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Die Trying
- Jack Reacher, Book 2
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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Die Trying
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Die Trying is the second book in Lee Child’s internationally popular Jack Reacher series, read by Jeff Harding.
Jack Reacher, alone, strolling nowhere.
A Chicago street in bright sunshine. A young woman, struggling on crutches. Reacher offers her a steadying arm.
And turns to see a handgun aimed at his stomach.
Chained in a dark van racing across America, Reacher doesn't know why they've been kidnapped. The woman claims to be FBI. She's certainly tough enough. But at their remote destination, will raw courage be enough to overcome the hopeless odds?
Although the Jack Reacher novels can be listened to in any order, Die Trying is the second in the series.
Critic Reviews
"Cunning, explosive.... A thumping good [listen]." (Time Out)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- jyoti
- 25-02-23
Gripping story with obvious loopholes
The story is good. Lot of geographical references. Plot is interesting. The hero/heroine should have killed the villain in one of the many chance they get. The book could have been reduced to half if they had done it. I did not find any satisfactory answer to why they did not kill him, so I kept thinking that all the action in later chapters is just extended for sake of writing a long story/novel. Narration is ok, unnecessary voice changes for different characters made it pretty boring for me. The narrator doesnt have that much command over voice changes so the protagonist female and the main villain sound pretty same. I would have loved to listen to the audiobook in one voice.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Swati Gupta
- 16-01-23
excellent story, well narrated
beautiful story line
liked the geography of the place described
very nice action and well description of about the plots
love the way the physics and machinery and the working of the system described
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- Nikunj Shah
- 03-01-23
Story is pretty predictive and boring
Not as good as the first was boring. Story was predictive and similar to a movie.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Placeholder
- 16-11-22
Good book. but not the best I've read
Good book. but not the best I've read in reacher series. after the first book, reacher's character was underplayed in this book.
performance of the narrator was monotonous and on the same tone throughout the book.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- karuna
- 14-09-21
Excellent read!!!
Lee Child does not fail to keep you guessing..!!! With so many twists and turns you are just hooked up till the end.
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- Vamsi Mohan Krishna
- 05-11-20
Good story great performance
I had read this book many years ago. finally listening to it and revisiting it. liked the performance
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Thomas Haugsand
- 10-03-22
Ok story, but annoying narrator
My second Reacher book. It was OK, but The killing floor was more suspenseful and showcased the character to a greater degree. This one seems a bit too easy and inplausible plot, with a straight forward story. The narrators voice was a bit annoying with a style that reminds me of someone reading a list of single sentences, with a soft exclamation mark at the end of each one. The character voices is pretty good so he avoids a the single star.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Maksym G.
- 02-06-23
Story is good but narration just difficult to keep you glued
The story is great but the narrator makes it difficult to follow along. Not sure exactly why as other books with the same narrator were much better.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Tom W
- 22-01-23
Shockingly bad narration
The narration and intonation of this audiobook is the worst I've ever heard. The narrator thinks that dramatic delivery can be achieved by inflecting at the end of each sentence to imply menace, even in lines that are not intended to have any drama at all. Painful.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Schnauzerl
- 28-08-22
Good Voice, utterly devoid of talent.
When listening to the book you constantly have the feeling you are trapped in a 1980 movie trailer. It is a constant sing-song of up and down, trying to create urgency and tension where there is none in the text.
It is so bad that I can not speak to the story itself, as I could not get through more than one hour of listening.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Scott
- 14-03-22
Good story,
Probably a little closer to possible than I am completely comfortable with.
The intonation of the narrator started to grate about halfway through and by the end I was pretty happy to be done. That raising tone kept pulling me out of the story.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 17-01-22
great book
loved reading it. not as good as killing floor but I enjoyed it either way
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- R. K.
- 02-12-20
just don't
another sexiest one. what was I thinking?! don't bother. I shouldn't have even tried it after the first one but got tired from browsing.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Simon
- 04-04-18
Seriously, Give It Any Rating You Want!
This is a book you could give almost any rating you want, and be able to justify it! For me these older Reacher books are gold dust. When I first started juggling CDs into my car stereo at service stations upon discovering Audiobooks my initial diet was Rebus and Reacher. Superb, classics both of them!
Listening to the gloriously crunchy, gravelly tones of Jeff Harding doing this amazing Reacher character and bringing him to life was a complete wonder to me. It is exactly the voice I imagine the tough, aloof Reacher having even if the female characters don't fare quite so well.
Add to this Child's punchy, staccato writing style, the deep thought analysis of Reacher calculating situations and the excellent action sequences I can easily rate this five stars very happily. The sniper sequences in his books I've always enjoyed and in Die Trying there is an absolute doozy.
On the other hand . . . the plot is bonkers. Really bonkers and if you put your plot hole pedant's hat on you will be like a pig in the proverbial rolling around for hours before you are finished. I can also well imagine some finding the narration a bit monotone even though I think it just fits perfectly.
So, choose your rating, I've gone for five stars based on the sheer exuberant enjoyment I've felt revisiting this, possibly fulled by a bit of nostalgia. Others will choose a variety of ratings but like it or loathe it you'll have plenty to say about Die Trying by the end.
45 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- GT
- 23-12-17
Ridiculous plot
There are so many holes in this plot, it's hard to know where to begin! The kidnappers think nothing of killing the owner of the car they are stealing but don't kill Jack Reacher who just happens to get caught up in the kidnap! To them, he would have been even less important than the car owner and they would have killed him almost immediately.
Bad guys point guns at him countless times - but they never pull the trigger - despite slicing up FBI agents and their own gang members...
Also, it would be almost impossible to group shots with a Barrett rifle at 1000 yards without having first 'zeroed in' the scope with the shooter's eye. At least three practice shots would be required before that grouping could be achieved. Once zeroed in for one shooter, the gun would not shoot accurately for another, unless the eye characteristics were the same, which is extremely unlikely.
Also, why answer the radio when it becomes clear the bad guy only wants to use it to make his demands? If he can't make them, he has no lever.
The FBI agents and Military personnel came across as rank amateurs. Storming the bad guys' fortress in city suits and shoes with a hand gun and no back up? Really?
As for the kidnap victim also being the President's god-daughter - please...
7 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
- RDT
- 21-01-18
Not a favourite
Enjoyed this romp of an adventure. Struggled at times with the narration style, in particular found 'He said / She said' very irritating.
6 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Andrea
- 27-06-18
brilliant
cant wait to listen to the rest of the series. the story and charactera are briliant and narrator makes it very exciting. perfect for long journeys in car
5 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Capt Robert C. Johnston
- 01-12-20
He said, She said......
Great audiobook, but marred by over-frequent use of "He Said...She Said, etc." by the narrator. I am so distracted by this. It is difficult to enjoy as much as may have been.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- L. B
- 21-07-18
Male version of twilight?
Enjoyed it but made me cringe in some places. Also, I find this with other Lee Child books, but the story really started to die towards the middle and end.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- minimoo
- 22-06-18
Enjoyable and Captivating
Making my way through this series of books love that I can listen on any device, anywhere this is an amazing story and I love how Lee Childs does not beat about the bush just gets right into the story, I also like that each book is a separate story in its own right. I have put a couple of friends onto these books who have also been enjoying them so glad there is quite a few more to get through.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Mr J Griffiths
- 28-02-18
Adolescent at Times
Well read, although the reader's characterisation of the only significant female voice became tiresome. A good story, though Reacher's he-man credentials stretched plausibility to the limit at times, and the too-detailed descriptions of guns and ballistics were for teenaged geeks only, and veered into comic-book territory. Started well but became a little tedious.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- lewis baker
- 10-01-18
simply brilliant
loved it top book same usual high standard from this genius series can't wait to listen to the rest
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Robbie W.
- 02-01-18
Non stop
Keeps twisting and keeps your attention throughout. Engaging plot and well thought out characters with gripping scenes.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Aunty K
- 06-03-18
Always gripping
Where does Die Trying rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I love Lee Child stories. Jeff Harding reads to perfection! I have never been disappointed by any of Lee Child's Jack Reacher books.
Have you listened to any of Jeff Harding’s other performances? How does this one compare?
He IS Jack Reacher. His laconic reading style is perfect for these books.
5 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mr Scott P Ginnane
- 10-02-19
Good story, terrible narration.
This may be a personal thing but for me it really ruins the story when a male does a female voice. It’s terrible and instantly pulls me out of the moment with gritted teeth. Also in this case the
Voices of certain characters did not fit at all with the descriptions of said characters. The narrator has a good enough voice for story telling but, and this goes for pretty much all audio book narration as far as I’m concerned, stick to slightly changing your voice for each character instead of doing ridiculous voices. In my opinion Jefferson Mays that reads the Expanses series is the bench mark in this regard.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- mforlong44
- 08-02-18
Thing are not always what they seem!
Good narative, a little lost in detaial at times but kept me going to the end.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- eSeraphim
- 07-05-22
Can't get enough
I read the first book in paperback and loved the thinking action hero. The logic the character uses shows the depth of research Lee Child has undertaken for Jack Reacher. The only problem I have is the realisation of just how much I'm going to spend on audio books, because I intend to hear the entire series.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Simon
- 20-05-23
Great book but…
As others have said, there seemed to be a constant barrage of “he said, she said”, particularly around the middle. I nearly stopped listening but got to the end. Decent story though
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Paul
- 24-04-23
Worst Book I Have Listened To
I listened to the first Jack Reacher book and enjoyed it. However, I cannot believe how bad this book is. The, She said, I said and He said will drive you nuts while the storyline is so hard to believe what with Jack racing all over America, escaping death on each turn. And the detail - Lee loves to give so much detail which again is very hard to take.
I recommend jumping this Book or jumping the whole series.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Ike
- 27-03-23
A really good listen
This story was a typical great Reacher tale, loved it!! Action, strategy and mystery throughout.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Paul Smith
- 07-03-23
Great listen
I’m about 10 books into the Jack Reacher saga and this is one of my favourites. A few more characters than other books so you have to pay attention. Great story that builds up nicely
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Usagi
- 10-01-23
Great story. Performance could be better.
Great Reacher story. I wish Alan Ritchson was voicing Reacher in the performance, it would have been awesome.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 07-01-23
Full of impossibilities
Great narration performance again by Jeff Harding but far fetched plot was distracting my usual escapism into Jack reacher’s world.