Good book, but not as great as I was expecting after the first book. I wish the first 3/4 of the book were as gripping and more like the last 1/4. The first 1/2 of the book Jack is stuck in a truck, an innocent passer by in a kidnapping. Though Holly is far from a damsel in distress. As good as the premise is after a couple of deductions from Reacher about his fellow "victim", the most exciting thing in these pages was Reachers mental maths to keep his mind active. Ok there are short bursts of a...

Lee Child doesn't fail to deliver. What a compelling roller coaster ride full of tension, crime, military, FBI, treason... Jack Reacher is an innocent passer by when Holly Johnson, FBI agent, is abducted by three paramilitary men. What are their plans? where are Jack and Holly brought to? What about Beau Borken and his plan about an independent state? In this novel you'll learn about the madness of a cult (had to think about Waco, it was even mentioned in the book) and how difficult it is to ove...

In this, his second outing, ex-Army Major Jack Reacher is minding his own business, walking past a dry cleaning shop in Chicago, when an attractive young woman emerges from the shop with nine bags of expensive clothes, a bad knee, and a crutch. She drops the crutch and Reacher jumps to her assistance. In the same moment, two armed kidnappers materialize and order the woman into a waiting car.As any crime fiction reader understands by now, in no more than three seconds tops, Reacher could have th...

Once again I accompany Jack Reacher, ex-military policeman-turned-drifter, in his adventure. Die Trying is the second book in the series and here Reacher has gone to Chicago. He tries to help a young, attractive woman struggling on crutches with her laundry. In return for his courtesy he gets kidnapped along with the woman. The woman, Holly, claims to be a FBI and there are other interesting facts about her which would revealed as the story progresses.In case you don’t know who Reacher is – he i...

3.5★“Extreme violence, awesome force. Whoever did that, I wouldn’t want him to get mad at me, that’s for damn sure.’”The “whoever” here was Jack Reacher, and that pretty much sums up the tone of this long ‘adventure’. I’ve read a couple of Child’s Jack Reacher novellas and short stories, but this is the first full-length novel. It's #2 in the series, although they can be read in any order.Plenty of action, some of it suspend-disbelief-worthy, I have to say, a little bit of character background,

I really enjoyed the first Jack Reacher novel, Killing Floor, but this second attempt was utter bilge. From a ridiculous opening set-up, the novel descends into a mixture of adolescent fantasy, incredible happenstance, laughable set pieces and ridiculous plot twists. On the other hand, it says something about Lee Child as a writer in that he very nearly gets away with it, because much as I was groaning at how amateur the whole thing seemed, I kept reading, almost to the end. Almost. I gave up wh...

3.5 StarsI enjoyed this a little less than book one (Killing Floor) in terms of plot, but that's mostly due to the fact that the whole dangerous militia group thing annoys the shit out of me as a rule. The bad guys here were just straight up wacko, whereas I prefer my bad guys to be a little more complex and captivating in their level of crazy, if that makes any sense. Jack Reacher, as usual, was fairly badass and heroic. I like the guy. He's definitely someone I'd want protecting my back if shi...

Alright. Enough of this tom foolery and being all excited by Mr Reacher. But why not! Reading this stuff is fun for me. I'm in lockdown. I'm working on my own all day long in the library industry without my clients, students, or teachers in front of me to help. So.. if I am doing quiet work and can do so, I will listen to my audio versions of this delectable series. And for what it's worth, my public library has every Jack Reacher offering on audio!! Oh my - I have over twenty years to catch up

Like the first in the Jack Reacher series, this was both recommended and given to me by a good friend. Like the first I really enjoyed it, and have given it 4 stars, it was well written and fast paced. And now comes the but, I think, and we shall see, whether I might find these books becoming a little formulaic. As I said so far, after 2, I have enjoyed them and the character, but will he become predictable and boring ??

Jack Reacher- swoon!!! I really don't think I could ever get bored of reading about his adventures, he's my favourite fictional character at this stage. The whole concept of this ex army dude wondering around the US with nothing but a fold up toothbrush and getting into scraps is so simple but I'm adoring it.

It wasn't bad. The book was on its way to a four star rating for sure and then it just seemed to slow down. Reacher was kidnapped along with a girl in the beginning and it was interesting. The plot moved nicely, and the interjections of deep thought by Reacher added to the story.At some point I felt like it became an escape and get captured version of Groundhog Day. Its kind of ironic when I think about when I read it. It wasn't a bad read, it just felt like more of the same. After awhile I star...

Since I despised the first Jack Reacher novel Killing Floor you may be wondering why I read this second entry in this series. It’s all Tom Cruise’s fault.Yeah, I know the Reacher fans were generally unhappy with Tiny Tom being cast as their hero who is supposed to be 6’5”, but I actually enjoyed the movie adaptation Jack Reacher quite a bit. Believe it or not a big chunk of the credit goes to Cruise who managed to convey the cocky arrogance needed while making it entertaining instead of over the...

“Get a problem, solve a problem,” he said. “That’s my rule.” This was a winner!I can wholeheartedly say that this book totally went above and beyond my expectations. It is a brilliant and intense mystery/thriller story with tons of action and several heart-stopping moments. If compared to the first book in the series, the plot is more complex and the characters have more depth. Surprisingly good! I can’t remember the last time I felt like my heart was going to burst from excitement while read

Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2), Lee Child, Lee ChildDie Trying is the second novel in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 1998 by Putnam. It is written in the third person. While in Chicago, former military policeman Jack Reacher is helping a young woman with an injured leg with her dry cleaning when they're captured at gunpoint by three men and thrown into a car, then transferred into a van and driven cross country. On the way, Reacher learns the woman is an FBI age...

My Rating : 4.8/5Die Trying is the second installment in the Jack Reacher Series. Die Trying is wrote in a third person perspective where as the first book was in first person. I really loved the person perspective but the third person perspective covered more ground. So, No problem. The prose and writing in this book is better than the first one but stilled the pacing felt a bit more slow. Here and There. The characters are well written and yeah, The dialogues are exceptionally good and correct...

Reacher, right in the thick of it!The following ratings are out of 5:Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍🌎Character development: 🥺🤭🤫😕😎The Hero: Jack Reacher - he grew up in the military lifestyle and joined the military himself. He spent years as a Military Police officer and has been in a bunch of disturbing situations. Now that he is out of the Military, he has been traveling around and getting to know the country he spent so many years fighting for. Reacher is 6’5”, muscular a...