Worth Dying For (Jack Reacher, Book 15)

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ESPAÑOL: El capítulo 1 contiene la siguiente cita: El miedo al martirio es el principio de una evaluación honrada de nuestra propia mediocridad espiritual. Let me say upfront that whatever I have to offer by way of solitary insight on this marvelous book, it will only be the thoughts of one reader. If you want to ‘go deeper’, there is an excellent and dedicated group over at Catholic Thought and they have done a chapter-by-chapter group examination of Things Worth Dying For which offers in-depth insights from the perspective of some extremely intelligent and faithful Catholic readers and writers. Child's gift for pacing makes it almost impossible to start one of his novels without finishing. Worth Dying For is grade-A escapism Independent on Sunday (Books of the Year) While all this is going on Reacher hears about the disappearance of a local young girl twenty-five years ago and decides to find out what happened to her - not so easy while so many people are out to kill him. He comes upon Peter King, Alan King's older brother, who wants revenge for his brother's death. McQueen might have been killed otherwise if he had not lied and said Reacher killed Alan. Reacher plays along and soon manages to kill Peter, but the ropes binding McQueen take up time and the remaining members of the group are all up in arms. Crucially helped by Karen Delfuenso at a fatal juncture, they successfully finish all and escape. The terrorist threat turns out to be a hoax because the group only claims to possess damaging material. In reality, there only exist some empty trailers from the time of the cold war that have been forgotten in some bunker, but never been used for nuclear material; they were being used by Wadia as a sort of virtual currency they could trade with terrorist groups, making their whole establishment nothing more than an illegal "bank".

Also, I have to admit I had never heard of Archbishop Charles Chaput before purchasing his book. In the end I found my ignorance in this regard to be a blessing as I held no biases nor any preconceived notions of what to expect from the author. I took his words, thoughts and reflections to heart and pondered them with the same respect and introspection I would accord any other person in his position.Chapter 3 examines our current culture and the effect it has on our views of and approach to Death. For Reacher, it would have made much more sense to keeping on going, to put some distance between himself and the hardcore trouble that's bearing down on him. In Chapter 6, Chaput makes crucial points worth re: ideas and ideologies. He wants to warn us about our capacity to change what it means to be “human” at a biological level, especially since ‘we seem least willing to think morally and modestly about our own power.’

You see I was hooked into the possibilities: could Reacher actually be dead? OK I really doubted it but more likely – would everyone’s favourite 00-bearman be crippled with burns? At any rate I thought the pundit prediction that his female counterpart running Reacher’s old unit would play the major role of this novel was spot on. A master craftsman of action thrillers. More than just compulsively readable, Mr Child's work shows a perfectly-fashioned understanding of his protagonist, dogged and moralistic. Reacher may get old some time, but he's sure not showing any signs of it Wall Street Journal

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In my case I am not embarrassed to admit this. Truthfully, the reason I read books in this particular genre is primarily to learn the answer to the question: "What are the things worth dying for?"