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As in such previous books as Die Trying and The Killing Floor, Jack Reacher is a maverick. He carries no ID, and any place he hangs his hat is home. And while he's more than capable of dealing out massive violence to the bad guys who take him on, he's a sucker for a plea for help--particularly from a woman. This time, he's asked by the persuasive Ms Froelich to help her protect the Vice-President of the United States from an assassination attempt that's on the cards. So Reacher, with only the clothes he stands up in, finds himself deep in the rarefied world of the United States Secret Service in Washington, where his problems come from the stiff-necked bureaucrats as much as from the utterly ruthless killer who soon has Reacher in his sights as much as the Vice-President.
If the plot here is a tad reminiscent of the Clint Eastwood movie In the Line of Fire, that's no coincidence--Child has his characters discuss the echoes of their situation with that film at length. But, boy, does Child ring some powerful variations of his own on the theme: this the most kinetic Reacher novel yet, full of the brilliantly orchestrated set-pieces that are a specialité de la maison with the author (the final climax in a snowy ravine is a pip). The action here is relentless, but never at the expense of character--Child is canny enough to keep dark shadows from Reacher's past a key part of his motivation. And the skill that the British-born Child is so proud of--his faultless evocation of the American landscape--is the final icing on a very tempting cake. --Barry Forshaw -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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If Without Fail lacks the emotional urgency of Lee Child's previous novel, Echo Burning, it still barely lets the reader catch a decent breath between plot crests. Jack and his fetching yet formidable colleague, Frances Neagley, must figure out how warning letters to Armstrong are being delivered into the Secret Service sanctum, whether the senator is at risk because of something political or personal, and who staged the demonstration murders of two innocent men also named Armstrong, first initial B. Unfortunately, a few twists (including the source of a thumbprint applied to the threats against Armstrong) can be figured out in advance, and the story is light on character development. A tiny breach in Reacher's reclusive carapace opens as Froelich transfers the love she once felt for his brother toward him, and there are suggestions that Neagley may have depths of feeling just waiting to be plumbed. However, other players are mere ciphers--the sacrificial victims of an action-oriented yarn. --J. Kingston Pierce -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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First of all this book reminds me most of "The Visitor / Running Blind" because again Reacher works together with the authorities and because the hunt for "who did it" is a very similar plot. As a change from the previous five novels Reacher does not do the job purely on his own but enlists the aid of former U.S. Army master sergeant Frances Neagley. This is the biggest deviation from Lee Child's earlier books. Otherwise the writing style and the pace are very similar.
The book has some weakness regarding the question for the motive: Why does it take about a third of the book before anybody asks WHY does anybody want to kill the Vice President (instead of the President)? This should have come way earlier! On top of that parts of the showdown in the end are a bit disappointing and ridiculous.
Of course this book has to have a flaw that kind of comes with the Reacher character: You can always argue how possible or likely it is that Reacher always knows more then every other well-trained person around who does a certain job for years.
Does all that is said above make "Without Fail" a bad book that should not be read? No!
The basic story of the book is very interesting (and makes a lot more sense than its disappointing predecessor "Echo Burning"). The book is well written and very entertaining so it kept me reading and guessing on and on. It also features some David Copperfield tricks of getting messages into the Secret Service which are really fun to unravel. And hey - I got to admit I really like this Reacher character a lot.
From Lee Child's six novels I would rank this book in third place - after "The Visitor / Running Blind" and especially behind "Killing Floor".
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