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Reviewed in Australia on 23 July 2022

Yes, without fail .. this book kept my attention totally throughout. I found myself trying to solve the crime with each page.

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his plots have become quite imaginative and his character can be brilliant at times

Reviewed in Australia on 28 March 2015

I'm a JR fan I suppose, I'll probably read them all (just starting #12). But I thought they improved noticeably at #8. This one being #7, mher!
Don't get me wrong, it was worth reading. But watch out for #8. And the bar stays raised in 9 thru 11. Definitely 4-star reads. I underestimated Child's wordsmithery before, his plots have become quite imaginative and his character can be brilliant at times. There are still a few suggestions I could make but I don't want to nitpick. I'd rather enjoy his work for what it is and for the considerable skills he brings to it. No way I could write stuff that entertaining.

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his plots have become quite imaginative and his character can be brilliant at times

Reviewed in Australia on 28 March 2015

Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2014

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Without Fail is fast paced, but lacking in some detail. However the action is well described. The story line could do with some beefing up to keep the interest going.

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chassyh

a little bit boring

Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2014

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i have been reading through the series and this one is not my favourite. sometimes the explanations around the characters is a bit long and windy. having said all that im starting no 16 next. happy reading

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Harvey J. Martin

Tedious. Not the usual action story of Reacher

Reviewed in Australia on 12 January 2015

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Tedious. Not the usual action story of Reacher. Just a long winded detective story waiting for the action to start, but it never did !!

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neemer

Without fail but not a Winner

Reviewed in Australia on 29 April 2015

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Quite a good read. I felt the reason for the revenge was a bit weak and the character development of the enemies was not convincing enough.

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Dave N

One Star

Reviewed in Australia on 31 March 2015

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Not the best Jack Reacher. A bit too complicated and hard to believe

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elisa

Three Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 17 June 2015

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Ive read nearly all of Lees books and I love them! But this would be my least favourite.

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Not the best of the Jack Reacher thrillers I have read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2020

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Without Fail has surprised me as it is the first Jack Reacher story that I have not completely enjoyed. What has most disappointed me is the plot; it just seems so implausible, even for a work of fiction. In addition, I found it more difficult to feel any empathy for Jack Reacher in this story even though we learn quite a lot about his and his late brother's lives. As a result for the first time with a Jack Reacher story I struggled to maintain interest in the storyline and I found myself putting the book aside rather than finding any excuse not to put it down!
However, there are a number of aspects of this novel that I am sure many readers will enjoy: it has loads of detail about different types of guns which will appeal to anyone who loves technical minutiae in their thrillers; the various locations are described in a very atmospheric way which makes it easy to imagine the settings where the various action scenes occur; and finally there is even a hint of romance for those of us who don't like our fictional heroes to be automatons.
So, for me, not the best Jack Reacher thriller I have read to date, but as I have already read a number that were written after this novel was published, it will not put me off reading more in the future.

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Jim Bowen

A Little Posted In Maybe?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 December 2021

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I've not read many of Lee Child's early Jack Reacher novels. This one felt like he might have been finding his feet a little.

First, a quick precis/primer about man-mountain Jack Reacher. He's a retired former military policeman who gets into excitement, as he travels about the US, rescuing people, and blowing things up.

In the book, Reacher is brought in to help defend the Vice President, because of course he was. Who wouldn't hire a long since retired policeman for the most important security detail of he life? Anyway, he's been recommended by someone close to him, and approaches the job with vigour and vim. The question is, can he and the secret services save the day?

The book itself wasn't a bad read. It just felt a bit posted in, or as if he was doing the novelistic equivalent of that.

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N. Dams

Don't binge on Reacher

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2021

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I've been binge-reading Reacher stories for a couple of weeks now, and it's a mistake. Let a few weeks go by between indulging. That way you forget all the formula stuff that Lee Child puts in every story. When you read them back to back, you get to see how similar they are, and you get to realise what a totally commercial proposition it is for Mr Child to write these books. The result is admittedly a totally compelling page-turner, but I think I've had enough of Reacher's far-fetched deductions, his encyclopaedic knowledge of firearms, motor-cars, wine, bible verses, everything under the sun. It's gotten a bit tiring.

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