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Blue Moon: (Jack Reacher 24) by [Lee Child]

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Book 24 of 27: Jack Reacher

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AS FEATURED ON RICHARD & JUDY'S 'KEEP READING AND CARRY ON'

'This is one of his best' - The Times

Jack Reacher is back in a brand new white-knuckle read from Lee Child.

It's a random universe, but once in a blue moon things turn out just right.

In a nameless city, two rival criminal gangs are competing for control. But they hadn't counted on Jack Reacher arriving on their patch.

Reacher is trained to notice things.

He's on a Greyhound bus, watching an elderly man sleeping in his seat, with a fat envelope of cash hanging out of his pocket. Another passenger is watching too ... hoping to get rich quick.

As the mugger makes his move, Reacher steps in.

The old man is grateful, yet he turns down Reacher's offer to help him home. He's vulnerable, scared, and clearly in big, big trouble.

What hold could the gangs have on the old guy? Will Reacher be in time to stop bad things happening?

The odds are better with Reacher involved. That's for damn sure.

'Everyone needs to kick some [butt] sometimes, even if it's just imaginary' JOJO MOYES

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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be read in any order, Blue Moon is the 24th in the series.

And be sure not to miss Reacher's newest adventure, no.26, Better off Dead! ***OUT NOW***

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It is tremendously comforting to be in the hands of Child and his hero - a good man who we know will save the day in the end before moving on, toothbrush in pocket, "just the clothes on his back. No particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there." ― Observer

Lee Child is the absolute master of the story of a lone stranger arriving in town to save the innocent, and this is one of the best of his series...as always, the violence is ferocious and fast-moving. Anyone feeling hard done by or facing insuperable odds will be comforted by this novel, which is also the best advertisement for the NHS I have ever seen. ― Literary Review

Forget Marvel - we all know Jack Reacher is the only avenger that matters...Child has found his mojo again. ― Sun

There's only one Jack Reacher. Accept no substitutes.

Jack Reacher, the 21st-century knight errant who over 23 books has proved himself the most reliable excellent basher of bad guys since [James]Bond...And good work, Lee Child. If you're at all partial to his revenge fantasies, this is one of the best for a while...your hands keep turning those pages, drawn in by storytelling that knows fancy words count for less than clarity and rhythm...It's nonsense. Yet it's compelling nonsense, a vicarious clearing away of life's obstacles via a hero who has no moral qualms, no physical or emotional vulnerability and no interest in what shampoo he uses. ― The Times --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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The guy with the money knew where he was going. That was clear. He didn t glance around to get his bearings. He just stepped through the depot door and turned east and set out walking. No hesitation. But no speed either. He trudged along slow. He looked a little unsteady. His shoulders were slumped. He looked old and tired and worn out and beaten down. He had no enthusiasm. He looked like he was en route between two points of equally zero appeal.

The guy with the goatee beard followed along about six paces behind, hanging back, staying slow, restraining himself. Which looked difficult. He was a rangy, long-legged individual, all hopped up with excitement and anticipation. He wanted to get right to it. But the terrain was wrong. Too flat and open. The sidewalks were wide. Up ahead was a four-way traffic light, with three cars waiting for a green. Three drivers, bored, gazing about. Maybe passengers. All potential witnesses. Better to wait.

The guy with the money stopped at the curb. Waiting to cross. Aiming dead ahead. Where there were older buildings, with narrower streets between. Wider than alleys, but shaded from the sun, and hemmed in by mean three- and four-story walls either side. Better terrain.

The light changed. The guy with the money trudged across the road, obediently, as if resigned. The guy with the goatee beard followed six paces behind. Reacher closed the gap on him a little. He sensed the moment coming. The kid wasn t going to wait forever. He wasn t going to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Two blocks in would do it.

They walked on, single file, spaced apart, oblivious. The first block felt good up ahead and side to side, but behind them it still felt open, so the guy with the beard hung back, until the guy with the money was over the cross street and into the second block. Which looked properly secretive. It was shady at both ends. There were a couple of boarded-up establishments, and a closed-down diner, and a tax preparer with dusty windows.

Perfect.

Decision time.

Reacher guessed the kid would go for it, right there, and he guessed the launch would be prefaced by a nervous glance all around, including behind, so he stayed out of sight around the cross street s corner, one second, two, three, which he figured was long enough for all the glances a person could need. Then he stepped out and saw the kid with the beard already closing the gap ahead, hustling, eating up the six-pace distance with a long and eager stride. Reacher didn t like running, but on that occasion he had to.

He got there too late. The guy with the beard shoved the guy with the money, who went down forward with a heavy ragged thump, hands, knees, head, and the guy with the beard swooped down in a seamless dexterous glide, into the still-moving pocket, and out again with the envelope. Which was when Reacher arrived, at a clumsy run, six feet five of bone and muscle and 250 pounds of moving mass, against a lean kid just then coming up out of a crouch. Reacher slammed into him with a twist and a dip of the shoulder, and the guy flailed through the air like a crash test dummy, and landed in a long sliding tangle of limbs, half on the sidewalk, half in the gutter. He came to rest and lay still.

Reacher walked over and took the envelope from him. It wasn t sealed. They never were. He took a look. The wad was about three quarters of an inch thick. A hundred dollar bill on the top, and a hundred dollar bill on the bottom. He flicked through. A hundred dollar bill in every other possible location, too. Thousands and thousands of dollars. Could be fifteen. Could be twenty grand.

He glanced back. The old guy s head was up. He was gazing about, panic stricken. He had a cut on his face. From the fall. Or maybe his nose was bleeding. Reacher held up the envelope. The old guy stared at it. He tried to get up, but couldn --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Lee Child is one of the world’s leading thriller writers. He was born in Coventry, raised in Birmingham, and now lives in New York. It is said one of his novels featuring his hero Jack Reacher is sold somewhere in the world every nine seconds. His books consistently achieve the number-one slot on bestseller lists around the world and have sold over one hundred million copies. Two blockbusting Jack Reacher movies have been made so far. He is the recipient of many awards, most recently Author of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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This is not jack reacher

Reviewed in Australia on 15 January 2021

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Jack is a brawler, yes. But he's always used his brain as well. But now, according to this book, he's nothing but a remorseless killer, mowing down anyone who comes up against him.
The author could have had fun with this, Jack could have played off the two opposing factions. against one another with intention - and no one necessarily had to die. Problem was the author turned jack in to a battering ram of death, and even his wish to help the old couple come across as psychotic rather than defending the rights of the 'little guy'

also the waitress sleeping with Jack - her reasonings? this came off as a male author's fantasy rather than what would happen in real life.

5 people found this helpful

Off the rails. Thumbs down.

Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2019

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Huge fan of the Jack Reacher series but this one seems to be a bit off the mark. Reacher seems to have gone gung-ho than his usual practical brutality “as needed”. It didn’t make sense how easy he got his band of vigilantes(?) to join the wagon without a pip. I couldn’t say for sure this is the Jack Reacher Character of the series. I don’t do reviews but this one needs be said just so Mr. Child can go back to his writing board. Simply Off the rails.

10 people found this helpful

And another Jack Reacher novel bites the dust!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 November 2019

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I am not sure what it is. The character is ilogical, the plot is unbelievable, the style is repetitive, the writing style is bizarre - and yet I have read every Jack Reacher novel. A certain “sameness” to every story, but in a different location, and with different characters. Jack is like a super hero drifting around America, getting involved in people’s lives and sorting out their problems - then just disappearing to the next adventure. Unbelievable - but still a lot of fun to read.

6 people found this helpful

Boring Yawn fest that is almost unreadable

Reviewed in Australia on 30 October 2019

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Worst and most implausible book of Reacher series. Raises the question of whether Aurhor is losing passion for writing and is cashing-in . Sadly, it's the first time I have wanted to move on and shelve a Reached novel before half way. Most expensive and worst read thus far.

11 people found this helpful

I love Jack Reacher. I love Lee Child. But this book is lacking that something that normally is present when you put these two guys together.

Reviewed in Australia on 31 October 2019

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But this time the magic is missing. It is just a massacre of people with the ending so predictable.
Sorry Lee, not your best. Not nearly anywhere near it.
I will wait for your next one with bated breath. AND fingers crossed.

8 people found this helpful

Jonathan Griffiths

Started so well...

Reviewed in Australia on 10 January 2020

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Started as a great Reacher story - a great set, even a little humour. The competing gangs of Ukrainians and Albanians ruling the city - and absence of police - is a brilliant set up. As is Reacher helping the little old man - which turns into something much bigger than anyone expected. But the last quarter of the book was just a bloodbath of Tarantesque proportions. I understand that Jack Reacher is a psychopath who's quite willing to kill twenty-plus people in one story but that he then ropes in a random barmaid, her two muso friends and one of their ex-military buddies to kill another twenty-plus is just silly. I felt there could have been a much better ending. But if you like lots of gunfire, there's plenty here.

2 people found this helpful

Reviewed in Australia on 20 November 2019

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But Jack has evolved. I like the earlier books better, where he occasionally used the 110th & other resources- and was a lot more self sufficient. The story was better than some of the more recent books, but it could have been any hero - bring back the original Jack Reacher! Some while speculation earlier in the book and then later more options were taken into account. Abby seemed to have a lot of input from someone with her background. But again the story Was easy to follow and the book easy to pick up to keep reading.

3 people found this helpful

A great entry in the Jack Reacher story

Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2020

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4 Stars
My personal rating system

1 Star Couldn't finish the book
2 Stars Didn't really like the book, but was interested enough in the story to finish (Skipping great chunks)
3 Stars The book was okay, finished it and will consider reading more from the author
4 Stars Really enjoyed the book, will check out others by this author
4 1/2 Stars Loved the book, will immediately check out others by author, if asked will recommend book
5 Stars LOVED the book, will immediately check out all others by author, will pre-emptively recommend book to ALL my book friends

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will be checking out the authors other books looking for more of the same. I found the action and story to be better than the last couple of books, but tie implausibility factor went up, notwithstanding that I still thoroughly enjoyed the story.

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Gordon H.

Reacher needs to retire

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2019

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The conversation between the Author and the Publishers prior to writing this book must have went something like this –

Publisher – Lee, your body count in you last book was around fifty, your readers were very unhappy, the plot was ponderous and dull, not enough gory killing and mayhem.

Lee – OK I’ll try harder in future, sorry, I was getting bored with the whole Reacher character.

Publisher to Lee after reading the first draft of “Blue Moon”

This is brilliant, the body count is extraordinary, who cares about the ridiculous storyline and the crazy thought process behind each action Reacher and his new buddies take, it doesn’t matter, bodies are all your readers want to hear about, most have brains the size of a pin heads anyway.

Lee – Thanks, I’m glad you like it, can I have the rest of my advance now?

150 people found this helpful

Edinjock

Written for the screen and the money.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2019

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I've been an avid fan of Lee Child from the beginning but this has to be the biggest crock of crap he's ever written. The body count mounts remorselessly, with Reacher despatching most of them. The group of people working with him sounds more like the Three Musketeers on steroids and in the end the final justification for the murder and mayhem is almost incidental.

98 people found this helpful

Alan

Slight improvement on 23 but...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2019

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That’s it for me, 24 and out. I used to enjoy reading them but these last two have been very putdownable. From not much action in the last book, this has almost non stop action which quickly becomes tedious. If you are looking to read some really enjoyable books by Lee Child, stop at Reacher number 22.

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truckdriver4roads

The plots are getting old but Reacher isn't.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 November 2019

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First, let me kick off by saying I have every Lee Child book. A few books ago I would have said he was my favorite author. Now I am not so sure. The stories are getting too familiar, too predictable and, sad to say, a tad boring. And yes, I get that it is hard to keep up the standards after so many. But, compare this to his first 3 or four and you can see the standards slipping. Anyone notice that the word count is slipping as well? This book is 373 pages long. I did a random count on some of his other books and they are working out at an average 20 pages more.
Shorter paragraphs, More space between the top and bottom of the page.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the book and read it pretty quickly but it just wasn't the same page-turner. I could easily guess what was coming and completing the sentence or paragraph on the next page before turning. The last few books have seemed almost automated. Like most of.James Patterson's . You get the impression that there is a computer somewhere and you load a few plots and ideas and the churned out results are then a best seller. And, yes I know that Reacher is fiction -physically based on Lee Child - but why isn't he aging? His lifestyle isn't the best for good health. His knees must be dodgy by now with all the walking this top end of middle-aged man does. Always in good health. Doesn't need glasses and with superb hearing. At least start adding in the things that happen as we get older.
I will order his next book as soon as it is available but will I have the same high expectations? I expect not.

51 people found this helpful

glorimar

I love jack. But he’s turning into a bit of a serial killer, isn’t he?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2019

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It was hard to follow some of the visual descriptions. Also, he was killing when he didn’t have to, which is a bit contrary to his usual moral code. The cut off head was a bit too much, and the fact that the other characters didn’t seem to mind, made them look a bit like psychos. Not my fave Jack story.

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