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Summary: Surprisingly slow-moving and confusing.
Review: Ex military policeman, Jack Reacher is like a ghost, he never stays in one place for a long period of time, and with good reason...trouble seems to follow Reacher everywhere.Settling in a cheap motel, Reacher is trying to get on with life, until he runs into a man that has been dead over ten years. Reacher knows the guy should be dead because he worked on the case himself, but the guy is alive, and Reacher has some questions for the guy. The FBI also want the guy for questioning, and Reacher is the guy who going to do it for them. As Reacher begins his mission, one official for the FBI, and one personal, he finds answers that will lead to new questions, and before long his mission of revenge will be a battle for his survival. 'Persuader' suffers from the 'too much going on syndrome'. What could have been an action packed page-turner is a confusing, slow moving thriller that doesn't get any pep until about half-way through. I am very surprised this novel is a let down because the Reacher novels have all been excellent page-turners. Lee Child is one of the best writers of expertly plotted, action packed thrillers, but this time out I think the intricate, and confusing plot threw it off balance, the result is a less satisfying, slower-paced read. Fans of the series will be disappointed with this entry. Nick Gonnella
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Summary: Jack Reacher is back!!
Review: Yes, Jack Reacher is back in "THE PERSUADER" and he's better than ever! Lee Child never ceases to amaze me with his excellent writing skills, brilliant plots and characters that jump out of the pages at you. The suspence kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book and I just couldn't turn the pages fast enough to see what would happen next. I loved this book and can't wait until the next one! Reacher is referred to as "the ultimate loner" and those words describe him perfectly, but he's also the hero that saves the day time and time again. If you are a fan of this series then you have to read "THE PERSUADER" as soon as possible. I guarantee you will not be disappointed!
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Summary: Good suspense!
Review: Lee Child's seventh Jack Reacher novel "Persuader" is an intense story of revenge and intrigue told in the first person. Former MP Reacher is the ultimate lonewolf...a taciturn, resourceful, powerful presence. In "Persuader" he teams up with an "off the books" DEA undercover operation. The sting to get Reacher inside the target's base that opens the book is explosive and sets the pace for a high velocity, breakneck plot. Busting a drug import business is the DEA's goal (it turns out that it is far more destructive than drugs); Reacher's is to put an end to someone he thought killed ten years earlier. We learn his motive via an insightful backstory. Hunter and prey stalk one another in this suspenseful, deftly plotted compressed time period window. As usual, Lee Child makes the most of a limited cast by making all characters three dimensional, including the ruthless villains. Reacher's credo is "Never forgive, never forget." Lee Child makes Reacher impossible to forget.
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Summary: Tense Undercover Drama
Review: When Jack Reacher spots a man whom he thought had died 10 years ago getting into a car one day, he decides to follow it up by requesting a number plate search. The result of this search is a visit from a couple of DEA agents. The agents convince Reacher in taking part in an undercover operation, starting us on a tense and dangerous story. While the DEA agents are hoping to make a bust and crack a major crime ring, Reacher's motives are much more personal. He's out to finish something, and someone, that began 10 years ago. But to achieve either goal he has to successfully infiltrate the enemy's formidable defences, a property perched on a peninsula of land, cut off from the rest of the world by both isolation and fences. As with the earlier Reacher books, this one is dominated by the ever-capable Reacher making snap decisions that more often than not are right and are also guaranteed to provide plenty of action sequences. Jack Reacher is such a refreshing character because he has no compunction to take whatever action is necessary to eliminate danger. This results in a full-on action-packed story that never gets bogged down with moralising over actions. Pure escapism at it's best.
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Summary: terrific wild Reacher ride
Review: Jack Reacher is minding his business when he sees the cop and others go after Richard Beck in what appears to be an abduction attempt. Deciding in a nanosecond to become involved, Jack kills the cop and the others kill Richard's bodyguards. Jack takes Richard with him as they escape the bloodbath. Richard persuades Jack to take him to his home in Abbot, Maine where he swears his wealthy father, an oriental rug vendor, will reward him. Reluctantly, Reacher agrees only when Richard shows a missing ear sliced off from a previous kidnapping. However, what is obvious is not always clear when it comes to Reacher. The kidnapping was a ploy staged so that Reacher could infiltrate the impregnable home of Beck, who deals in a lot more than just rugs. Jack knows that Beck is his mark to finding the dead Quinn. Though not one to normally become involved, Reacher has unfinished business with a man reported dead for some time. The seventh Reacher novel is the usual terrific wild ride along side a macho maniac who fears nothing including a game of Russian Roulette in which he is the only player. The story line is exciting becauuse nothing is what it first seems although Lee Child always clarifies the obvious with a new obvious quite quickly. The audience never fully knows who is doing in whom with Reacher dissecting the middle. This testosterone thriller will persuade the sub-genre throng to reach out for this novel and once readers know Jack the previous works too. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Persuader
Review: There's something special about Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. A commitment and determination to provide his readers with skillfully crafted and entertaining material and solid storytelling throughout the series. Which Lee Child does successfully and consistently. This seventh book in the series begins with an action packed; no holds barred sequence that had me stunned. On this journey there's no rest break available for the reader, no little stop by the wayside to catch your breath. Child has his foot on the pedal and he doesn't let up. If you haven't tried Lee Child, maybe it's time.
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Summary: My first Reacher Novel, but not Last!
Review: I found this book in a hotel reading library and decided to give it a try, and all I can say is WOW! If you like adreniline thrill rides this is the book for you! Jack Reacher Is a great Character, A man's man. Has the same attraction for me as Dirk Pitt of Cussler fame (though different in many ways). Now I have to goa back read the rest of the series?
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Summary: A True Page Turner
Review: I love Jack Reacher and his violent novels. I have just finished my last Reacher book;, "The Enemy". It was terrific but Persauder was the best and the first I read,
Now, in the space of 2 months I have hunted them down at Amazon.com and now I have the next on order for springtime.
I have a new favorite smart, tough guy whose realism in fighting, killing, detecting and reasoning is spellbinding.
I can feel the sting of the bullets, boot kicks and the throughness of an elbow in disabling an opponent or the head butt.
As an ex Army man I can appreciate (many years but you never forget) the accuracy with which he persues his logic and power.
It's exciting to watch a 6 foot 5 inch 220 ruthless good guy and I am a permanent convert. My wife is on her second one now.
Thank you Lee Child for giving a lover of thrillers and cops/ robbers, assassians, lawyers, the underbelly of our world, a new hero.
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Summary: Thrilling novel at parts
Review: This was my first Lee Child books I read with Reacher. At first I was engrossed in the story. Child has a good clipped, clipped action packed style that keeps the story going. Though, by the middle of the novel things definately slowed down and I had to push myself to get through it since I wanted to read the whole book. The end definately picked up again, going back to that gritty action. The ending was a bit abrupt and predictable. Overall a good rainy day read.
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Summary: Another winner from Child!
Review: Just read this book in two days. That makes it the second Jack Reacher book in the past week. The other was "Die Trying". I can't put them down. (I have also listened to "Without Fail" on tape.)
Child is what I think of as a "man's" writer. Tons of detail about weapons, fighting, and military stuff. And yet, as a middle-aged woman with little interest in this, I am never bored and feel enlightened after these descriptions.
I am very fussy about writing style, but aside from glaring grammatical errors, there is little to criticize about Lee Child's writing. He may not be the best writer around, but he's not annoying and I love his pacing, his characterizations, and the all-out implausibility of it all. There is a surprise on almost every page and you just want to keep turning them.
Jack Reacher is a superhero with a soft, endearing side. I like him very much and will be rushing out to buy every book about him that I haven't yet read. Thanks a lot, Mr. Child. I STILL haven't got my vacuuming done.
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