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Fiction. Mystery. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this short story from Lee Child, Jack Reacher is again on the move. But even a pleasant hike on a beautiful summer day turns into a walk on the wild side . . . and perhaps something far more sinister. Jack Reacher is on the road, hitching a ride with some earnest young Canadians who are planning a hike through some of the last unspoiled wilderness in North America in the dense forests of Maine. They part ways after sharing a hot meal, and Reacher checks out a quiet town surrounded by countryside serene enough to cool even his raging wanderlust. But not for long. First the trail is suddenly and inexplicably closed. Then the military police show up in force. Maybe it's a drill. Or maybe it's trouble�the kind of trouble that always finds Reacher, no matter how far he travels off the beaten path. Praise for Lee Child and his Jack Reacher novels "Welcome to the relentless world of Jack Reacher and his impressive tendency to be in the wrong place at the right time. . . . Child has created an iconic character that other thriller writers try to emulate but don't come close to matching."�Associated Press "The Reacher novels are easily the best thriller series going."�NPR "Child is a superb craftsman of suspense."�Entertainment Weekly "The truth about Reacher gets better and better."�Janet Maslin, The New York Times "If you're a thriller fan and you're not reading the Reacher series, you're not a thriller fan."�Chicago Tribune "[A] feverishly thrilling series . . . With Child, you can always count on furious action."�The Miami Herald "Irresistible Reacher remains just about the best butt-kicker in thriller-lit."�Kirkus Reviews.… (more)
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I was surprised that this one didn't grab me like the other Reacher books. I liked it, but it just didn't take hold. I felt that it wasn't a typical example
I missed the usual Reacher elements -- brawling, some deep mystery, or even the usual "I/Reacher said nothing."
It almost seemed like Reacher was just a secondary character. The one or two scenes where Reacher shined were too short. (No spoilers here.)
In essence, it was a nice holdover until Personal comes out in a couple of months, but I felt a little... cheated. Everything seemed driven by the ancillary characters who knew what was going on, Reacher stumbles onto it, but then there's no "big reveal." The climax was sort of.. ho hum.
I can only hope that the next full Reacher book will grab me and take a stronger hold.
*The northern tip of Maine is about 1,000 km's from Toronto, so
Disappointing in that it cost more than the next full Reacher novel, and that it was far, far shorter.
Disappointing in that it did not really achieve anything helpful. It bears no relation to any
Perhaps there was an idea there that never really grew into fruition. Certainly the style was right – a puzzle that Reacher strays into and tries to resolve, but there was no real resolution to this one, it ended quite suddenly as though Lee Child was acknowledging that this idea would not really run any further, so cut his losses.
Buyer beware – this is not a Reacher worth bothering about.
There's no real pay off at the end of the story, just an illustration of how adept Reacher is at reading situations, yet we already knew that.
Unless you got this free in the back of a full length novel, I wouldn't bother with it. Yeah it fills in some time, but there's better Reacher shorts you could read or you could just go from Never Go Back to Personal and be no worse off.
Disappointing.