Echo Burning
Jack Reacher 5
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Echo Burning
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Narrated by:
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Jeff Harding
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By:
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Lee Child
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding.
**NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON**
Jack Reacher, adrift in the hellish heat of a Texas summer.
Looking for a lift through the vast empty landscape. A woman stops, and offers a ride. She is young, rich and beautiful.
But her husband's in jail. When he comes out, he's going to kill her.
Her family's hostile, she can't trust the cops, and the lawyers won't help. She is entangled in a web of lies and prejudice, hatred and murder.
Jack Reacher never could resist a lady in distress.
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Echo Burning is 5th in the series.
"Complete with crackling fast dialogue, an edgy ambivalent plot, and the capacity to make his readers turn the page, this feels like Child's breakthrough book into the mega-sellers. He is that good." (Daily Mail)
‘Jeff Harding’s [...] narration captures Reacher’s character perfectly [...] you have to savour every minute.’ The Sunday Times
©2011 Lee Child (P)2013 Isis Publishing Ltd, Random House Audiobooks
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If you could sum up Echo Burning in three words, what would they be?
Reacher Said NothingWhat did you like best about this story?
It was fast paced from start to finishWhich scene did you most enjoy?
The gunfight on the MesaWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Reacher was laughing lying in the mud on the MesaThe Best Jack Reacher Yet!!
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Alot of people pausing doing things for a beat
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What did you like most about Echo Burning?
Its classic Reacher. Tough and unassailable he is either the luckiest or stupidest guy you ever met. Stumbling across some of the most unlikely scenarios he is the epitome of the movie hero. relying on his muscle and surprisingly educated wits he makes you confident that he will eventually overcome all problems thrown at him. The books are well crafted and build slowly with some clues thrown in early to draw on later. The detail can sometimes be too much and I skipped half a page or so and still followed along. With the audiobook its kinda tough to do that so you sit and wait until he finishes going into deep detail about what the sky was like... This one was wrapped up very quickly near the end and somewhat unbelievably... Reacher is known as a guy not unwilling to kill when required but usually has an "out" or reasonable excuse. so when you see him riding off into the sunset you think "The cops are gonna want to find you and interview you anyway.. You cant just walk away from this one..." That aside, its always enjoyable and I will eventually read them all. I love the overall style of switching between parallel events although it can sometimes be infuriating and confusing all at the same time. You sometimes have to go back a bit just to recap when the jump was made.What other book might you compare Echo Burning to, and why?
Reacher is very like Bond in lots of ways as he is often cold but irresistible to most of the female cast. Wandering the United States he describes the environment and map details very carefully so you can go and check on a map later...Which character – as performed by Jeff Harding – was your favourite?
Reacher obviously, ... Jeff is a gravelly voiced guy and although I have never seen him I can imagine he looks exactly like Reacher. Although his impressions of females (especially of Carmen) made me wince a little.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Its not really that kind of book. still entertaining though.Any additional comments?
This isn't the best Reacher book by far but, its a good read and most men would like it. If you are going to read Reacher books, start at the first one.. ( I read a couple before I realised there was a chronological order to them. ) Its not vital but, make more sense that way.sometimes a little too detailed. But a great read
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loved it
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