Die Trying (Jack Reacher, No. 2)
by Lee Child
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Book Reviews of Die Trying (Jack Reacher, No. 2)
Book Review: A "Backwards Best"
Summary: 5 Stars
I discovered Lee Child in 2008 and have already exhausted his printed work, reading most of the Reacher series backwards. Die Trying is in my opinion at least in the top three of the series. The stuck-in-the-cave scene was too much. Like all of the Reachers it was full of ridiculous coincidence to start (Reacher just happening to be there when the daughter of the Joint Chiefs head is abducted) but we can easily forgive this extravagance in order to get Reacher into a situation that will provide the opportunity to see just what he can do. Don't plan on taking too long to read it - it just can't be done.Book Review: 24 on paper
Summary: 4 Stars
Just finished this one. Awesome. Ultra-violence. "24" in a novel. Absolutely absurd. Plot that makes no sense, and lots of nonsensical twists. 2D villians. Superman and superwoman. Still great. Compelling reading. "Moby Dick" for sniper rifles. Does not disappoint. Writing is actually very skilled if not very deep. Complicated plots, but not so hard to follow. I am sure I will go through all of the Reacher books, in order. So far, not sure which is better, this one or the first one, "Killing Floor." Can't believe this author is a Brit! This is a long way from MC Beaton and Rebus.Book Review: Definitely not Killing Floor
Summary: 2 Stars
My first impression found no first person narrative, which I enjoyed in the first novel. The over use of "right?" and the shrugging made everyone seem like they had the same "acting coach." The FBI guys were interchangable for the first 3/4 of the book, and the female lead was fantastically annoying. In short, there was way too much "everyone else" and too little Reacher. Certain high tension moments in the book were totally unbelieveable (lasers from the sky ruse, and the gun to the chest). I really enjoyed the first book but found this story a severe disappointment.Book Review: Tightly woven plot
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a new reader of Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels and I'm hooked. Die Trying is an excellent follow up to Killing Floor the novel that introduces the hero Jack Reacher. Child's plot is another tightly woven one building at a dramatic pace and captivating the reader on every page. Child's main and minor characters are nicely developed and his scene setting is detailed enough to impact the imagination with great visuals; you feel like your right there seeing what Jack Reacher sees. I've already bought five more and I'm looking forward to reading them all.Book Review: It's Not Shakespeare
Summary: 4 Stars
And it certainly doesn't try to be. What this novel is, like the one before it is a rip roaring good thriller that keeps you entertained right to the final pages. Drifter Jack Reacher is outside a dry cleaning shop helping an attractive young women with her clothes when three men approach with guns and suddenly he and the women are kidnapped. The book is great fun, except one sequence that ratcheted up my fear of tight spaces to a new level. If your looking for thilling escapist reading you've come to the right place.