Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
by Lee Child
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Author: Lee ChildEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-03-30
ISBN: 0440245052
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Dell
Book Reviews of Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
Book Review: Simple but entertaining book with a flaw.
Summary: 3 Stars
One day in Boston former MP Jack Reacher spots a former army intelligence officer named Quinn who Reacher thought was killed years ago. His request for answers leads to an undercover operation set up by the FBI which targets Zachary Beck, who is believed to be a kingpin in the drug trade. Quinn and Beck are connected but how? The FBI agents manage to hire Reacher for an off-the-books operation to rescue one of their missing agents investigating Beck and infiltrate Beck's imperia. The closer Reacher comes to unravel the truth the more dangerous it becomes to hang around. And time is running out quickly...
The biggest difference compared to former books by Lee Child is the new writing style. This Jack Reacher novel is written in the I-narrator style which takes some time to get used to and leaves the reader with a more limited view. The title of the book has a double meaning since "Persuader" is also the name of a shotgun/paramilitary weapon from Mossberg. And of course weapons play a big role in a Reacher novel... as usually.
Reacher goes in, wins Beck's trust, searches for the FBI agent + Quinn and tries to get out. That's it. Due to the simplicity of the story Reacher's detective skills are not used and needed as before - unfortunately. By the use of flashbacks the reader learns about the real motive that drives Reacher to fulfill this very personal mission.
Unfortunately there is one issue here that needs to be addressed as well. Lee Child's brilliant book "Killing Floor" is a pretty violent book with a lot of killings. This time however violence gets a new twist since it is Reacher who becomes a killer! A quick summary: Cold-blooded, Reacher kills one unarmed, three (at that stage) defenseless and two men who are not even aware that he is around. None of them is killed in self-defense (anymore) or tries to kill him at this point. As a result Reacher commits six times first degree murder! To say that the end justifies the means, since all of them were killers themselves and really deserved no better, would be a very questionable morality and could not be accepted here! These murders are hard to overlook and they do not cast a good light on Jack Reacher. This change in character gave me a very uneasy feeling that I did not need to have before in any of Lee Child's books.
Bottom line:
For those of you who happen to like the Reacher character before and enjoy movies like e. g. "Last Man Standing" this book can be recommended. It is easy to read, entertaining and you won't have to twist your brain to get through it quickly.
If you are a pacifist who despises violence and/or you are disgusted by it please don't come anyway near this book!
Summary of Persuader (Jack Reacher, No. 7)
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
Jack Reacher, the taciturn ex-MP whose adventures in Lee Child's six previous solidly plotted, expertly paced thrillers have won a devoted fan base, returns in this explosive tale of an undercover operation set up by the FBI to rescue an agent investigating Zachary Beck, a reclusive tycoon believed to be a kingpin in the drug trade. The novel begins with a bang as Reacher rescues Beck's son from a staged kidnapping in order to get close to his father--and trace the connection between Beck and Quinn, a former army intelligence officer who tried to sell blueprints of a secret weapon to Iraq but was murdered before he could pull it off. Or so Reacher thinks, until he spots Quinn in the crowd at a concert in Boston. As usual, Child ratchets up the tension and keeps the reader in suspense until the last page, although his enigmatic hero hardly ever seems to break a sweat. In the tough guy tradition, Reacher and his creator are overdue for a breakout, and this muscular, well-written mystery might be the one. --Jane Adams
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