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Summary: Jack is back!
Review: With each Jack Reacher adventure, Lee Child allows us to learn a little more about this elusive all-American hero, filling in the details of man of few words, unselfconscious competence & a contentment wherein he finds himself, wherever that may be. In this genre, happy heroes are far & few between. Don't get me wrong, Jack Reacher is no comedian nor a fatuous fellow! It's just that the things that bother everyone else don't bother him...no baggage, no guilt, no regrets. Perfect spook material. In WITHOUT FAIL, Jack joins the team protecting the Vice President-elect, ostensibly as an advisor. Except he's recruited to do something quite different. He calls on his old military co-worker, the beautiful & deadly Frances Neagley, to cover his back. When Jack learns about the threatening letters, everything changes. Not soon enough, he sees how the security tapes are lying, & that likely suspects are totally innocent. Too soon two men, resembling the Veep in remarkable details, are killed & a compelling chase from the Beltway into the Wild West, ricochets like a bullet from a silenced rifle. Top notch reading with a little love, lots of insights, & loads of action.
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Summary: Wihtout Fail , but not without fizzle.
Review: With the latest published work of Lee Child, I was mightily disappointed. 'Without Fail' is nowhere near as exciting, or as well-written, as 'Die Trying' and 'Tripwire'. I was slightly bored by his 'Echo Burning', but this last one had me yawning. It was reminiscent of 'In The Line of Fire', but at the same time it didn't measure up to that plot, either in content, excitement, or suspense. The only saving grace in this book, was the demise of a thoroughly unlikeable, and unbelievable female character. Froelich had a personality profile that would either preclude her from being an Agent, or cause her to be re-evaluated and made redundant.
Also, why not spice up the plot by going for the Top Man himself? Did Mr. Child really want to be different, or did he lack the nerve to write convincingly about an attempted, Presidential assassination? As for Reacher's motives for taking on the job, well... rational and logical, but to take us into a clothes shop for a moment's respite was boring in the extreme. The biggest drawback to the plot however, is the motivation for the attempt on the Vice-President. Surely, an author of Mr. Child's stature, could have come up with a much more convincing motive to assassinate a politician, of whatever standing. Or was Mr. Child merely being different again? I am afraid, this book fizzled out for me and I hope the next offering, gives us back the real Jack Reacher. I shall give it a chance, but I am not optiimistic, as I believe it is going to be a 'prequel'. To my mind, that's another way of spelling disaster. Come on Mr. Child, you can do better.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: Without Fail is the best Reacher novel yet! If you haven't read any of the Reacher series, START now!! Awesome! If I could give it 6 stars I would!
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Summary: Not a failure!
Review: Without fail is the latest installment of the Jack Reacher series, and I can honestly tell you that Lee Child keeps on getting better and better. An unusual proposal (how would you like to assasinate a Vice President?) leads to a page turning thriller with intelligent and sometimes unexpected twists and turns. You don't need the background from previous novels (L. Child neatly sums everything up in few sentences), but I can only recommend that you read 'em all up. More, please!
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