• Die Trying

  • Jack Reacher, Book 2
  • By: Lee Child
  • Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
  • Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (10,852 ratings)

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Die Trying

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
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Publisher's summary

When a woman is kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight, Jack Reacher's in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's kidnapped with her. Chained together and racing across America toward an unknown destination, they're at the mercy of a group of men demanding an impossible ransom. Because Reacher's female companion is worth more than he imagines. Now he has to save them both - from the inside out - or die trying....

©2005 Lee Child (P)2012 Penguin Audiobooks

Critic reviews

“Furiously suspenseful.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“Opens with a bang.” (Chicago Tribune)

“Lee Child’s knowledge of the modern military and its combat tactics amazed me. A chilling and all-too realistic story, and a damn good book.” (Steve Thayer)

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Military At Its Finest

As ex military, I found it refreshing to see that our Country was and is still in GOOD HANDS!

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Great

Only complaint is the female voices but all in all great. Much better than the guy reading the first book.

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Great story

Unfortunately Mr McClain is a good narrator. But the voices for the people in the story he is not so good.

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Gripping story

Couldn’t turn it off. The reading made me feel a part of the happening. Highly recommend. I miss Vince Flynn, however Mr. Child has captured my attention and is holding it hostage. Thank you, sir.

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Great Book

I am thoroughly enjoying the Jack Reacher series. The Amazon original series Reacher is good as well. Better the the Tom Cruise version.

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Not a bad series

Find it interesting how easy Mr Child finds it to paint militia members as paranoid conspiracy theorists. Granted that may be fairly accurate in some cases but not all

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Die Trying

Great book. Lots of mystery and suspense. Lee Child writes page turned books that you can't stop

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Good listening. You don't want to stop.

Where does Die Trying rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

IVe only read two so far, but I really enjoyed book one of the Jack Reacher series, and chose to continue with book two.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jack Reacher, himself. He is multi- dimensional and I enjoy trying to understand the psychology of the character.

Which scene was your favorite?

All scenes kept you involved.

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Good Reacher Book

If you could sum up Die Trying in three words, what would they be?

Chick, hicks and action.

What other book might you compare Die Trying to and why?

Pretty much any action book, I enjoy the Reacher series don't get me wrong but at the end of the day it is what it is.

Did Jonathan McClain do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

The performer wasn't terrible but I really preferred the narrator from the first book.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Wanted to? Not really, could I? Possibly.

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It's ok

From reading the reviews I find that people really like this series and I do as well but there is something about this series so far that has not made me fall in love with it. This was only my second book and I do look forward to the third. I'm not giving up yet there is a reason people love this series and I want to be one of them.

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