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| Bad Luck and Trouble | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 35 reviews)
Sales Rank: 15701
Category: Book
Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Bantam Press
Studio: Bantam Press
Manufacturer: Bantam Press
Label: Bantam Press
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 0593057015
EAN: 9780593057018
ASIN: 0593057015
Publication Date: April 2, 2007
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 The Best Yet March 31, 2008
I have read all the Jack Reacher novels, some several times as Lee Child has built a character that is credible (even to an ex-army man) and able to give us the ultimate male dream - no ties drifting!
Bad Luck and Trouble hits the Reacher aficianado like it was ordained to happen. Although Jack has worked with his team before, in this book they come together like the "Seven Samurai" each adding to a strong fast-moving plot with an admixture of agendas and sub-plots derived from strong characters. The pace is as usual warp speed with all the twists that we have come to expect from Child. I finished the novel in one sitting, exhausted and happy.
Does this guy ever do slow? Perhaps next time. keep em coming.
 Oh Dear! February 27, 2008
I've been a devotee of the jack reacher series for a while and own all the books, however i have felt that the last one 'The Hard Way' and this one, have not been as sharp as the others in the series. Maybe Mr Child would benefit from taking some time out from the character and doing something else, as the characterisation and plots are getting a bit thin.
One of my favourites from the series... November 15, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Now having fought, plotted and cooly calculated his way through 11 always-enjoyable books, still carrying little more than pocket change and a toothbrush, it's not unreasonable to start looking for signs of cracks in the Jack Reacher series. After being slightly disappointed with "The Hard Way" I did start to wonder whether Child was running out of exciting situations in which to throw Reacher in at the deep end.
Whilst I see there are a few middling reviews here, I found "Bad Luck and Trouble" one of the most entertaining Reacher novels. It's tightly plotted, wonderfully tense and frequently very exciting.
Whilst I'd be disappointed if it became a habit, having Reacher working as part of a team on this occasion is a clever plot device implemented by Child. It does a handy job of reminding us just how much of an outsider Reacher is. He thinks a great deal in the novel as to whether his minimalstic lifestyle is really the right choice, with his old friends round him who seem comfortable in their relative wealth and materialism. But of course it's really a devise used to make sure we all get a timely remember just what it is about Reacher we loved in the first place.
Child is still my favourite thriller writer, and this is a cracking read. Highly recommended.
Is Reacher past it? August 24, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Where can I start, I am a big fan of Reacher every book I've read so far I found it hard to put down. After the first book I went to the local Library and ordered all his books they came in ones twos and four. Needless to say each one was devoured and on to the next one.
My wife complaining "You never talk to me, got your head in a book again"
Well I could put this book down and it took me a week to read this one, even reading a different author in between. Sacrilege. Previous to this early Reacher books were despatched in 24 hours.
A younger Reacher would have seen off these baddies with a little bit of help from a Lawyer, FBI Agent, Police and as usual a women, cause that's the kind of guy he is!
But I do like the interaction between his former Army colleagues and as a previous reviewer commented take him back to his army days. There must be rich Pickens there in the past with so many worldwide locations. The cold war, eastern block countries jumping across the wall, Japan, Filipino islands and lots more.
You have to admit Reacher getting a bit long in tooth.
Jack has a team August 23, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
After taking Jack Reacher on a not very convincing trip to the UK in "The Hard Way", this time Lee Child has him back in the streets and deserts of the USA where he is most comfortable. This is a much more gripping read, with a new dynamic as he gets together with a team of his old Special Investigator buddies. This device ratchets up the tension. Although the indestructable Reacher is obviously going to survive to catch a bus into the sunset at the end of the book, how many of his team will still be with him?
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