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Night School

Jack Reacher 21

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Night School

By: Lee Child
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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It's just a voice plucked from the air: 'The American wants a hundred million dollars'.

For what? Who from? It's 1996, and the Soviets are long gone. But now there's a new enemy. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big.

In the morning they gave Reacher a medal, and in the afternoon they sent him back to school.

Jack Reacher is fresh off a secret mission. The Army pats him on the back and sends him to a school with only three students: Reacher, an FBI agent, and a CIA analyst. Their assignment?

To find that American. And what he's selling. And to whom.

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Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Night School is 21st in the series.

"I know I say this every year. . .But. Best. Reacher. Ever." (Karin Slaughter)

©2016 Lee Child (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks Crime Thrillers Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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couldn't put it down. one of the better Jack Reacher stories.
appreciate the reduction in the super human violence... more realistic

excellent read/listen

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I've listened to all of the Reacher books in the series. On the whole the story was fine if not a little unexciting compared to others.

But I don't think Jeff nailed it with this performance. He has a good Reacher voice but throughout the book he sounded really flat. Sometimes this works because Reacher himself is flat but in this case I noticed and it got a little tiring.

During scenes with multiple voices it sometimes got a little confused who was talking. He didn't switch voices properly. It's probably difficult to do and not world ending just my observation.

Overall I liked the book and fans of the series will like it too. But it's not awesome. Also, personally, I prefer books which continue the timeline rather than being set in Reacher's past. I get the feeling Lee Child might have written himself into a corner in that regard. I really hope he finds a way out.

Reacher good, narrator not

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I am a big fan of Jack Reacher! I have rarely been disappointed by any of his stories in spite of the tendency of Lee Child (Author), to follow a tried and true format.
The one thing that struck me with this offering was the Narrators delivery of the short punchy sentences that Lee Child likes to use!
It is difficult to simulate a narration in text but each line is delivered in exactly the same cadence! Strangely, it seems to work!! Jeff Harding's voice suits this kind of writing style.
Overall? I enjoyed it! As for my Headline, well that's one of the most often used sentences in every book!

Reacher said nothing......

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like a fine burgundy red this action gets better with age, Lee child genious again!!

gotta love Jack teacher gets better and better

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I always enjoy Reacher books but this one was a bit "meh" for me. Hard to pinpoint why, exactly but it was very detailed, lots going on, lots of names and not always as pictorial as his narrative usually is. Might have been me just having a bad day and I will go back and have another listen down the track but it won't be one I will be clamouring to listen to again

Not as riveting as usual

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I love all Lee Child - Jack Reacher storylines and this was no exception. However I found the narrator for this extremely difficult to listen to which is disappointing because I purchased book 21 and 22. His tone and expression were repetitive and at times annoying and I found it took away my concentration for the story.

Narrator not the best

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The story is like most other reacher stories - as in the story is not great in itself but the character makes up for it. In this case, the narration doesn't allow that. Overall only for the fans of the series and that too those who cannot read the actual book.

Terrible Narration!

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