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| Original Title: | A Wanted Man |
| ISBN: | 0307749606 (ISBN13: 9780307749604) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Jack Reacher #17, Jack Reacher Chronological Order #18 |
| Characters: | Julia Sorenson, Victor Goodman, Alan King, Don McQueen, Karen Delfuenso, Jack Reacher |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2012), Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2014) |
Lee Child
Audio CD | Pages: 15 pages Rating: 4.02 | 59068 Users | 3917 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher #17) |
| Author | : | Lee Child |
| Book Format | : | Audio CD |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 15 pages |
| Published | : | September 25th 2012 by Random House Audio (first published August 30th 2012) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Mystery. Crime |
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Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories that don’t add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. He has been executed, the knife work professional, the killers vanished. Within minutes, the police are notified. Within hours, the FBI descends, laying claim to the victim without ever saying who he was or why he was there. All Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy that makes him a threat - to both sides at once. 14 hr., 30 minRating Epithetical Books A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher #17)
Ratings: 4.02 From 59068 Users | 3917 ReviewsComment On Epithetical Books A Wanted Man (Jack Reacher #17)
Just finished. Worst Reacher book ever. Why ? 1. He throws his first punch on page 327. 2. Has Lee Child accepted payment from McDonalds for product placement ? (count the number of times he mentions it in this book. Compare it to all his other books combined) 3. He throws his second punch on page 376.. 4. 51 pages later the book ends with plot holes that I won't go into in case you still want to read it. I'm sorry Lee but if you're mellowing with age and looking after your retirement incomeI've read all of the Jack Reacher novels. Absolutely love the character, and for the most part, love the series.Have to say, however, that the past three Reacher novels have not at least for me come close to the earlier works. Too many stretches of where the writing isn't as crisp or as active as I'd like, and the overuse of cliches, such as the back of beyond. A WANTED MAN has a clever premise, but and again this is clearly just my opinion the story stays flat and predictable. Too
This book felt sloppy and tired. Certainly the weakest in the series. Not enough cool fights, not enough female action. Just a quickie.
Book 17 in the Jack Reacher series published 2012.The start of this book was very promising; the tension that slowly builds up at the beginning was like waiting for a thunder storm to hit. All you can do is wait for the storm to arrive. Unfortunately the storm never arrives. There were a few disappointing drops of rain that just fizzled out to nothing. As usual Jack is thumbing a lift, heading, like the rest of his life, nowhere. A car stops; three people give him a good look over and decide to
Story has nice flow & low complexity. Reacher is hitch-hiking out of Nebraska, picked-up for a ride with 3 people, Donald McQueen (driving), Alan King (always talking) & Karen Delfuenso (quiet). Forced to stop by Julia Sorenson(FBI) & Sheriff Goodman at a roadblock to find a missing/dead Cocktail waitress, Karen.At the next gas station, Reacher goes to buy coffee, alerts police, Donald McQueen shots, Reacher flees/saves Karen. Others see car burning & think its Karen, its Alan
This is the third Jack Reacher novel I've read, but I've been jumping around in the chronology. I believe I've read the first, and then this and one other, which I believe are both fairly recent. I suppose I could look that up, but it's not all that important. But my point was that I was a little surprised by the characterization of Jack Reacher in this one.Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the recent changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read why I came to
The first book in my original kindle from years back is a Jack Reacher novel and I have long been a fan. But looking at the polarity of reviews on this one, I almost passed but felt I owed it a read. The criticisms are just - the book has long boring stretches, the number games get old real fast, and it is repetitive in places. (Are there really that many folks that know the area code, population, size in square miles and ranking in GDP of most major metro areas?) The story gets a bit convoluted
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