Nothing to Lose

Jack Reacher, Book 12

By: Lee Child

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Two lonely towns in Colorado: Hope and Despair. Between them, 12 miles of empty road. Jack Reacher never turns back. It's not in his nature. All he wants is a cup of coffee. What he gets is big trouble. So in Lee Child’s electrifying new novel, Reacher - a man with no fear, no illusions, and nothing to lose - goes to war against a town that not only wants him gone, it wants him dead.

It wasn’t the welcome Reacher expected. He was just passing through, minding his own business. But within minutes of his arrival a deputy is in the hospital and Reacher is back in Hope, setting up a base of operations against Despair, where a huge, seething walled-off industrial site does something nobody is supposed to see...where a small plane takes off every night and returns seven hours later...where a garrison of well-trained and well-armed military cops - the kind of soldiers Reacher once commanded - waits and watches...where above all two young men have disappeared and two frightened young women wait and hope for their return.

Joining forces with a beautiful cop who runs Hope with a cool hand, Reacher goes up against Despair - against the deputies who try to break him and the rich man who tries to scare him - and starts to crack open the secrets, starts to expose the terrifying connection to a distant war that’s killing Americans by the thousand.

Now, between a town and the man who owns it, between Reacher and his conscience, something has to give. And Reacher never gives an inch.

©2008 Lee Child (P)2008 Random House, Inc.

Nothing to Lose

I just love Jack Reacher and he is definitely alive and well in this book. There is a love interest, good plot, great action & many examples of Jack's lightning intellect and physical power. Jack just doesn't quit once he is on to something and he IS on to something in the town of Despair! More! More! More!

Dick Hill makes Jack Reacher come alive!

What made the experience of listening to Nothing to Lose the most enjoyable?

Dick Hill's narration

What about Dick Hill’s performance did you like?

He is unbelievable story teller and addictive.. I will keep listening to everything he narrates just for the tone, incantation of his voice etc. He is the best!!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It kept me on my iPhone for hours and in the middle of the night till I finished

Any additional comments?

God Bless Dick Hill.. I feel like he is a special friend

Thank you Lee Child for some honesty

It's a shame that so many listeners are offended by Child's attempt to bring out some of the truth about what has happened within the military in the past few years. While it may seem unlikely for Reacher to be the one to do it, he has been out long enough now to see that it is no longer the same military he served with and to want to correct , in some way, what he sees as injustice.
An excellent story that I truly enjoyed...and yes, I do have experience living within the military complex.

Enjoyable and timely....

This is one of many Lee Child novels I've "read" and I found this one as enjoyable and realistic as the others. For those who thought there were inaccuracies or too much of Child's own politics in the book, there are those of us who find it brutally honest & embarrassing in terms of the disgraceful medical care received by our military. Also, although I prefer fiction, I also realize it must be surrounded by some semblance of the truth and do not see how Child could present this tale without making his own beliefs apparent.

Nothing to Lose

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would definitely recommend this book! As always, another enjoyable book from the Jack Reacher series! Keep them coming Lee!

What did you like best about this story?

Overall story line and knowledge of the MP that he was and still is present day with his journeys!

Which character – as performed by Dick Hill – was your favorite?

Jack Reacher! I love Dick Hill as the narrator .... His voice and accents are very enjoyable!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me want to hear more and more as I was filled with suspense!

Way too many minutes of unnecessary details

Dr. Martin

I really like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series, and have read many of his books. This was my 1st audible version, and the story was good, and the narrator did a fairly good job. What drove me absolutely insanely crazy was the way too many long, (unnecessary) detailed descriptions of Jack’s surroundings! Hence the 3-star rating Overall.

I’m fine with short and sweet - like “he looked into her hotel and room and saw very few personal belongings” vs “there was a book on the nightstand, 3 shirt and 2 pants in the closet, 1 towel hanging to dry in the bathroom and very little of the toiletries used.”. I found myself constantly fast forwarding through a multitude of minutes as a result and almost gave up listening entirely because of this!!! I did “soldier on” (excuse the pun) to the end to hear the mystery unravel; however, think I will read the next Jack Reacher book vs the audible version. This way I can easily skip pages of excessive and lengthy details of Jack’s surroundings.

author's politics intrudes

Child hides the plot twists well and all details come together in the end... HOWEVER... Child uses this book as a podium to promote his liberal-athiest political convictions: mixing incorrect assumptions about US military into ideas plausible to the naive & reproach for anything religious.
We read fiction to divert our minds from CNN, ABC, etc. Why inject personal convictions and viewpoints into the story as though they are established societal norms? Sure, provoke thought and inspire concern, but don't assume we should all share the author's value system and political beliefs! Child should stick to mystery and suspense and stay out of "politically correctness" indoctrination.

More unnecessary social commentary

More social commentary. The author goes out of his way to make his political opinion known.

Unrealistic

Most of his stuff seems plausible but this book is not. Plus his depictions of the Christian faith were deplorable.

Action good, but….

As usual, Dick Hill’s performance captures Reacher. Good action, but as with many current trendy authors, Child has to have a crazy, twisted, evangelical Christian villain. This character was too predictable and it’s easy to choose a Bible thumper because even when Child wrote this, having a Muslim bad guy would probably have been politically incorrect. Another lapse in credibility is Reacher’s support of deserters. This crime in a time of war can still carry the death penalty. It’s unlikely that a military brat and 12 year Army officer veteran would ever support or offer sympathy to anyone deserting. This is not the best Reacher story.