Bad Luck and Trouble

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	• Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, No. 11) Lee Child Dell, 2008 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 181 reviews view larger image
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Bad Luck and Trouble - Lee Child

Bad Luck and Trouble

There is no better author than Lee Child and no better hero than Jack Reacher!! I recommend that you read all of the series. I have and every book is excellent. If you can't start with his first, Killing Floor, start with The Persuader (I did). Each of his books is designed to stand on their own, so it really doesn't matter which you start with, Bad Luck and Trouble would be fine.

Jack's back off vacation

"Two against seven or more. No time. No element of surprise. A fortified position with no way in. A hopeless situation. 'We're good to go,' Reacher said." - from BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE

In my review of Reacher's immediately previous adventure, The Hard Way (Jack Reacher Novels), I gave 3 stars and opined that author Lee Child had his hero on R&R. But here, in BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE, Jack is teamed with three of seven former members of the special operations unit that he commanded years before as a U.S. Army Military Police officer. Why only three? Because the other four have been tortured and thrown out of a helicopter high above California's Mojave Desert by villains unknown. Back in their service days, the eight of them had been like family, and Jack and his surviving colleagues are on a mission of vengeance. Ohhh, yeah, are they ever.

The thing I like about the Reacher series, unlike another which I read religiously but whose heroine (with a pet hamster and initials S.P.) is in an unchanging plot and character rut, Jack is constantly evolving in the perception of the reader. For instance, in this installment, Jack reveals himself to be a mathematics adept and the club sandwich as one of his favorites. He likes to pick his teeth with the frou-frou toothpick that holds the sandwich together.

As an aside, one of Jack's team, present and past, is ex-sergeant Frances Neagley, who appeared, as I recall, in one other Reacher thriller some years ago. Frances is perhaps just as deadly and efficient as her old CO. She also has a violent aversion to being touched. A character as interesting as hers deserves her own series. Lee, are you taking notes?

My only quarrel with the plot came towards the end when four Bad Guys are searching a perimeter fence for signs of entry by Reacher and Neagley. It's a moonless night, almost pitch black, and the searchers have no flashlights. While that makes it easier for Jack and Frances to do their bloody work, it makes no sense from the opposition's point of view and strained credibility.

The ending to BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE alone is worth the full hardcover price and the five stars I'm awarding. It's perhaps the best in the entire series so far. Yup, Jack is back.

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Hot Child in the City

Another one-sitting read from Lee Child, perfect for the beach, poolside, a hammock, or even the bathroom if you have IBS.

In this, the eleventh in the series, Reacher reunites with his former military special investigator team to avenge the death of one of their own. Like The Dirty Dozen or The Seven Samurai, we meet the heroes one by one, learn their areas of expertise, and then send them into a battle where they're outnumbered and outgunned.

The fun of a Jack Reacher novel is threefold; watching the surprising plot unfold, getting to know and care about the characters, and then cheering as the bad guys get their faces kicked in.

BLAT begins and ends with a helicopter ride, and the rest of the book is similarly structured, with many ups, downs, twists, and turns. As it has been said many times, reading Child is like watching a movie. A fun movie, that you hate to see end.

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Reacher Forms A Mod Squad

I think one of the reasons I love a Jack Reacher novel so much is the way he meeds out his revenge with the exact amount of strength and intelligence that any of would like to have in the same situations. (God forbid any of us would be in one of these situations!) I'll admit at first I was reluctant to read a Reacher story where he's one of a group, but nearly halfway through I gave over and found myself enjoying the ride. Sure there are some convenient coincidences that felt like Child was really stretching a bit. (Like a hired gunman just happening to stumble across his intended prey in the middle of LAS VEGAS!) And much of the 'villians' seem pretty stock this time with not much to set them apart fom each other. But hey, I'm not reading this for in depth character development. This to me is like a summer blockbuster movie, and I appreciate the value in pure escapist entertainment. Not the best Jack Reacher novel, but it's still alot of fun, and it might have one of the best climaxes in the series.

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