Review: Persuader

Persuader by Lee Child
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Další Reacher do sbírky, další akční nakládačka. Vím, co od Leeho Childa očekávat, vím, že se na těch pár stovkách stran nudit rozhodně nebudu. Až je mi ho chudáka líto. Takovej pozitivně naladěnej chlap a pořád řeší něčí průsery. I když tentokrát je v tom i cosi osobního, něco, co ho znovu a znovu přiměje překonat svoje limity. Občas se divím, jestli by to ve skutečnosti nějaký člověk opravdu zvládl. Asi jo no. Jako u předchozích dílů, je lepší si dát nějaký časový odstup mezi jednotlivými knihami s Reacherem, pak by vás to hodně rychle onudilo, protože je to vlastně tak nějak pořád to stejné. Jenom prostředí, atraktivní ženy a zákeřní padouši se mění :D

Ukázka z knihy:

In the restaurant the night before the arrest, Dominique Kohl had asked me, "Why are you doing this?"

I wasn't sure what she meant. "Having dinner with you?"

"No, working as an MP. You could be anything. You could be Special Forces Intelligence, Air Cavalry, Armoured, anything you wanted."

"So could you."

"I know. And I know why I'm doing this. I want to know why you're doing it."

It was the first time anybody had ever asked me.

"Because I always wanted to be a cop," I said. "But I was predestined for the military. Family background, no choice at all. So I became a military cop."

"That's not really an answer. Why did you want to be a cop in the first place?"

I shrugged. "It's just the way I am. Cops put things right."

"What things?"

"They look after people. They make sure the little guy is OK."

"That's it? The little guy?"

I shook my head.

"No," I said. "Not really. I don't really cared about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things."

"You produce the right results for the wrong reasons, then."

I nodded. "But I try to do the right thing. I think the reasons don't really matter. Whatever, I like to see the right thing done."

"Me too," she said. "I try to do the right thing. Even though everybody hates us and nobody helps us and nobody thanks us afterwards. I think doing the right thing is an end in itself. It has to be, really, doesn't it?"

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