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Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis

Keona K. Ervin

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Like most of the nation during the 1930s, St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of...

Marriage During Deployment: A Memoir of a Military Marriage

Marna Ashburn

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Since combat operations began in October 2001, more than 2.1 million U.S service members have been...

The Wonder of the Human Hand: Care and Repair of the Body's Most Marvelous Instrument

E.F. Shaw wilgis

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Using our hands, we interact with the environment in ways that are more sophisticated, more varied,...

Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Die Trying (Jack Reacher Book#2) in Books

Sep 24, 2019

Another action-packed outing for the lone star.

This is just the book I needed to be reading by the side of the pool this summer, hard to put down; an easy enjoyable read.

In Die Trying we meet up again with ex-military police Major Jack reacher, who accidentally gets swept up in the kidnapping of an FBI special agent (no surprises she happens to be hot!?!) While following the attempts of the FBI to get their agent back and Jack’s attempts to free her, an ever-larger plot unfolds raising the stakes.

Ok, you are going to have to be ready to suspend belief a lot in this book, which I usually struggle with (I love a good eye-roll) but it is fairly easy to do with this book thanks to fast pacing and great characters. I do recommend you just go along for the ride. I have very little in the way of military, combat or arms knowledge and no idea how accurate the details in this book are but they are written in such a commanding and interesting way I was more than happy to nod along and go with it.

It does slow a bit in the early to middle stages but the last quarter is full in your face action.

Reacher is just what you want from a hero no-nonsense and a lot of great walking through his thought processes. He's not an overcomplicated character and that feels nice and fresh to me. There is the all too predictable romance angle but its fairly concise and not too in your face.

This is just a fun read.