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Never Go Back

(Jack Reacher #18)

Lee Child (Goodreads Author)

4.05 · Rating details · 63,297 ratings · 4,247 reviews

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had.

Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He

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Feb 21, 2017 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, 21th-century, crime-mystery

Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18), Lee Child

Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 3 September 2013 in the United States.

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia.

His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had.

تاریخ نخ Never Go Back (Jack Reacher, #18), Lee Child

Never Go Back is the eighteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published on 3 September 2013 in the United States.

After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia.

His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington D.C., the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز پانزدهم ماه فوریه سال 2018 میلادی

عنوان: هرگز بازنگرد؛ نویسنده: لی چایلد؛ مترجم: لادن کاظمی؛ کرج، در دانش بهمن، 1394؛ در 520 ص؛ شابک: 9789641741800؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان انگلیسی - سده 21 م

با اقتباس از همین کتاب، فیلمی با عنوان: «هرگز برنگرد»؛ به کارگردانی: «ادوارد زوئیک»، و نویسندگی: «ادوارد زوئیک»، «ریچارد ونک»، «لی چایلد»؛ موسیقی: «هنری جکمن»؛ و بازیگری: «تام کروز»، «کوبی اسمالدرز»؛ «پاتریک هویزینگر»؛ «دنیکا یروش»؛ و «هولت مک کولنی»؛ ساخته شده است.؛

چکیده داستان: «جک ریچر (کروز)» باز هم، به یک فراری تبدیل شده، و باید هرچه زودتر نام خود را، از فهرست مجرمین فراری پاک کند، و پرده از یک توطعه‌ ی بزرگ بردارد.؛ «جک ریچر»، در این راه، با فراری دادن یاری باوفا، به نام «ترنر (اسمالدرز)»، که دچار شرایط مشابهی ست، و برملا کردن رازی که از گذشته به همراه داشته، سعی دارد تا زندگی خود را برای همیشه تغییر دهد.؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 07/05/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی ...more

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Sep 04, 2013 Rosemary rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Where is Jack Reacher? Who is this imposter?

I am a huge Lee Child / Jack Reacher fan, and have been reading these books for years, but it has got to the point where I say that this could very well be my last Jack Reacher purchase. It pains me to say this, as these books have been the highlight of my reading calender for a long time.

There were a few times when I seriously considered not finishing the book, but this is Lee Child and Reacher, surely it can only get better? No, the writing was consi ...more

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Dec 01, 2013 Linda Wells rated it it was amazing

This Jack Reacher novel continues the series of deceptively simple, well conceived and crafted, and satisfying novels. Reacher is a bit more mature at times but always ahead of the story curve. The plot is timely, and the story is driven by ethical dilemmas faced by Reacher as a result of his past.

I try to anticipate the ending in as much detail as practical, but Never Go Back was a challenge in this regard. Never Go Back is a worthwhile read, even for a new Reacher fan.

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Apr 22, 2013 Harry rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: detective-mystery

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Jack Reacher is back, in this, the 18th in the series. Like all the others I read this in one or two sittings in spite of the fact that some parts did not involve as much action as we have come to expect from this series. Lee Child's skill in causing one to turn the page is really quite excellent. Completing the book I took a look around GR and touched base with some fellow fans of this series. Although I was going to give this book a 4 star rating, reading their reviews caused me to ...more

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Nov 16, 2016 Kaceey rated it liked it

I tried my hardest to finish this book before the movie came out, but I was a couple weeks too late. Actually it could be closer to a month by now! I kept putting it down as it just didn't hold my interest. Couldn't get into it.

I hope I enjoy the movie more than I did the book. To me it was the same old Jack Reacher, saving the world and finding a little love along the way, only to move onto the next town and do it all over again.

I still enjoy the series and will keep reading it. I am too far in ...more

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Sep 14, 2013 Jason added it · review of another edition

You're going to like this, or you're not going to like this. Fifty-fifty. ...more

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Jul 03, 2014 James Thane rated it really liked it

Shelves: lee-child, jack-reacher, crime-fiction

While traveling through South Dakota in 61 Hours, ex-military cop Jack Reacher had occasion to call in to his old office in Washington, D.C, the headquarters of the 110th MP. Reacher once commanded the unit but it now belongs to Major Susan Turner. Reacher decided that Turner had a very nice voice and, on the strength of that impression, he has slowly been making his way in the direction of D.C. in the hope that she will go out to dinner with him.

As this book opens, he finally arrives only to di While traveling through South Dakota in 61 Hours, ex-military cop Jack Reacher had occasion to call in to his old office in Washington, D.C, the headquarters of the 110th MP. Reacher once commanded the unit but it now belongs to Major Susan Turner. Reacher decided that Turner had a very nice voice and, on the strength of that impression, he has slowly been making his way in the direction of D.C. in the hope that she will go out to dinner with him.

As this book opens, he finally arrives only to discover that Turner has just been arrested. His old unit is now under the command of an acting head named Morgan. Morgan not only tells Reacher that Turner is in the slammer but that Reacher himself is being charged with two relatively ancient crimes. Reacher claims to be totally innocent and to have little or no memory of either alleged incident. Nonetheless, the acting commander invokes some arcane regulation and informs Reacher that he is now back in the army and under Morgan's command, at least until the charges are cleared up. Morgan orders Reacher to go to a motel and to then report for duty first thing in the morning.

At this point, neither Reacher nor the reader has the slightest idea what in the hell might be going on, but obviously something very unseemly is in the works. Reacher is determined to discover what it might be and so dutifully checks into the motel as ordered.

As soon as he does two musclemen, clearly military me out of uniform, arrive at the motel and tell Reacher to get out of town, promising that no one will come looking for him if he does, and that they will beat the crap out of him if he refuses to do so.

Well, of course, no one threatens to beat the crap out of Jack Reacher, let alone actually do it, and before long the two musclemen are lying comatose next to their car which now has two new dents in the sheet metal from where Reacher has introduced their heads to the side of their ride. The next morning, Reacher gets up and reports to the unit as ordered, which is going to be very bad news for the people who are screwing with him.

It wouldn't be fair to say any more; needless to say the story proceeds as long-time Reacher fans will expect. The conspiracy at hand is deep and complex and, as always, Reacher will have to kick the crap out of any number of people who continue to underestimate him in spite of his size. (He is, of course, considerably larger and more intimidating than Tom Cruise.)

This is one of the better entries in this long-running series and would make a great summer read--or any other season, for that matter. This particular edition also includes an entertaining Reacher short story called "High Heat," which features a very mature sixteen-year-old Jack Reacher. ...more

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Jun 15, 2013 Michael rated it really liked it

Shelves: washington-dc, fiction, mystery, los-angeles, thriller, virginia

There is such a purity in Child’s formula, I can’t resist it. All variations on a primal theme of one man against a Goliath of corrupt forces. A haiku of nouns and verbs, of chase and run, the reading of tea leaves like ripples that point to the track of sharks. Brave confrontations with desperados without even a butter knife. In this one our ex-military policeman hero Reacher breaks the mold by teaming with a twin, the new female chief of his former MP unit. Child whets us with small glimpses o ...more

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Sep 06, 2013 Deb Mj rated it really liked it · review of another edition

More like a 3.5 for me. Much better than the last offering, this is classic Reacher. However, after 17 of these books, I was hoping for a bit of evolvement in Reacher's character or life position. There were glimmers of hope, but in the end we're still left with Reacher on his own, kicking ass and righting all the world's wrongs. I love Reacher, but I have to admit that I'm getting just a little bit bored.

And, not having written a review since "A Wanted Man", which came out after the casting of ...more

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Oct 30, 2013 Andrew Smith rated it liked it

Cards on the table. I like Reacher, always have, but I might be getting a bit tired of reading the same story.

I settled in to read the latest offering and at first it was like meeting up with an old friend, it prompted a smile of anticipation as I turned the first page (albeit electronically these days). I like the routine stuff: the coffee drinking, the luggage load of a toothbrush and nothing more, the alarm clock in his head and all the rest. I like the clinically linear way the stories are t Cards on the table. I like Reacher, always have, but I might be getting a bit tired of reading the same story.

I settled in to read the latest offering and at first it was like meeting up with an old friend, it prompted a smile of anticipation as I turned the first page (albeit electronically these days). I like the routine stuff: the coffee drinking, the luggage load of a toothbrush and nothing more, the alarm clock in his head and all the rest. I like the clinically linear way the stories are told. Even when the tale is told in the third person, as this is, the reader is essentially Reacher for the few days it takes to live through the latest adventure. There is no trickery, no clever sub-plot waiting to confuse or over-tax the reader. All this is good... to an extent.

So what didn’t I like about this book? It boils down to a couple of things:

1. I guess (like all Reacher fans) I’ve worked out that the story will essentially be a simple one with one or two elements left to resolve when we reach the denouement – tying up a few loose ends and making sense of all the bad behaviour, essentially. I don’t think there’s anything intrinsically wrong with that, but on this occasion I did find the knowledge that this was the way it would play out limiting. It seemed to put a ceiling on the amount I’d be able to get out of this story.

2. Lately, (or maybe it’s always been this way) the stories seem to take place in a very small geographical area. In fact a few buildings and a few roads are mentioned and that’s about all. It’s like a stage play with a limited number of backdrops. This leads to repetition and I found this, frankly, boring. The limitation itself didn’t add anything to the mechanics of the story – there was no hidden significance - but it did detract from the flow when yet again Reacher walked the same two blocks between the same two buildings and saw the same bus rolling by in the same direction. And I realised I’d been here before with Reacher and that I didn’t like it last time either. Another thing with the repetition: he introduced a ‘flip of a coin’ element towards the end of the book that drove me mad! Again, it didn’t add anything it just left me thinking ‘why?’

I’m seldom surprised by Reacher these days. Actually, I’m never surprised. The books are fun but hardly stimulating. It’s starting to feel like Lee Child isn’t trying hard enough, he has a formula that’s worked for him and he’s sticking to it – rigidly. However, when all is said and done, I will be buying the next Reacher book: partly because there is something enjoyable about settling down in the company of old friend but also in the hope that Child can re-create the pure excitement he’s capable of at his very best ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Rob rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: serial-thrillers, 2020-reads

Book 18 in the Jack Reacher series published 2013.

18 books in and they are still keeping me entertained.
Jack decides to pay a visit his old 110th MP unit. Before arriving at the unit Jack spoke to the current CO (Major Susan Turner) whose voice gave Jack goose bumps. Intrigued, Jack arrives keen to meet Major Turner in the flesh, so to speak.
But what he didn’t expect was to find himself, unwillingly, back in the army and to find that Major Turner is under close arrest. Things get really nasty wh ...more

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Jul 22, 2013 Courtney LaSalle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: good-reads-first-reads

Never Go Back (Reacher #18)
Lee Child ☆★☆★

I won an advance copy from goodreads first reads.

WOW! First Reacher novel Ever and certainly will not be my last.
Lee Child did a great job with making it a stand alone novel, but sometimes throughout the book I thought it would have been a little more helpful to read the past books and have a back story. But with that said I was still able to follow on and enjoy this novel.

In this novel Jack Reacher goes to Virginia to Meet Major Susan Turner who had in ...more

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Dec 22, 2013 Lo9man88 rated it really liked it

It's so frustrating all this moving around and all this wandering, our hero can't settle down , i think deep down he's afraid of building a life for him and thus becoming an ordinary man .
Otherwise i loved this book : ain't no messing around with the MP , Reacher kicked so much ass and i think I'm a little disappointed that Sam didn't turn out to be his daughter after all, it would have changed things drastically for him.
I laughed my ass off when Susan told our boy you're so feral ....
The cooles ...more

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Sep 29, 2013 Edward Wolfe rated it it was amazing

Shelves: owned

There's not much I can say here. If you're a Jack Reacher fan, get this book.

If you're not yet, then do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of Killing Floor - the first Jack Reacher book. Once you've fallen in love with Reacher, rejoice in the fact that there are 17 more novels to get absorbed and lost in.

This book was a great way to lose more than half of a Saturday. People always ask the same stupid question at work on Monday mornings: How was your weekend? [As if anyone really gives a f* how ...more

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Aug 30, 2013 Manuel Antão rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Child has outdone himself. Probably his best novel to date.

I think no one, in his right mind, values Child for the quality of his prose, as I stated in another review (High Heat).

In his entire body of work, it's quite difficult to find noteworthy prose.

The question we should put forth is: Why then is Lee Child's books compulsive reading? Is it for the well-drawn characters? Is it for the compactness of the prose? Is it for the plots? (Does anyone remember them after a while...?)

No, to all of t ...more

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Dec 27, 2018 Stacey rated it really liked it

My first book by Lee Child. I love the character of Jack Reacher! There’s nothing like starting a series at #18. It read like a stand alone, but lucky for me there are so many more :)

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May 14, 2018 Book Addict Shaun rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Never Go Back was another fantastic instalment in this series and the book where Reacher finally gets to Virginia after whole books worth of delays. What leads him to his old army base is that he liked the voice of the woman that now does his job. If only he wasn’t a typical male thriller character led by his dick then this story may never have existed. This genre does love a cliched character.

That said I did love seeing Reacher having to become a fugitive across America as he was hunted down m ...more

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Sep 04, 2013 Rex Fuller rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is good Reacher, almost as good as the first few. If you are new to the series read them in order, but if this one is somehow on your list first it does stand on its own. He returns to his old HQ near Arlington Cemetery to see the new CO, because she is a woman whose voice he liked on the phone. He finds she is in confinement awaiting trial on nebulous charges. Then the Army begins prosecuting him for a murder that happened sixteen years ago. He breaks them both out of jail and the bulk of ...more

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Oct 19, 2015 Lewis Weinstein rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crime-and-thrillers

If you like the Reacher series, this one will suit you fine. Fast paced, engrossing, packed with action ... and even a few tender moments.

A note on Child's technique ... the chapters roll forward, with the next one always picking up where the previous one left off. The story rushes forward and never misses a beat. Maybe that's why so many readers (including me) report reading a 500 page book in two nights.

I would not, however, recommend this as the first Reacher you should read, since there is ...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Larry rated it really liked it · review of another edition

One of the characters in the 18th Jack Reacher book, an army MP major (like Reacher) sums Reacher up economically: "It's like you've been sanded down to nothing but yes and no, and you and them, and black and white, and live or die (176-177)." There's a lot in this book to support that view, but, as usual, there's a few moments that make it clear that Reacher isn't really "feral," as the other major characterizes him. WHat happens to a scared young waitress matters, just as what Reacher admires One of the characters in the 18th Jack Reacher book, an army MP major (like Reacher) sums Reacher up economically: "It's like you've been sanded down to nothing but yes and no, and you and them, and black and white, and live or die (176-177)." There's a lot in this book to support that view, but, as usual, there's a few moments that make it clear that Reacher isn't really "feral," as the other major characterizes him. WHat happens to a scared young waitress matters, just as what Reacher admires in a young woman who might be his daughter matters.

Reacher has reached the 110th MPs, the unit he once commanded. It is a trip that started out four books ago. He is there to have dinner with a woman MP whom he talked with on the phone when he was trapped in a South Dakota blizzard in "61 Hours." Meeting her under duress for both of them, seeing her dressed in his shirt when they're both on the run from trumped up charges, he judges that she was worth the trip. That judgment is Reacher in a nutshell: focused, determined, whimsical. How Reacher and the woman major get clear of their situation makes for a good novel in the middle of the pack as Reacher books go. It may end abruptly (it has been claimed by other more critical readers), though the grounds for the ending are prefigured along the way. Lee Child doesn't waste exposition and he doesn't make mistakes about structure.

The first two Reacher books were good and got my attention but the series accelerated with the third book, hit its stride with the fifth through eighth books (the splendid run that started with "Echo Burning" and carried through "The Enemy"—the best four books in a row written by anyone anywhere), and peaked with the eleventh and twelfth books: "Bad Luck and Trouble" and "Nothing to Lose." There has never been a Reacher book that wasn't worth my time, not even "A Wanted Man." All of them mesh together in pleasing ways. I look forward to the next one already.

NOTE: I reread the four-book sequence that I admire so much and am convinced again that "The Enemy" and "Without Fail" are the two best thrillers I've ever read, both as thrillers and as wonderfully crafted novels. I also watched "Reacher, which is a decent enough thriller that isn't really a Reacher movie because Jack Reacher isn't in it. ...more

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Jul 07, 2013 Miles rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Jack Reacher is back and don’t worry folks he’s back with his usual swagger, confidence and his remarkable ability to get things done, completely on his own terms and in his own time of course. Never Go Back is another rip roaring adventure with arguably the most iconic action hero of the modern literary world. Who wouldn’t want to be in his shoes? Yet again he takes no prisoners and his no nonsense approach is refreshing, one can never get enough of The Reacher!

Although we come across a little Jack Reacher is back and don’t worry folks he’s back with his usual swagger, confidence and his remarkable ability to get things done, completely on his own terms and in his own time of course. Never Go Back is another rip roaring adventure with arguably the most iconic action hero of the modern literary world. Who wouldn’t want to be in his shoes? Yet again he takes no prisoners and his no nonsense approach is refreshing, one can never get enough of The Reacher!

Although we come across a little violence, a few deaths and your fair share of bad guys suffering at the hands of our protagonist there was one scene - in a diner - that was the polar opposite and incidentally my favourite part of the book. I’m not going to go in any kind of detail to avoid spoilers but the scene was intelligently written and well crafted,the dialogue was sharp and on point with a great deal of subtlety and personality. I really enjoyed the verbal tennis and the scene proof, if ever it was needed, that Lee Child doesn’t have to rely on Reacher creating havoc wherever he goes just to be entertaining. Brilliant.

The book moves along at a furious pace from beginning to end thanks mainly to an enigmatic leading man but equally to a well crafted and thought out storyline and a sound narrative that keeps the reader keep turning the pages to see just what happens next. I really enjoyed how Child took the story one way and then the next, introducing characters full of depth and flavour allowing them all to play a growing role in the outcome of the book.

For me Jack Reacher books are never about the ending, sure they’re important as one book tends to lead into another, for me however they are about the journey within. I love how he interacts with characters, who he tolerates and who he can’t and won’t abide. He has a wise head on his shoulders does our Jack and he more often than not uses it wisely. Between you and me I do like it when he acts a little rashly, loses control - not that it happens much - and just goes at it, carnage ensues and a few broken bones follow. I’m sure deep down he’s always itching for a fight but he does have an inner strength that reins it in.

Never Go Back delivers, simple as that. From beginning to end it entertains with a crisp narrative, intelligent dialogue and two storylines running concurrently that somehow, magically, gel together at the end to deliver a fitting climax (even though I felt it was a little rushed in the end) to another Jack Reacher novel.

There a few authors out there that will make me stop what I’m doing and lose myself in a literary adventure - Lee Child is one of them. Terrifically taut, Never Go Back will not disappoint. ...more

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Sep 01, 2013 Subroto rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-thriller

So the 2013 Reacher book is finally out !!!

Disclaimer : I am a Jack Reacher Fan Bitch.

So what are the good things which you can look forward to ?

Reacher fighting men "with both his hands behind his back", Reacher disabling 2 of his trackers inside a passenger cabin of a commercial airline and no one noticing and Reacher telling you how West Virginia is basically one big ATM. - that's all there and much more !

In short this book is as Reacheresque as it can be.

This is Classic Reacher + in my opi ...more

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Sep 10, 2013 Bette rated it liked it

Bob Dylan said, "You can always go back, but you can't go back all the way".I think even the title, "Never Go Back" is a clue to Reacher 2014.I found out about Jack Reacher late, so I didn't have to wait for annual installments until about 5 books ago.I really liked who and what he was, and thought Lee Child was a good purveyor of this huge ex-Marine (MP) drifter, good-guy, Jack Reacher. The books do not have to be read in order, but I was fortunate to read him as he grew.
And, then, Tom Cruise g ...more

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Jan 13, 2019 Fred rated it it was amazing

Shelves: thriller, html-img, html-href, movie

NYT Best Seller #1 - Sep. 22, 2013

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Never Go Back Movie trailer - 2016

x-Major Reacher of the 110th CO of MP (Commanding Officer/Military Police), wants to meet his replacement Major Susan Turner CO/MP. When arriving Why is he accused of a soldier murder & a paternity suit that he is a father of a daughter, Samantha Dayton(15)?

Reacher finds Turner’s in “pre-trial confinement“ for taking an offshore export bribe, $100,000 deposit. ...more

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Jun 08, 2018 William rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: extraordinary-books

5-stars, perhaps Child's best Reacher.

I read this straight through with only 2 hours sleep. WOOHOOO! Child, you b'stard! 😊

If you saw the movie first, don't worry. It's a good movie that diverges completely from this great book, pretty early on.

Reacher finally makes it to DC to meet the woman he talked with several books ago ("61 Hours") while he was being abused way out west. As usual, Reacher arrives just in time to drop deep, deep into the brown stuff. And as usual, he is soon in personal jeop ...more

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Aug 31, 2018 Mike (the Paladin) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: thriller, action

You know, over time I've read quite a few of the Reacher books now. I read them in groups of 2 or 3 at a time. I've commented before on why that is.

This one is a good read and I decided to go all 5 stars. The books run a gamut from excellent to...oh well better luck next time". This one? As I said, I liked it.

Here Jack is post military (some books take place while he's still an MP Major [or captain whatever] some after he's...well not military). He has had occasion to talk to the new commander o ...more

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Sep 15, 2013 Mark rated it liked it · review of another edition

Never Go Back (A Jack Reacher novel) by Lee Child

I hate to say it … but after 18 books, Reacher is starting to suffer from the Spenser Syndrome: a great character that is becoming redundant.

Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novels were phenomenal books until about #14 … then trouble seeps in. And the more Spenser’s main squeeze, Susan Silverman, is involved in the story, the worse it is.

Same with Child. Reacher is one of the most interesting characters but over the last few novels, (particularly with ...more

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Oct 22, 2013 Kathy Davie rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense

Eighteenth in the Jack Reacher suspense series. This story starts in Washington D.C.

My Take
Reacher is definitely an odd duck, out of step with the majority of society with his preference for his aloneness. I was going to say lonely life, but he’s not. He’s quite happy to be a rolling stone, and I have to admit that I worry about him. I know. He’s fictional. And I do worry what’ll happen to him as he gets older, less able to swing those mighty, meaty arms.

It’s certainly one way to know if your ch ...more

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Nov 16, 2018 Steve rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Sporadically ... not terribly quickly or methodically ... working my way through the series ... with, albeit, decreasing enthusiasm....

I was far more taken with some of the earlier books in the series (particularly the first one) - they fell right into my travel reading sweet spot (didn't require too much concentration, the pages kept turning, etc.) - and the travelogue (drifter) and military aspects appealed to me..., yet now I find that the gaps between when I reach for the next installment - ...more

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Oct 28, 2013 Mike rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction, great-thriller-reads, xcharity-2013

Never Go Back gets 3 Stars. A better book than his last one but I have to agree with another reviewer-Reacher is starting to get a little boring. He really doesn't change with the passage of time. This story revolves around his return to his 110th MP command, now led by another Major...definitely better looking than him but just as tough-minded. The plot is not as good as some of his other work, involving a conspiracy of individuals at the highest levels of the Pentagon and in Afghanistan. Reach ...more

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Lee Child was born October 29th, 1954 in Coventry, England, but spent his formative years in the nearby city of Birmingham. By coincidence he won a scholarship to the same high school that JRR Tolkien had attended. He went to law school in Sheffield, England, and after part-time work in the theater he joined Granada Television in Manchester for what turned out to be an eighteen-year career as a pr ...more