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Title: Die Trying (Bookcassette(r) Edition) by Lee Child, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-56100-791-9 Publisher: Bookcassette Sales Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 5 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (72 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A terrific read
Comment: In broad daylight on a crowded downtown Chicago street, two armed thugs abduct Jack Reacher and FBI agent Holly Johnson. The pair, who never met before, are handcuffed together and driven to the isolated Montana citadel of militia leader Beau Borden. Jack is getting a full understanding of Murphy's Law as he just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
When Borden learns that Jack is a former Army sniper, he tries to convert the man to his cause of overthrowing the American corrupt government by stealing some missiles and using Holly, daughter of the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as a hostage. However, instead of winning Jack over, the two prisoners manage to escape, get captured, escape, get captured, etc. As the military plans to attack Borden's encampment, Jack and Holly need one more escape.
DIE TRYING is not the fourth "Die Hard" movie nor is it a cross between "Hogan's Hero's and "Die Hard" even though the novel reads as if it could be either one. The bloody story line will be devoured by the ultra-action fans of high drama and Jack is a fun hero. However, Borden and his men make Colonel Klink and his men look like Einstein, thereby reducing the impact of what is otherwise an exciting thriller. Lee Child shows much talent, but must concentrate as much on his villain as much as he does on the hero and heroine.
Harriet Klausner
Rating: 3
Summary: Rambo Style Action
Comment: Die Trying is my first taste of author Lee Child. Hero Jack Reacher, an innocent bystander is thrust into a life and death struggle when he is inadvertently taken hostage along with FBI agent, Holly Johnson. Die Trying is not a serious book, despite the subject matter. Reacher is an implausible former military policeman who is able to single-handedly defeat the hostage takers, raking up an impressive body count along the way. Child has certainly done his research and if you have an interest in the military and the operations of the FBI then aspects of the book will appeal. He is very descriptive when it comes to weaponry and military equipment. The book's story line is pretty straightforward with few unexpected twists. It relies on action to keep you interested, and a 'Rambo' type performance is what you get from Jack Reacher. I would recommend this book to action buffs with an interest in the military and FBI. The story line is ho hum, but if you want a detailed description of what a M16 will do to a human head at 100 yards using 5.56mm calibre bullets designated M855, then look no further than 'Die Trying'. If you're after an action packed, thinking person's book with a slick story line, I suggest you try elsewhere. Something by Gerald Seymour may be of interest. Did I enjoy the book? Appreciating the book for what it was, yes I did. I confess it took me a month of picking it up and putting it down for days on end, but it managed to fill in the time on the ferry trip from Half Moon Bay to downtown Auckland. From my perspective, an average read that was mildly entertaining. Recommended as a filler.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Master of Mayhem
Comment: Lee Child's "Jack Reacher" novels have a refreshing purity about them: simply action, mayhem, and brutality wrapped around straight, unadorned plots. Testosterone runs high, larger-than-life bad guys take evil to new depths, cliffhangers that would embarrass Indiana Jones. And if there is such a thing as a literary equivalent of film's slow-motion action scenes, then Lee Child is the master. Guns don't simply shoot a bullet; Child talks muzzle velocities, projectile weights, gun barrel chemistry, and the physics of 0.5-inch diameter bullet fired from a Barrett sniper rifle passing through skull and brain. All very violent, and all very entertaining.
"Die Trying" is Lee Child's second Jack Reacher novel, and there is no sophomore jinx. Reacher, ex-military cop and veritable walking encyclopedia of all armament, happens on the wrong place at the wrong time in downtown Chicago, finding himself unwittingly in the middle of a kidnapping. The victim: Holly Johnson, a beautiful and brainy FBI agent, but, as it turns out, much, much more. The perps: a band of neo-fascist wacko's - think Waco or Ruby Ridge - about to hatch a plot to declare independence and secede from the United States. Meanwhile, everybody from the FBI to the US Marines tries to find and free Holly, while Reacher works on the inside - as a co-hostage - fights to protect Holly's honor, chastity, and life. Child paints a wonderfully diabolically twisted Beau Borkin as the leader of the cult, and a rather fascinating picture of life inside an extreme right-wing conspiracy. Bottom line: not a novel you'll be retelling to the grandkids, and no literary milestone, but few can verbalize raw power better than Lee Child. A great page-turner, a great diversion, pure entertainment.
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Title: Running Blind by Lee Child ISBN: 0515130974 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Echo Burning by Lee Child ISBN: 0515133310 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Fail by Lee Child ISBN: 0515135283 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Persuader: A Jack Reacher Novel by LEE CHILD ISBN: 0385336667 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Enemy by Lee Child ISBN: 0385336675 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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