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Book Review By Ruth Wilson
Die Trying by Lee Child

In the second novel of the Jack Reacher series, Jack Reacher, an ex-MP, has left the army and is now exploring the United States that he is a citizen of but never knew since he was stationed all over the world.

One day he sees a woman on crutches who looks like she needs help putting her dry-cleaning into her car. He stops to help her and they are both kidnapped. He does all he can to protect the woman, and instead waits it out while they travel in the back of a truck to the middle of nowhere.

He soon discovers that the woman is an FBI agent and their kidnappers finally stop in the middle of a camp where there is a cult of people who want their independence from the United States and want to achieve that in any way possible.

Jack Reacher with the help of the female FBI agent must discover a way to prevent the cult from causing damage to the rest of the nation and find a way to escape themselves.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
Time/era of story:
Spying/Terrorism Thriller Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20 %
Who's the terrorist enemy here?

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - power
The antagonists are: - cults
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest - West

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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