The Hard Way: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels)
by Lee Child
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Author: Lee ChildEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-19
ISBN: 0440246008
Number of pages: 512
Publisher: Dell
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- ISBN13: 9780440246008
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of The Hard Way: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels)
Book Review: Jack Reacher is the thinking action hero!
Summary: 5 Stars
The first Jack Reacher novel I read was "One Shot." Immediately after I finished reading it, I started "The Hard Way" by Lee Child. I know I need to go back and read some of the earlier books of the series, and I plan to, but these were available. I really like Jack Reacher as a thinking action hero, and how Lee Child writes his thriller suspense tales. I enjoyed "The Hard Way" just as I enjoyed "One Shot."
There were a number of things I figured out before they were revealed in the story, but that is okay. There were still enough plot twists to keep the book entertaining. I enjoyed reading along as Reacher figured things out.
I am not a stranger to violence, but I have to admit, as the father of a little girl, I could not wait for the demise of the lead bad guy, Lane, in this story for what he suggested with the potato peeler. The book is not for the squeamish. Besides the potato peeler, the descriptions of the torture in Africa make you feel for the men who underwent such sickening treatment, even if they were not really "good" men to start with. Regardless, in the end, you really want to see the bad guys pay for the atrocities they had a hand in, and for what they plan to carry through.
Bottom line, this was a good, enjoyable, action tale about a hero I find myself liking more and more as I read about him. I plan to read more Jack Reacher novels and hope Lee Child continues to write them.
Reviewed by Alain Burrese, J.D., author of Hard-Won Wisdom From the School of Hard Knocks and the dvds: Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking Essentials series and articles including a regular column on negotiation for The Montana Lawyer. Alain Also wrote a series of articles called Lessons From The Apprentice.
Summary of The Hard Way: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels)
Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back.Lane runs a highly illegal soldiers-for-hire operation. He will use any tool to find his beautiful wife and child. And Jack Reacher is the best manhunter in the world.
On the trail of vicious kidnappers, Reacher learns the chilling secrets of his employer?s past . . . and of a horrific drama in the heart of a nasty little war. He knows that Edward Lane is hiding something. Something dirty. Something big. But Reacher also knows this: He?s already in way too deep to stop now. And if he has to do it the hard way, he will.
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