for almost the entire story.
And as always, Jack Reacher has yet to fail me. With his intelligence, fearlessness, confidence, toughness, determination, and competence, he鈥檚 definitely made himself one of the most kick-ass alpha heroes I've ever read. And the best part of this book was the scene where he finished the unfinished task, which should have been done ten years ago. It was one hell of an execution! Quick and certain. No room for mercy here!
I stood up. Water sluiced off me. I staggered a couple of steps. Heard Leon Garber in my head: What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
All in all, this was an engaging read that gripped me and didn鈥檛 let go until the very last page. I enjoyed it immensely.
**Persuader is the seventh installment in Jack Reacher series. It can be read as a standalone.
This book! OMG, my heart is still beating so fast as though it's going to jump out of my chest! What an adrenaline-pumping ride!
Ok, take a deep breath...
Alright, I will keep this short as I know that there's no way I can write this review without going into detail, in which will ultimately give the story all away. So, no spoilers here.
Once again, Lee Child dazzles me with this top-notch story, filled with the thrill of the unforeseeable events and dangerous situations that Reacher had to face. This installment contains strong elements of mystery, suspense, and thriller, all rolled into one. The book started off great, with a heart-pounding abduction scene, which had me hooked right off the bat. As the story went on, there were so many thoughts and questions racing through my mind and every exciting turn of events made my head spin. I can tell you that this book kept me on the edge of my seat for almost the entire story.
And as always, Jack Reacher has yet to fail me. With his intelligence, fearlessness, confidence, toughness, determination, and competence, he鈥檚 definitely made himself one of the most kick-ass alpha heroes I've ever read. And the best part of this book was the scene where he finished the unfinished task, which should have been done ten years ago. It was one hell of an execution! Quick and certain. No room for mercy here!
I stood up. Water sluiced off me. I staggered a couple of steps. Heard Leon Garber in my head: What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
All in all, this was an engaging read that gripped me and didn鈥檛 let go until the very last page. I enjoyed it immensely.
**Persuader is the seventh installment in Jack Reacher series. It can be read as a standalone.
April 19, 2020
Jack Reacher is often found minding his own business when something happens right in front of him that propels him into another mission. In this case, he's walking down a street in Boston when he sees a dead man--or at least a man who is supposed to have been dead for ten years. And if anyone should know that the guy is supposed to be dead, it's Reacher.
The man in question, a particularly nasty character named Quinn, had crossed paths with Reacher back when Reacher was still in the army. Reacher supervised an investigation of Quinn which went horribly wrong and left Reacher with some deep emotional scars. To see Quinn now, obviously alive, stuns Reacher and he now feels obligated to clean up some unfinished business.
It's otherwise somewhat difficult to review this book, or even to describe the setup, without giving away something that occurs early on and that readers would be best left to discover for themselves. Suffice it to say that, like most of the books in this series, the action is hard-hitting and Reacher will literally be pushed to his limits before all is said and done. The setting is particularly good; the villains are particularly villainous, and all-in-all, this was a great book to reread while in social isolation.
The man in question, a particularly nasty character named Quinn, had crossed paths with Reacher back when Reacher was still in the army. Reacher supervised an investigation of Quinn which went horribly wrong and left Reacher with some deep emotional scars. To see Quinn now, obviously alive, stuns Reacher and he now feels obligated to clean up some unfinished business.
It's otherwise somewhat difficult to review this book, or even to describe the setup, without giving away something that occurs early on and that readers would be best left to discover for themselves. Suffice it to say that, like most of the books in this series, the action is hard-hitting and Reacher will literally be pushed to his limits before all is said and done. The setting is particularly good; the villains are particularly villainous, and all-in-all, this was a great book to reread while in social isolation.
December 4, 2013
I am totally loving this series. (Although I think it must be best NOT to read them back to back because then the formula wears through.) This is a good one -- tense, claustrophobic, and non-stop action. Two quibbles -- the romance between Reacher and Duffy seems...unmotivated. Like the author says to himself, "And this is the place where I start the romance," and proceeded to have Reacher make out with the nearest available female character. Also, the last 20 percent of the novel seems unduly long...and a bit confusing. Some tighter editing would have sharpened it up nicely.
I love it when a plan comes together.
I love it when a plan comes together.
April 12, 2025
2025April
This time was good... could have been worse... or better with more of my favorite couple... maybe!
****
2024Feb update:
Yaay, my favorite book is going to be the next season!!
Who the hell is going to be Paulie??
2024Sep update:
****
2023March
賲孬賱 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖貙 倬乇鬲卮賳噩 賵 禺賮賳 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳亘丕乇 趩賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 亘丕丨丕賱蹖 丕夭 讴卮鬲賳貙 丕爻賱丨賴 賵 睾乇賯 卮丿賳 丿丕卮鬲!
亘毓丿 鬲毓胤蹖賱丕鬲賲 賵賯鬲 丿讴鬲乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�...
丿蹖诏賴 鬲賵 讴丿賵賲 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕賵蹖 丕賵賱 卮禺氐 禺賵丿 乇蹖趩乇賴責責!
(Jack Reacher #0.15) 7.5猸� (13 years old Reacher)
(Jack Reacher #0.25) 7.5猸� (17 years old Reacher)
(Jack Reacher #0.5) 6.5猸� (was crazy sniper girls?!)
(Jack Reacher #0.75) 9猸� (Joe Reacher, dead rich military woman)
(Jack Reacher #1)
(Jack Reacher #4) 8猸� (Narrator and military police, the county sheriff and the beautiful women killer)
(Jack Reacher #8) 9.25猸� (Military women serial killer)
(Jack Reacher #11) 9.75/10猸� (Narrator, old unfinished business)
(Jack Reacher #12) 9.5猸� (Sniper terrorist)
(Jack Reacher #15)
(Jack Reacher #15.5) 8.5猸�
(Jack Reacher #16) 9.25猸� (Narrator, suicide in New York metro)
(Jack Reacher #20.1) 8猸�
(Jack Reacher #21) 8.75猸� (A sniper shot at the president of France, and Reacher's mission to find him in London)
(Jack Reacher #22)
7.75猸�
Next to read in order:
(Jack Reacher #17) 8.5猸� (freezing, 1.5m tall, cops and dungeon)
(Jack Reacher #18) 9猸� (Worth sneaking around for a nose and try not to Dying For a messed up small town conspiracy of 3 brothers and a son)
(Jack Reacher #19) 8.25猸� (in a suspicious car, 2 men a woman)
(Jack Reacher #20)
This time was good... could have been worse... or better with more of my favorite couple... maybe!
****
2024Feb update:
Yaay, my favorite book is going to be the next season!!
Who the hell is going to be Paulie??
2024Sep update:
****
2023March
賲孬賱 賴賲蹖卮賴 賲毓賲丕蹖蹖貙 倬乇鬲卮賳噩 賵 禺賮賳 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 丕蹖賳亘丕乇 趩賴 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 亘丕丨丕賱蹖 丕夭 讴卮鬲賳貙 丕爻賱丨賴 賵 睾乇賯 卮丿賳 丿丕卮鬲!
亘毓丿 鬲毓胤蹖賱丕鬲賲 賵賯鬲 丿讴鬲乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�...
丿蹖诏賴 鬲賵 讴丿賵賲 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕賵蹖 丕賵賱 卮禺氐 禺賵丿 乇蹖趩乇賴責責!
(Jack Reacher #0.15) 7.5猸� (13 years old Reacher)
(Jack Reacher #0.25) 7.5猸� (17 years old Reacher)
(Jack Reacher #0.5) 6.5猸� (was crazy sniper girls?!)
(Jack Reacher #0.75) 9猸� (Joe Reacher, dead rich military woman)
(Jack Reacher #1)
(Jack Reacher #4) 8猸� (Narrator and military police, the county sheriff and the beautiful women killer)
(Jack Reacher #8) 9.25猸� (Military women serial killer)
(Jack Reacher #11) 9.75/10猸� (Narrator, old unfinished business)
(Jack Reacher #12) 9.5猸� (Sniper terrorist)
(Jack Reacher #15)
(Jack Reacher #15.5) 8.5猸�
(Jack Reacher #16) 9.25猸� (Narrator, suicide in New York metro)
(Jack Reacher #20.1) 8猸�
(Jack Reacher #21) 8.75猸� (A sniper shot at the president of France, and Reacher's mission to find him in London)
(Jack Reacher #22)
7.75猸�
Next to read in order:
(Jack Reacher #17) 8.5猸� (freezing, 1.5m tall, cops and dungeon)
(Jack Reacher #18) 9猸� (Worth sneaking around for a nose and try not to Dying For a messed up small town conspiracy of 3 brothers and a son)
(Jack Reacher #19) 8.25猸� (in a suspicious car, 2 men a woman)
(Jack Reacher #20)
April 22, 2019
The Persuader鈥� (Jack Reacher #7), Lee Child
Persuader is the seventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is written in the first person. Jack Reacher is working unofficially, with the DEA to bring down a boy's father, Zachary Beck, who is suspected of smuggling drugs, under the pretext of trading in oriental carpets. They stage a kidnap effort on Zachary's son, Richard Beck. A frightened Richard places in his trust on Reacher, and asks him to take him back home. Reacher gains access to Beck and gradually gains his confidence by working as a hired gun/bodyguard. ....
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 賴卮鬲賲 賲丕賴 噩賵賱丕蹖 爻丕賱 2016 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賵爻賵爻賴 蹖 丕賳鬲賯丕賲 - 讴鬲丕亘 07 - 丕夭 爻乇蹖 噩讴 乇蹖趩乇貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賱蹖 趩丕蹖賱丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丨賲丿 毓亘丕爻 丌亘丕丿蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 鬲賳丿蹖爻貙 1394貨 丿乇 524 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786001821691貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 - 爻丿賴 21 賲
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Persuader is the seventh book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It is written in the first person. Jack Reacher is working unofficially, with the DEA to bring down a boy's father, Zachary Beck, who is suspected of smuggling drugs, under the pretext of trading in oriental carpets. They stage a kidnap effort on Zachary's son, Richard Beck. A frightened Richard places in his trust on Reacher, and asks him to take him back home. Reacher gains access to Beck and gradually gains his confidence by working as a hired gun/bodyguard. ....
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May 15, 2018
4-stars, perhaps a bit more.
This and "Echo Burning" are by far Child's best books in the series (so far). The pacing is terrific, mostly. The dialogue and action are very good, mostly. The climax is good, but too drawn-out in parts. The plot is very, very clever. This would have been 5-stars if not for Child's momentary returns to excessive detail and repetitive prose.
As usual with my reviews, please first read the publisher鈥檚 blurb/summary of the book. Thank you.
Lots and lots of guns in this one.
The book opens with Reacher wearing a Colt Anaconda, which is a huge stainless steel revolver chambered for the .44 Magnum cartridge. It was thirteen and a half inches long and weighed almost four pounds.
Agent Duffy to Reacher:
"You鈥檙e going to be my very own long-rod penetrator.鈥�
Duke's machine pistol, Steyr SPP
Angel Doll's old Soviet PSM, with the rare ammo
Paulie, the gatehouse guard, is like this guy
An NSV is more than five feet long and weighs more than fifty-five pounds. It uses cartridges four and a half inches long and a half-inch wide. It can fire twelve of them in a second. It has no safety mechanism. The combination of [the giant] Paulie and an NSV would be nobody鈥檚 idea of fun.
Zachary's gun, Heckler & Koch MP5K
Nice quote. True for politicians, today, too.
... the British Army in India, during the Raj, at the height of their empire. Young subalterns trapped in junior ranks had their own mess. They would dine together in splendid dress uniforms and talk about their chances of promotion. But they had none, unless a superior officer died. Dead men鈥檚 shoes was the rule. So they would raise their crystal glasses of fine French wine and toast bloody wars and dread diseases , because a casualty further up the chain of command was their only way to get ahead.
Zachary's gift to Reacher, Beretta M9 Special Edition
An English expression I'd never heard before I moved to the UK. Reacher says it to goad Paulie:
- - 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a big girl鈥檚 blouse,鈥� I said.
It means you're a coward, a weakling, a wimp, etc
The title character, the Mossberg M500 Persuader
.
This and "Echo Burning" are by far Child's best books in the series (so far). The pacing is terrific, mostly. The dialogue and action are very good, mostly. The climax is good, but too drawn-out in parts. The plot is very, very clever. This would have been 5-stars if not for Child's momentary returns to excessive detail and repetitive prose.
As usual with my reviews, please first read the publisher鈥檚 blurb/summary of the book. Thank you.
Lots and lots of guns in this one.
The book opens with Reacher wearing a Colt Anaconda, which is a huge stainless steel revolver chambered for the .44 Magnum cartridge. It was thirteen and a half inches long and weighed almost four pounds.
Agent Duffy to Reacher:
"You鈥檙e going to be my very own long-rod penetrator.鈥�
Duke's machine pistol, Steyr SPP
Angel Doll's old Soviet PSM, with the rare ammo
Paulie, the gatehouse guard, is like this guy
An NSV is more than five feet long and weighs more than fifty-five pounds. It uses cartridges four and a half inches long and a half-inch wide. It can fire twelve of them in a second. It has no safety mechanism. The combination of [the giant] Paulie and an NSV would be nobody鈥檚 idea of fun.
Zachary's gun, Heckler & Koch MP5K
Nice quote. True for politicians, today, too.
... the British Army in India, during the Raj, at the height of their empire. Young subalterns trapped in junior ranks had their own mess. They would dine together in splendid dress uniforms and talk about their chances of promotion. But they had none, unless a superior officer died. Dead men鈥檚 shoes was the rule. So they would raise their crystal glasses of fine French wine and toast bloody wars and dread diseases , because a casualty further up the chain of command was their only way to get ahead.
Zachary's gift to Reacher, Beretta M9 Special Edition
An English expression I'd never heard before I moved to the UK. Reacher says it to goad Paulie:
- - 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a big girl鈥檚 blouse,鈥� I said.
It means you're a coward, a weakling, a wimp, etc
The title character, the Mossberg M500 Persuader
.
November 15, 2013
This is the book that put Lee Child on my must-always-read list. I hated Killing Floor because (1) obviously Lee had never been to Georgia when he wrote this and (2) I wasn't yet published when it came out, so I had to be a jealous hater.
Both were remedied by the time I read Persuader, and I could love this book for the pure reading pleasure that it is. Also, I had met Lee by then and he is so handsome and dreamy that it's hard not to see his beautiful, sensitive eyes whenever I think of Jack Reacher.
Of note: Lee told me that his research for Killing Floor was watching My Cousin Vinny over and over again and I figured that was punishment enough (and it's set in Alabama, so that makes more sense that people would be so stupid; haha, I'm playin' you, big AL. War Eagle!)
Both were remedied by the time I read Persuader, and I could love this book for the pure reading pleasure that it is. Also, I had met Lee by then and he is so handsome and dreamy that it's hard not to see his beautiful, sensitive eyes whenever I think of Jack Reacher.
Of note: Lee told me that his research for Killing Floor was watching My Cousin Vinny over and over again and I figured that was punishment enough (and it's set in Alabama, so that makes more sense that people would be so stupid; haha, I'm playin' you, big AL. War Eagle!)
November 23, 2017
To me this was the best of the series after Killing Floor.
September 28, 2010
This bad-ass walks around with an anaconda in his pants (apparently, that's a type of revolver but it's still pretty impressive)
He has an AOL device hidden in his shoe. He says nothing a lot. So does everyone else in this novel.
I'm not cut out for crime fiction. It bugs me.
He has an AOL device hidden in his shoe. He says nothing a lot. So does everyone else in this novel.
I'm not cut out for crime fiction. It bugs me.
April 8, 2015
This is the first Jack Reacher book I鈥檝e read. Maybe I should have started with the first one in the series, but I picked up this one used. For fifty cents. Reading some of the 欧宝娱乐 comments about the varied quality of the Reacher series, I was probably better off starting with this one.
The tricksy misdirection at the beginning of the book aside, this was a decent read. Reacher, reminded me of Robert B. Parker鈥檚 Spenser, big, tough, smart, can handle himself in any situation. But he鈥檚 not a private investigator and he has fewer scruples than Spenser.
Plot summary: Things go awry, people die. Usually the bad guys. In creative ways.
I should read something cheery and positive next.
I probably won鈥檛.
The tricksy misdirection at the beginning of the book aside, this was a decent read. Reacher, reminded me of Robert B. Parker鈥檚 Spenser, big, tough, smart, can handle himself in any situation. But he鈥檚 not a private investigator and he has fewer scruples than Spenser.
Plot summary: Things go awry, people die. Usually the bad guys. In creative ways.
I should read something cheery and positive next.
I probably won鈥檛.
January 6, 2022
Its always such a treat to read a Reacher book and definitely a good way to start 2022. I love this series so much.
At this point I feel like I know Reacher extremely well so I spent the first chapter of this book thinking, this isn't the Reacher I know. Why is he behaving like this? He felt very out of character. Chapter two cleared that up nicely and I felt reunited with my literacy love.
In this instalment Reacher sees someone he saw die a decade ago which leads to an abduction of a college kid and then the fun begins.
As always Lee Child has me on the edge of my seat, wanting to look away but unable too. He is also the only author I will read paragraphs upon paragraphs about bullets and not be bored stiff. Such a great storyteller. I love his writing style.
Another fantastic book in the series.
Easy five stars.
Now excuse me while I go find me a real Jack.
At this point I feel like I know Reacher extremely well so I spent the first chapter of this book thinking, this isn't the Reacher I know. Why is he behaving like this? He felt very out of character. Chapter two cleared that up nicely and I felt reunited with my literacy love.
In this instalment Reacher sees someone he saw die a decade ago which leads to an abduction of a college kid and then the fun begins.
As always Lee Child has me on the edge of my seat, wanting to look away but unable too. He is also the only author I will read paragraphs upon paragraphs about bullets and not be bored stiff. Such a great storyteller. I love his writing style.
Another fantastic book in the series.
Easy five stars.
Now excuse me while I go find me a real Jack.
January 11, 2025
I thought this book was very good.
It was different from the usual Reacher book I鈥檝e read so far, instead of the usual being a nomad, jack reacher was out to investigate and get in with a crime family.
From the start his main aim is to get in on the inside.
He needed to reach a man who 10 years earlier thought was dead .
As usual Lee child is very competent and complete on weapons and tactics.
Very informative on all things, very descriptive.
This has been my favourite book of jack reacher so far.
It was different from the usual Reacher book I鈥檝e read so far, instead of the usual being a nomad, jack reacher was out to investigate and get in with a crime family.
From the start his main aim is to get in on the inside.
He needed to reach a man who 10 years earlier thought was dead .
As usual Lee child is very competent and complete on weapons and tactics.
Very informative on all things, very descriptive.
This has been my favourite book of jack reacher so far.
January 26, 2024
This is the first 3 star rating for all of Mr Reacher's titles thus far. This one I didn't love quite so much. I have listened to seven books in just under two months so I would be safe in saying they are keeping me company. Good, solid, comfortable, reliable and strong company at that.
I probably only gave this a 3 as I was a little more distracted than normal, it depends if I'm listening while working or otherwise busy and may not be concentrating as much as I should be.
I found this storyline a little less engaging, but he does rectify a double crosser to some dealings from ten years ago, where a case while he was still employed as a MP. It was good to hear him talk about his work, he mentioned his desk, told his subordinates not to use formalities with him, I got to see he was still cool calm and collected on the job. I hadn't heard first hand until now in his military times, we have only had past references. It was also good to hear clich茅s that Garber had used, and these would spring to mind in tight life and death situations.
And of course, he has a tiny dalliance.
The segue is Miami, so Miami here we come!
I probably only gave this a 3 as I was a little more distracted than normal, it depends if I'm listening while working or otherwise busy and may not be concentrating as much as I should be.
I found this storyline a little less engaging, but he does rectify a double crosser to some dealings from ten years ago, where a case while he was still employed as a MP. It was good to hear him talk about his work, he mentioned his desk, told his subordinates not to use formalities with him, I got to see he was still cool calm and collected on the job. I hadn't heard first hand until now in his military times, we have only had past references. It was also good to hear clich茅s that Garber had used, and these would spring to mind in tight life and death situations.
And of course, he has a tiny dalliance.
The segue is Miami, so Miami here we come!
October 3, 2013
Gigantic hobo detective Jack Reacher once again wanders into more trouble than any happy-go-lucky wanderer would reasonably expect. This time, after encountering a ghost from his past, a man named Quinn who should be dead, Reacher gets involved in an undercover DEA operation to take the man and his smuggling operation down. Reacher poses as a gun-for-hire in order to infiltrate Quinn's operation. The DEA wants him to go in and recover an agent who went missing and is presumably held captive. Reacher is going in for personal reasons. Quinn was supposed to be dead and Reacher is going to make sure he stays that way.听
Child's Reacher series is fairly reliable. After reading a couple, you pretty much know what you're going to get, and you keep reading more because what you want is what Child delivers. That is, action, thrills, a little sex, despicable villains and a big-ass juggernaut of justice willing to crack skulls and shoot people until all the bad guys are dead. Persuader is no different, and that's a good thing. Replace any of the items above with Reacher learning to crochet or taking a yoga class and鈥o I would not want to read that. The Reacher novels are, as Zwolf says over in , the literary equivalent of a BDAM, or "Big Dumb Action Movie. I have to agree (and, by the way, he also thinks that Dolph Lundgren would be an awesome film Reacher). Persuader is a BDAM, that's for BDAM sure, and it's a heck of a lot of fun.听
You do have to be able to overlook a certain amount of goofiness, however. This goofiness is stuff that's pretty consistent with Child's other Reacher books. For example, dialogues often have that rapid-fire back-and-forth Dragnet quality that is sometimes unintentionally hilarious. Child doesn't write convincingly about army life, cop life or guns. During his investigations, Reacher often seems to just stumble through it pulling some of the most far-fetched subterfuges, like and his investigative methods often include such subtle "techniques" as breaking a guy's neck and shooting a guy in the head. I often wonder if Reacher really thinks thing through first.
So if you're looking for a clever, delicately nuanced thriller with a plot as tangled a spider's web, Persuader ain't it. Persuader is about as subtle as a six-feet-five, two-hundred-and-fifty pound ex-military policeman can be. It does, however, offer a good amount of effective suspense thrown in with the action, and Child is quite good at pacing his novels.
Ultimately, the most satisfying aspect of Persuader (and the Reacher novels overall) is the fact that Child has a talent for creating some of the most evil, repulsive, despicably vile bad guys, all who receive suitably brutal comeuppances courtesy of Jack Reacher. It may be a bit of wish-fulfillment on my part but I like seeing bullies put in their place, and so does Reacher:
Persuader's an effective thriller and a long as you don't take the minor gaffes too seriously it's a lot of fun. 3.5 stars, rounded to 4.
Child's Reacher series is fairly reliable. After reading a couple, you pretty much know what you're going to get, and you keep reading more because what you want is what Child delivers. That is, action, thrills, a little sex, despicable villains and a big-ass juggernaut of justice willing to crack skulls and shoot people until all the bad guys are dead. Persuader is no different, and that's a good thing. Replace any of the items above with Reacher learning to crochet or taking a yoga class and鈥o I would not want to read that. The Reacher novels are, as Zwolf says over in , the literary equivalent of a BDAM, or "Big Dumb Action Movie. I have to agree (and, by the way, he also thinks that Dolph Lundgren would be an awesome film Reacher). Persuader is a BDAM, that's for BDAM sure, and it's a heck of a lot of fun.听
You do have to be able to overlook a certain amount of goofiness, however. This goofiness is stuff that's pretty consistent with Child's other Reacher books. For example, dialogues often have that rapid-fire back-and-forth Dragnet quality that is sometimes unintentionally hilarious. Child doesn't write convincingly about army life, cop life or guns. During his investigations, Reacher often seems to just stumble through it pulling some of the most far-fetched subterfuges, like and his investigative methods often include such subtle "techniques" as breaking a guy's neck and shooting a guy in the head. I often wonder if Reacher really thinks thing through first.
So if you're looking for a clever, delicately nuanced thriller with a plot as tangled a spider's web, Persuader ain't it. Persuader is about as subtle as a six-feet-five, two-hundred-and-fifty pound ex-military policeman can be. It does, however, offer a good amount of effective suspense thrown in with the action, and Child is quite good at pacing his novels.
Ultimately, the most satisfying aspect of Persuader (and the Reacher novels overall) is the fact that Child has a talent for creating some of the most evil, repulsive, despicably vile bad guys, all who receive suitably brutal comeuppances courtesy of Jack Reacher. It may be a bit of wish-fulfillment on my part but I like seeing bullies put in their place, and so does Reacher:
I don't really care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
Persuader's an effective thriller and a long as you don't take the minor gaffes too seriously it's a lot of fun. 3.5 stars, rounded to 4.
August 21, 2017
An awesome Novel.
My RATING: 4.4/5
The Novel is in full throttle. The flashback story line is awesome and the twist in the flashback is great. The novel is fun and intriguing. Back to awesomeness !
See u guys at next, Thank you.
My RATING: 4.4/5
The Novel is in full throttle. The flashback story line is awesome and the twist in the flashback is great. The novel is fun and intriguing. Back to awesomeness !
See u guys at next, Thank you.
November 22, 2023
Reacher at his best. Undercover in a small area (no crisscrossing the country) on a mission of vengeance. Forced to outwit the enemy through quick thinking and ingenious tricks.
May 25, 2015
Full of action to the very end. One of the best in the Jack Reacher series.
September 26, 2018
I would have to rank this as one of my favourite Lee Child books, even if I thoughs the start was dubious. For the first chapter or two, I worried this might even be a Reacher novel of a standard to rival the disaster that was Nothing to Lose. Then, of course, we got a little farther into the book and I was able to reassure myself that no book could be as bad as Nothing to Lose. I think if Lee Child were to write another book as bad as Nothing to Lose, I'd have to give up on him. Anyway, Persuader was a terrific novel, definitely up there with the best of Reacher.
The book begins with Reacher witnessing and intervening in a kidnapping. Immediately, we know something about the situation is not quite right. Reacher is acting in ways that we know are not congruent with his character. For instance, Reacher doesn't stroll around with two huge revolvers in his pants on any normal day, and (this was the most alarming) he most definitely does not drive a van. Also, without giving anything away, his reactions to certain events do not fit with what we know of the character.
For these reasons, I feared that Child may have, for some unknown reason, decided to disregard everything we know about the character, just so events would fit the story. But I should have known better than to doubt Child. Soon enough, we were back to the Reacher we know and love.
Soon after the chaotic events of the first two chapters, Reacher is working undercover, infiltrating a heavily guarded mansion in an attempt to rescue a DEA agent held hostage by a ruthless criminal. Reacher's motives in taking part in this operation are slowly revealed throughout the book, as we learn that he is trying to settle an old score with an old enemy figure from his past, one long thought dead.
One of the main reasons I found this book to be one of my favourite in the series was that this role had good deal of character building for Reacher. His desire for justice and the lengths he will go to achieve it play a huge part of the story, particularly in the final chapters.
The other reason I like it is that Reacher comes up against a situation we very rarely (if ever) see. In most instances, Reacher is the biggest and strongest guy in the room. He's able to knock down enemies with only one or two blows, easily defeating those who get in his way. However, in Persuader, there is (get ready for it) someone bigger than Reacher! Our hero comes up against a huge mountain of a man, a four-hundred-pound, seven foot tall, steroid using thug with arms that look as though they've had basketballs stuffed inside of them. This is a guy who makes Reacher feel as Reacher makes most other people feel. This scenario reveals a completely new side of the character. Not many people could take one of Reacher's kicks and stay standing.
However much I enjoyed this book, there is one or two little problems I had with it. First of all, the romance seemed rather pointless. I didn't like the character Duffy in the first place (she seemed rather dim witted) and it appeared to me that the romance between her and Reacher was placed only so Child could have a sex scene in the book. It didn't really seem to mean anything, and both characters acted as though it had never happened afterwards. Saying this, I did, however, enjoy the scenes between Reacher and Kohl (a character I liked much better than Duffy). This romance was actually relevant to the plot, and it seemed more meaningful than the Duffy-Reacher romance.
My second minor problem was was that there was a sequence of scenes towards the end of the book that seemed drawn out and pointless. Basically, it involved a few of the characters running around looking for the bad guys only to end up back where they started. This just seemed dumb, and served only to set up the next sequence of scenes (which I admittedly loved; I just think Child could have found a far better way to get to them).
Overall, Persuader was an excellent edition to a series I love and a great development to a character I love. There were a few minor things that annoyed me, but not enough to drop my rating from five stars to four. Overall, a great read for any thriller fans.
The book begins with Reacher witnessing and intervening in a kidnapping. Immediately, we know something about the situation is not quite right. Reacher is acting in ways that we know are not congruent with his character. For instance, Reacher doesn't stroll around with two huge revolvers in his pants on any normal day, and (this was the most alarming) he most definitely does not drive a van. Also, without giving anything away, his reactions to certain events do not fit with what we know of the character.
For these reasons, I feared that Child may have, for some unknown reason, decided to disregard everything we know about the character, just so events would fit the story. But I should have known better than to doubt Child. Soon enough, we were back to the Reacher we know and love.
Soon after the chaotic events of the first two chapters, Reacher is working undercover, infiltrating a heavily guarded mansion in an attempt to rescue a DEA agent held hostage by a ruthless criminal. Reacher's motives in taking part in this operation are slowly revealed throughout the book, as we learn that he is trying to settle an old score with an old enemy figure from his past, one long thought dead.
One of the main reasons I found this book to be one of my favourite in the series was that this role had good deal of character building for Reacher. His desire for justice and the lengths he will go to achieve it play a huge part of the story, particularly in the final chapters.
The other reason I like it is that Reacher comes up against a situation we very rarely (if ever) see. In most instances, Reacher is the biggest and strongest guy in the room. He's able to knock down enemies with only one or two blows, easily defeating those who get in his way. However, in Persuader, there is (get ready for it) someone bigger than Reacher! Our hero comes up against a huge mountain of a man, a four-hundred-pound, seven foot tall, steroid using thug with arms that look as though they've had basketballs stuffed inside of them. This is a guy who makes Reacher feel as Reacher makes most other people feel. This scenario reveals a completely new side of the character. Not many people could take one of Reacher's kicks and stay standing.
However much I enjoyed this book, there is one or two little problems I had with it. First of all, the romance seemed rather pointless. I didn't like the character Duffy in the first place (she seemed rather dim witted) and it appeared to me that the romance between her and Reacher was placed only so Child could have a sex scene in the book. It didn't really seem to mean anything, and both characters acted as though it had never happened afterwards. Saying this, I did, however, enjoy the scenes between Reacher and Kohl (a character I liked much better than Duffy). This romance was actually relevant to the plot, and it seemed more meaningful than the Duffy-Reacher romance.
My second minor problem was was that there was a sequence of scenes towards the end of the book that seemed drawn out and pointless. Basically, it involved a few of the characters running around looking for the bad guys only to end up back where they started. This just seemed dumb, and served only to set up the next sequence of scenes (which I admittedly loved; I just think Child could have found a far better way to get to them).
Overall, Persuader was an excellent edition to a series I love and a great development to a character I love. There were a few minor things that annoyed me, but not enough to drop my rating from five stars to four. Overall, a great read for any thriller fans.
October 6, 2021
My inner dork is about to come out鈥擲o, I started reading this book at camp, which is in Abbot, Maine. I鈥檓 always excited to find out where Reacher will be taking us to in any given book and when I saw that he was headed to Abbot, Maine, a big 鈥渨oohoo鈥� spilled from my mouth. Don鈥檛 worry, my husband already knows I鈥檓 a goober! As it turned out, Abbot, Maine in this book is between Portland and Kennebunkport, while in the real world it鈥檚 in a very wooded area of Maine called The Highlands. It鈥檚 about the opposite of the rocky coastline portrayed in the book. But that鈥檚 ok鈥擨 can go with the flow (so to speak!)
What a damn exciting book this turned out to be! It鈥檚 definitely my favorite of the series so far, and has become the best book I鈥檝e read this year! It鈥檚 full of suspense and I was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of the book! I鈥檝e decided one of the things I like best about Reacher is when he absolutely despises a particular side character, and you know at some point he will get the satisfaction of showing them his true inner feelings. In this book, that character is Paulie.
I can鈥檛 wait to move on to the next in the series. Hopefully Jack will have some much needed rest after the toll this one took on him.
What a damn exciting book this turned out to be! It鈥檚 definitely my favorite of the series so far, and has become the best book I鈥檝e read this year! It鈥檚 full of suspense and I was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of the book! I鈥檝e decided one of the things I like best about Reacher is when he absolutely despises a particular side character, and you know at some point he will get the satisfaction of showing them his true inner feelings. In this book, that character is Paulie.
I can鈥檛 wait to move on to the next in the series. Hopefully Jack will have some much needed rest after the toll this one took on him.
July 3, 2012
I'm going to add the same review for all of the Reacher series, so if you've read this one, you've read 'em all. If you feel a certain affinity for the lone hero, a man of principle, of unwavering knowledge and assent as to his own actions, than Jack Reacher's your kinda guy.
Lee Child has created an unforgettable and unique character in his creation of Jack Reacher. Jack seems to implicitly understand that he is a unique animal/human running around on this planet and that in spite of social conventions, cultural trappings, and whatever conventions and abstractions we allow into our mind in order to alleviate this core fact of our singularity (and aloneness)...the truth of it is not something Mr. Reacher denies.
He embraces it. Understands his philosophy implicitly, revels in his physical being,his conventions and values. He defends those he loves, those he does allow into his world, with a loyalty bar none while never letting go of the notion that he is alone and being perfectly comfortable with that.
I read one, and within two months read all 15 books with an appetite that couldn't get enough.
Enough said,
HR
Lee Child has created an unforgettable and unique character in his creation of Jack Reacher. Jack seems to implicitly understand that he is a unique animal/human running around on this planet and that in spite of social conventions, cultural trappings, and whatever conventions and abstractions we allow into our mind in order to alleviate this core fact of our singularity (and aloneness)...the truth of it is not something Mr. Reacher denies.
He embraces it. Understands his philosophy implicitly, revels in his physical being,his conventions and values. He defends those he loves, those he does allow into his world, with a loyalty bar none while never letting go of the notion that he is alone and being perfectly comfortable with that.
I read one, and within two months read all 15 books with an appetite that couldn't get enough.
Enough said,
HR
May 10, 2024
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November 5, 2015
My name is James, and it's been seven months since my last Jack Reacher. The seventh in the series,
should follow the same, increasingly predictable formula. Except, something feels wrong; it doesn't feel like Reacher 鈥� from the unusual eagerness to get involved, and the carrying of two guns, to the shooting of a cop. These things are totally out of character for the man we've spent six novels getting to barely know. Then I realised, the biggest thing that feels wrong about this Reacher is the narrative. This first-person just isn't Jack Reacher. Yes the first one,
, was also written as first-person, but the last five books have all been solidly third-person. And, to be honest, Reacher feels more of a third-person personality. His detachment and taciturnity almost requires third-person 鈥� once we get in his head we'll get to know far too much about him, and that will just destroy the mystique.
The book itself? Rescuing a child about to be kidnapped, Reacher is slowly taken into their family protection unit. In true Reacher style, that generally means he's replacing people who just weren't good enough. Oh, and of course, the family is far from normal 鈥� they're clearly into some bad schtuff. Reacher obviously has his reasons for getting involved, getting stuck into other people's business is rarely something that Reacher volunteers for. In lieu of spoilers, anybody who saw the BBC spy series will pretty much know exactly what's going on here.
While I kinda think I understand why went with the first-person here, in that it allows a much more tightly controlled narrative 鈥� we aren't aware of anything going on outside of Reacher's direct experience, and that leaves the other characters motives much less well defined and cranks up the suspense. Ultimately I don't think it was necessary and it just feels too 'personal' to be in Reacher's head like that. Plus it allows Child to get a little carried away with his exaggerations in the fight scenes. I was running out of patience with the continual running commentary in Reacher's head during his fight with Paulie where every punch or kick would have killed a lesser man 鈥� really?
The book itself? Rescuing a child about to be kidnapped, Reacher is slowly taken into their family protection unit. In true Reacher style, that generally means he's replacing people who just weren't good enough. Oh, and of course, the family is far from normal 鈥� they're clearly into some bad schtuff. Reacher obviously has his reasons for getting involved, getting stuck into other people's business is rarely something that Reacher volunteers for. In lieu of spoilers, anybody who saw the BBC spy series will pretty much know exactly what's going on here.
While I kinda think I understand why went with the first-person here, in that it allows a much more tightly controlled narrative 鈥� we aren't aware of anything going on outside of Reacher's direct experience, and that leaves the other characters motives much less well defined and cranks up the suspense. Ultimately I don't think it was necessary and it just feels too 'personal' to be in Reacher's head like that. Plus it allows Child to get a little carried away with his exaggerations in the fight scenes. I was running out of patience with the continual running commentary in Reacher's head during his fight with Paulie where every punch or kick would have killed a lesser man 鈥� really?
August 8, 2020
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亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕夭 丌賳 丨讴丕蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丕賳诏蹖夭卮蹖 爻鬲.
亘禺賵丕賳蹖丿貙 禺賵卮 賲蹖鈥屭柏必�.
March 21, 2020
Jack Reacher book 7: This series is such a roller coaster of consuming and interesting reads followed by banal and uninspiring ones. After the last flop, Persuader sees Child return to form. Jack Reacher is working with the FBI as an undercover stooge for a gangster looking to rescue an agent and get revenge for a past transgression from a former MI colleague. The Reacher stories always seem to work better on a lower scale and not so much on the global, Presidential, end of the world scale. 6 out of 12.
March 4, 2025
Reacher season 3 pictures book#7, Persuader. Title made no sense at first to me a person with no connection to weapons at all. It's all action in the beginning. Reacher saves a young man in a maine university town. we learn be works undercover for the DEA and is on the search for a person he believed dead 10 years ago.
Classic reacher, violence, sex with an attractive agent and lots of bodies.
i like it.
Buch 7 wird gerade auf Prime in Reacher Staffel 3 dargestellt. Klassischer Reacher, Action, Leichen, Sex mit einer Agentin ohne oder mit etwas Bindung und Reacher als Held am Ende.
Classic reacher, violence, sex with an attractive agent and lots of bodies.
i like it.
Buch 7 wird gerade auf Prime in Reacher Staffel 3 dargestellt. Klassischer Reacher, Action, Leichen, Sex mit einer Agentin ohne oder mit etwas Bindung und Reacher als Held am Ende.
October 21, 2016
Nice title.
Easy read, not very challenging either.
Plot was great.
Written like this review.
Easy read, not very challenging either.
Plot was great.
Written like this review.
March 15, 2025
I try to do the right thing. Even though everybody hates us and nobody helps us and nobody thanks us afterward. I think doing the right thing is an end in itself.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賮鬲賲蹖賳 噩賱丿 丕夭 賲噩賲賵毓賴 乇蹖趩乇賴(讴賴 亘禺賵丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 倬蹖卮 亘乇蹖 賴賮鬲賲蹖 賳賲蹖卮賴.) 亘賴 賲賳丕爻亘鬲 丕賵賲丿賳 賮氐賱 噩丿蹖丿 爻乇蹖丕賱 賳卮爻鬲賲 賯亘賱 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 爻乇蹖丕賱 禺賵賳丿賲卮貨 趩賵賳 鬲睾蹖蹖乇丕鬲蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賴丕蹖 爻乇蹖丕賱 亘賴卮 賲蹖丿賳貙 胤亘賯 鬲噩乇亘賴 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 賯亘賱蹖貙 噩丕賱亘 賲蹖卮賳 賵賱蹖 賲蹖禺賵丕爻鬲賲 丕賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺賵丿 賱蹖 趩丕蹖賱丿 乇賵 亘丿賵賳賲. 丨丕賱丕 讴賴 丿丕乇賲 丕蹖賳 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟� 爻乇蹖丕賱 乇賵 賴賲 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲 賵 亘賴 胤乇夭 毓噩蹖亘蹖 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇賴丕蹖 賴賲乇丕賴 乇賵 丨匕賮 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 亘丕毓孬 蹖賴 爻乇蹖 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 卮丿賴 亘賵丿! 賲賳鬲馗乇賲 亘亘蹖賳賲 趩胤賵乇蹖 賯乇丕乇賴 倬蹖卮 亘亘乇賴 讴賴 亘賴 賴賲 賳乇蹖夭賴 賵 禺賵亘 亘卮賴.
鈥淵ou produce the right results for the wrong reasons, then.鈥� I nodded. 鈥淏ut I try to do the right thing. I think the reasons don鈥檛 really matter. Whatever, I like to see the right thing done.鈥�
讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丕賵賱 卮禺氐 乇蹖趩乇 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 趩賵賳 丕賵賳 鬲賯丕亘賱 賵 賲丿賱 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賳 乇蹖趩乇 乇賵 蹖讴賲 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳丕 讴賴 蹖賴 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 诏匕卮鬲賴鈥屫ж� 乇賵 賲蹖诏賴 賴賲 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲.
He went down on the floor again and suffocated. It was reasonably quick. About a minute and a half. There was nothing I could do for him. I'm not a doctor.
丕爻賮賳丿 郾鄞郯鄢
March 16, 2015
As always Lee Child is an exceptional writer. I think this one is going to be tabbed a favorite of mine. Reacher has met his match with the character, Paulie, who is just a lowly bodyguard, or so it seems. Finally, my hero (Reacher) isn't so tough and perfect. I love the thinking process in the writing as Reacher tries to solve yet another mystery, but this time, he's a bit slower figuring out the clues. There was more suspense and a little more wit, I had to laugh at the reasoning behind tipping the car over onto the coats. HUH? I said to myself? What the hell is he thinking? Well, you'll find out soon enough when you read this.
I really enjoy how Reacher's past is written and incorporated into some of these books. Experiences and crimes he recalls in his past as an MP puts Reacher in situations that have me yelling "Go get him Reacher and make him hurt!". The butchering of the women is enough to make you cringe, but not so bad that you regret this read. Reacher has come across a nemesis 10 years after he supposedly killed him, but this bad dude didn't die. Reacher, no longer an MP, pulled out his superman suit and said "Time for round two" and I was hooked.
I really enjoy how Reacher's past is written and incorporated into some of these books. Experiences and crimes he recalls in his past as an MP puts Reacher in situations that have me yelling "Go get him Reacher and make him hurt!". The butchering of the women is enough to make you cringe, but not so bad that you regret this read. Reacher has come across a nemesis 10 years after he supposedly killed him, but this bad dude didn't die. Reacher, no longer an MP, pulled out his superman suit and said "Time for round two" and I was hooked.
September 21, 2019
If there was ever any doubt that Jack Reacher is the baddest of the bad boy superheroes, this book puts it to rest. Reacher seizes an opportunity to seek justice for the brutal murder of a past co-worker by going undercover and off the record. He infiltrates a gang of smugglers and works his way to the top man 鈥� one dead body at a time. From beginning to end, Reacher outfights, outguns, outswims, and outlives everything and everybody thrown at him. He made a promise years ago . . . he won鈥檛 quit until he fulfills it. This one is personal! Another stunning book in a fantastic series!
4.5 Stars!
4.5 Stars!
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