Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | Bad Luck and Trouble |
| author | Lee Child |
| ISBN-10 | 0-440-24366-1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-440-24366-3 |
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| date | 2011-Mar-26 |
The book starts with Calvin Franz falling from a helicopter at 3000 feed, without a parachute, not by chance and neither out of his free will. Some time later Jack Reacher gets a distress message from Frances Neagley, a member of his former MP team. Even ten years after they all left the service, they still stand in for each other and thus, if one of his former teammates is in trouble he's going to help, no questions asked. Jack quickly learns that it's not Neagley who is in trouble, Franz obviously was. But why? Soon they try to raise all the others as well.
A Jack Reacher story usually makes for some good reading and this one is no exception. Action packed from start to end. It's no news that rules and the law sometimes must be interpreted flexibly in order to prevent larger collateral damage. But the way Jack raises some money because he is more or less broke definitely is neither gentleman like nor terribly important for the greater good.
