Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, No. 13) by Lee Child
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Book Reviews of Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, No. 13)
Book Review: Start "Gone Tomorrow" and you'll be "Done Today"
Summary: 5 Stars
"Gone Tomorrow" is the thirteenth Jack Reacher novel, and among the best (and far superior to last year's "Nothing to Lose").
Child has a prose voice all his own -- spare, sharp and direct. You won't find ruminations, flashbacks, dream sequences or other ham-handed attempts to give characters depth. Nonetheless, by the end of a Jack Reacher novel you know what makes Reacher tick. Reacher shows his inner self through his actions. I find this a refreshing change from your typical best-selling suspense thriller.
If you're unfamiliar with Reacher, he's a bit of a Superman. Child describes a hugely powerful physique; through the plot Reacher is revealed as extremely intelligent as well. Some may quibble that he's a bit too super; I just hang on for the wild ride.
Reacher inhabits a fairly bleak world, where there are bad guys, who are really bad, and authorities, who are some combination of corrupt and incompetent. In this world the individual must take matters into his own hands, solving life's problems according to his own deeply felt sense of right and wrong.
"Gone Tomorrow" is one of the few Reacher novels written in the first person, and far more successful than, for example, "Persuader." It is set in New York City, which Child knows well. Following the usual Child formula, Reacher is just passing through when he gets caught up in a mystery he feels compelled to solve. Violence and mayhem ensue. Pages turn all the way to a thrilling conclusion. Enjoy!
Book Review: The plot is thick
Summary: 5 Stars
In this latest suspense novel by prolific author Child, our homeless-by-choice hero, Jack Reacher, is in New York City when he thinks he comes across a suicide bomber on the subway early one morning. After the woman kills herself in front of him, Reacher decides to find out why.
Along the way he gets mixed up with the FBI, the Secret Service, of course the NYPD and a group of fanatical terrorists led by two women. One is young and attractive; the other is older and seemingly harmless.
Former MP Reacher thinks he knows it all when it comes to taking down an enemy, but this time he is a bit out of step with the technologicl units, the younger, faster and stronger opponents. He keeps in mind and reveals to us the 12 things to check out when suspecting a person of being a suicide bomber.
Reacher makes many mistakes in his quest, but he always regroups and finds an alternative route. There are many people involved and they all lie, the NYPD, the terrorists, the Secret Service, the FBI, the senator and his aide, and an aging Reacher has to pause to see if brute force and logic are still skills to embrace.
Solving this mystery takes him longer than usual, making one wonder if Reacher is ever going to find a stable home and quit running around saving the world one adventure at a time? NAAAAH, we will continue to enjoy his escapades as long as he can draw breath and kill bad guys one at a time with his bare hands.
Book Review: Thank You Lee Child
Summary: 5 Stars
The action starts out at a high pitch: Reacher's on the NY subway and sees a woman exhibiting all the signs of a suicide bomber. Being Reacher, he intervenes. Uncharacteristically his intervention leads to unfortunate consequences for the woman.
There follows a lot of action with secretive agents, assorted law enforcers, foreign fundamentalists, and denizens of DC helping or hindering Reacher as he tries to unravel the mysterious actions of the subway woman.
The information everyone is seeking seems plausible enough to carry the action of the plot.
Gone Tomorrow has plenty of what this Lee Child fan loves: the fearlessness of Jack Reacher; the savvy that lets him navigate the world of bad people; and the detailed, almost choreographed, scenes of mayhem.
In this book there's less of a sense of just how much of an outsider and a drifter Reacher is. And as the pages flew by I worried that he wasn't going to get what has become his one obligatory bedding-of-the-girl per book. (Mr. Child came through!)
People who know New York City might especially enjoy the action as it flows around the city because of how specific the descriptions are of streets, locations of hotels and neighborhoods, subways, etc.
I try to slow read through a Jack Reacher book so as to prolong the pleasure. Impossible to do with Gone Tomorrow. Too enjoyable to stop.
Book Review: Older, Wiser Reacher
Summary: 5 Stars
Lee Child's thirteenth Jack Reacher novel GONE TOMORROW begins with Reacher onboard a Manhattan subway late at night. Reacher spots a woman displaying the traits of a suicide bomber. He is so convinced that he decides to confront the woman, and his decision to do so sets him on his course for the rest of novel.
Reacher's path through GONE TOMORROW takes him from the New York Police Department, to the U.S. capitol, to a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, to the highest levels of government. Along the way, several shadowy groups follow Reacher intent on threatening to get information out of him any way that they can.
GONE TOMORROW is vintage Lee Child. Stylish, suspenseful, and infused with dry humor, Lee's prose style is spare and efficient. Reacher comes to this novel older, less likely to resort to bare-knuckle fighting, and more apt to use patience and intelligence to unravel a sticky set of characters and motivations.
GONE TOMORROW is one of the best suspense novels I've read this year. It's fascinating to watch Lee develop into a grandmaster of the genre, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
I definitely recommend it.
Stacey Cochran
Author of CLAWS available for 80 Cents
Book Review: Action Packed Jack Reacher Thriller!
Summary: 5 Stars
Lee Child's "Gone Tomorrow" is a real page turner. The author is a skilled story teller with exceptional ability to keep readers on the edge of their chair. He plants detail seeds to be developed later on in the story and is a master of action scenes.
The story begins with Jack Reacher riding a Northbound modern subway car in New York at 2 a.m. with 5 other passengers. A middle aged former MP Major, Jack observes rider, Susan Mark, who fits his checklist criteria of a suicide bomber. While attempting to talk her down she suddenly commits suicide.
While giving his witness statement to the NYPD, he is questioned about what Susan told him and if she gave him anything. From there he becomes a central figure by a multitude of government and terrorist agents and is determined to find out what Susan's secret was, why she killed herself and why and how clandestine agents are involved.
A large man with unique fighting skills, Jack has ample opportunity to defend himself and deal with a multitude of bad guys.
The exciting Jack Reacher's character and his thought processes are well-developed and leave the reader looking forward to the next episode. I recommend that you set aside the time to read this Jack Reacher novel in one session because it is hard to put down.