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Since hardly anyone reads this blog anyway, I think I can safely admit\u2014without becoming a public laughingstock\u2014that Major Jack Reacher is one of my all-time role models! Yep, I said it. <\/strong>Big words, I know. But anyone who reads the thriller Die Trying<\/em> will definitely find themselves admiring Lee Child\u2019s ex-military cop hero from that point on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Reacher. Role Model. Period.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My role model, Major Jack Reacher<\/strong>, in the second installment of Lee Child\u2019s excellent series (which I picked up again after some 20 years and accidentally reread) finds himself in the back of a van\u2014alongside a very attractive FBI agent. She\u2019s been kidnapped.<\/strong> My role model, Major Jack Reacher, just so happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up in the van by accident. The hopelessly dumb kidnappers<\/strong> in Die Trying<\/em> don\u2019t just toss him out of the van\u2014they drag him with them. These poor fools have no idea what kind of trouble they\u2019ve just signed up for.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because my role model, Major Jack Reacher, is strong, smart, highly trained, cunning, and more Sherlock than Sherlock Holmes himself<\/strong> (see: The Hound of the Baskervilles<\/a><\/em>). (Just watch how he analyzes the girl at the beginning.) His sense of justice is off the charts. He\u2019s also the best sniper around. (You can bet a few people are gonna take a bullet to the head.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Did I mention he\u2019s strong? (Dude, crazy<\/em> strong! Which really comes in handy when you need to rip chains out of a wall.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He can pick any lock. (Well, not every single one\u2014there\u2019s one that gets the better of him. ONE. MASSIVE. LOCK. You think that\u2019s gonna stop him? Don\u2019t worry, don\u2019t worry!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Trying \u2013 and Reacher sure doesn\u2019t!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, when it turns out that the kidnapping is just the opening move of some evil conspiracy, my role model, Major Jack Reacher, gets down to business: he uncovers EVERYTHING and brings this whole circus crashing down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Trying<\/em> is the second book in the series, but my role model, Major Jack Reacher, is already almost fully formed.<\/strong> Almost, because this early in the series, he still has a few doubts and fears\u2014though luckily they don\u2019t hold him back for long. Sometimes he gets knocked down\u2014but those moments only stoke his thirst for revenge even more. (So yeah, not only is he more Holmes than Holmes, he\u2019s also more Chuck Norris than Chuck Norris.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, in this book the good Major is still capable of occasionally pondering what it would be like to live a more normal life. (Not something he does later. But come on\u2014have you ever seen a demigod just chilling at home?) And Holly, the FBI agent, is the kind of woman you\u2019d give up the drifter lifestyle for… (Although, honestly, every woman Reacher hooks up with is that kind of woman.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, right\u2014speaking of Chuck Norris, you think Reacher wouldn\u2019t take him down? You\u2019re wrong, man. If the old guy stepped out of line, he\u2019d be toast too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, yes, you\u2019re right\u2014there\u2019s a lot of math and counting. Maybe too much. But hey, who\u2019s perfect? The ending\u2019s a bit abrupt? So what?! It\u2019s 400 pages long\u2014it ends when it damn well pleases! And the over-explaining here and there? Alright, that\u2019s enough complaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Trying<\/em> (Jack Reacher #2) by Lee Child
432 pages, Paperback
Published in 2012 by Berkley<\/a>
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Reviews of the series:
Die Trying (#2)
Tripwire (#3)<\/a>
One Shot (#9)<\/a>
Past Tense (#23)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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