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Echo Burning (A Jack Reacher Novel)

Author: Lee Child
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

26 reviews
Sales Rank: 514

Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 571
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.6

ISBN: 0553813307
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780553813302
ASIN: 0553813307

Publication Date: April 1, 2002
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Strong story, compellingly told May 15, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Echo Burning features tough guy Jack Reacher at an isolated Texas ranch full of troubled relationships and mysterious history. The plot is pleasingly complex, revolving around the motivation and allegiances of a mysterious Mexican woman and the Texan family she's married into. The atmosphere, helped by a mighty storm constantly about to break, is thick with tension. All in all a thoroughly good read.

Downside: the climactic finale is not as satisfying as some Lee Child showdowns. But all in all this is a solid tale, well told.

4 out of 5 stars

another typical Reacher novel February 16, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful

I read Killing Floor sometime last year and thought it was brilliant. It had a very gripping plot and had me turn the pages so fast my fingers started burning - well, almost! Child's main character, Jack Reacher, is an ex-army cop with no family, no strings and no intentions to settle down anywhere. He more or less leads the life of a drifter, never staying anywhere more than a couple of days. Born in 1960, he's 6ft 5 of pure muscles and a strong sense for justice. He's a modern day hero, except he doesn't give a damn what people think about him. He knows what's right and if it takes fists or guns or whatever to settle something, then so be it. One example - In Echo Burning he collects a cheque payment from some rich guy who's badly screwed a poor family. They stand on an upper floor balcony and he warns the guy, "This cheque better doesn't bounce... or you will, too. Off the patio." Lee Child has written ten Reacher novels so far.

4 out of 5 stars

Highly unlikely but compulsive nontheless October 11, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Not one of Jack Reacher's better escapades and sometimes so unlikely you had to hold your breath and wait for the next bit of the story to unfold but like all of his stories compulsive. I just found myself irritated that I was unable to put the book down even when the outcome seemed so predictable. If you're new to Jack Reacher stories there are much better ones to start with than this one, but it was still highly enjoyable.

5 out of 5 stars

ECHO BURNING May 27, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

The trouble with Lee Child's "Reacher books" is that you just can't put them down. Set in Texas, with blinging heat, Reacher befriends a lonely woman with a problem, a big one at that. But Reacher isn't one to turn his back when someone is in trouble and to form he stays to help and try to solve the puzzle. His simple life rules carry him through the blinding heat until he and a rookie lawyer work to sort the mess out. As usual a brilliant novel, with so many twists and turns that you don't know just where you are. A book thats just page turning from start to finish.

5 out of 5 stars

Simply Majestic January 26, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I started reading this book but at the start and I have to admit I did find it hard to get into, might of been for the fact I was tired when I did. Well I started again the following day to be glad I did. Reacher decides to help (reluctantly) a woman in distress (Carmen). He does not want to interfere, but hey who can turn away a beautiful woman needing help from her husband who abuses her and is about to get released from prison. Well Reacher sticks around to keep and eye on things but he sees and hears more than he should and gets caught up in a little more than helping a woman from her abusive husband.

This is a majestic book that will never let you sleep till the book has been read from start to finish.