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The Midnight Line
- Jack Reacher, Book 22
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Jack Reacher takes an aimless stroll past a pawn shop in a small Midwestern town. In the window he sees a West Point class ring from 2005. It's tiny. It's a woman cadet's graduation present to herself. Why would she give it up? Reacher's a West Pointer, too, and he knows what she went through to get it.
Reacher tracks the ring back to its owner, step by step, down a criminal trail leading west. Like Big Foot come out of the forest, he arrives in the deserted wilds of Wyoming. All he wants is to find the woman. If she's OK, he'll walk away. If she's not...he'll stop at nothing.
He's still shaken by the recent horrors of Make Me, and now The Midnight Line sees him set on a raw and elemental quest for simple justice. Best advice: don't get in his way.
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- Simon
- 07-11-17
Reacher's Fine Lines
Right from the opening this book promised to deliver a classic, back to basics Reacher experience. Whether it actually does or not will be questioned by some I am sure due to it's slightly more sedate nature.
It all begins when Reacher detects an injustice, a pawned West Point officer's ring and resolves to check the back story. He's in the middle of nowhere, anonymous towns and places. He quickly sets about finding the truth in his own inimitable way. Child delivers with those short, sharp staccato sentences that despite their design deliver Reacher blunt trauma in bruising fashion. The narration is that classic gravelly drawl which just epitomises the immutable Jack Reacher and his world.
There are indeed a lot of highlights in the book including some classic Reacher negotiations . . . you know how most of them go! There is classic Reacher analysis and diagnostics, some cracking dialogue and I particularly enjoyed Reacher and a PI discussing entering an abandoned house. In many ways this story more than most highlights the golden heart that beats inside Jack's massive and rough looking frame.
If there is one thing missing from this story it is that for me the bad guys never quite step up to the mark. The best Reacher stories have all the investigation set against a constant level of threat from whoever he has set himself against. In this one they don't really manage that meaning that by the standards of this series there is less real tension and excitement. As a result some of the book feels a little staid.
All of that said this is still very enjoyable Reacher and I'm a fanboy so it gets five stars because I love the direct writing style, at once both sharp and quick yet delivering that blunt trauma experience. Although I strongly suspect some Reacher fans might find this one a little sedate in large patches.
For me though Jack's still the best of his kind - the book version of course!
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- J Chappell
- 09-11-17
Not as good a story
a good listen but plot felt bitty and spun out but still worth a listen for Jack Reacher fans
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-11-17
Disappointed!
Probably the poorest yet. I found hard work in places and it just fizzled out
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- Richard Addison
- 09-11-17
As good as ever.
The narrator was good. He voiced Reacher as I heard him in the books. great.
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- paul hick
- 08-11-17
Not the best Reacher but full of suspense.
The story is somewhat predictable and Reacher is not in enough jeopardy compared with others.
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- Rob
- 05-12-17
Reacher, a man for all occasions
I love the Jack Reacher series but was worried that it had lost its way, this story however brings the series back on track!
We see a different side to Reacher and more about him than his fists.
A good read, i look forward to the next one.
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- Nev
- 18-11-17
not his best work
This is one for the dedicated Reacher fans - much of a muchness and quite predictable
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- Neil
- 13-11-17
Disappointed
very slow to get going with very little action bit of a disappointment compared to all the other books.
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- Alkes
- 13-11-17
Disappointing
Thankfully this isn't the 1st Reacher book I have read and I did not miss out on all the excellent books before this one. I wouldn't have tried a second one if this had been my first.
Not a book I would recommend to a friend
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- Kirsty Caffrey
- 10-11-17
Reacher still does it for me!
Love all the Reacher books. His actions have mellowed in line with his age but he's still the guy I'd want if I was ever 'up the creek'!
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