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Jack Reacher finds himself heading towards Indiana as he looks someone from his past about to go down for murder - six random shots in the street, five dead. The suspect, James Barr was once in the army, he was a sniper and he trained for five years and now he's wound up arrested and in a coma. His last words were, "Get Jack Reacher for me."
But Reacher didn't come to save him; he came to bury him. The evidence was compelling and according to Reacher, he's done it before. An open and shut case. Neatly tied up. But perhaps too neatly? Some things don't make sense, for instance, Reacher would have been the last person he would call for help. So Reacher investigates and stumbles into a little mess he did not anticipate. Barr is innocent.
I seriously love all the work and knowledge that Lee Child puts into his character. I learn so much from him and not just about the army but day to day stuff that someone like me can apply. The book also explained some things that the movie couldn't because they were Reacher's thoughts and he usually foresees everything a few seconds before it all happens, kind of like Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes.
The funniest moment for me was when he was in a bar fight with five goons and in his mind he knew that five on one doesn't exist because there is usually a ringleader who will go down first and then his two sidekicks will give it a try and the last two will most likely run away. So he kicked the ringleader between the legs (which happened in the movie but I didn't pick up on it) with his left foot because, "Right-footed, he would have popped bits of the guy's pelvis out through his nose. Your big soft heart, an old army instructor had said. One day it'll get you killed." Hilarious. Reacher knocked-out three guys who all ended up in a hospital because of his big ol' soft heart.
But Reacher didn't come to save him; he came to bury him. The evidence was compelling and according to Reacher, he's done it before. An open and shut case. Neatly tied up. But perhaps too neatly? Some things don't make sense, for instance, Reacher would have been the last person he would call for help. So Reacher investigates and stumbles into a little mess he did not anticipate. Barr is innocent.
I seriously love all the work and knowledge that Lee Child puts into his character. I learn so much from him and not just about the army but day to day stuff that someone like me can apply. The book also explained some things that the movie couldn't because they were Reacher's thoughts and he usually foresees everything a few seconds before it all happens, kind of like Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes.
The funniest moment for me was when he was in a bar fight with five goons and in his mind he knew that five on one doesn't exist because there is usually a ringleader who will go down first and then his two sidekicks will give it a try and the last two will most likely run away. So he kicked the ringleader between the legs (which happened in the movie but I didn't pick up on it) with his left foot because, "Right-footed, he would have popped bits of the guy's pelvis out through his nose. Your big soft heart, an old army instructor had said. One day it'll get you killed." Hilarious. Reacher knocked-out three guys who all ended up in a hospital because of his big ol' soft heart.