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Jan 29, 2023InvictusAnimus rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Honestly, I didn’t like this, and it took me a while to figure out why: this was like reading a novel manifestation of the patriarchy. The main character is just cringey to listen to; he’s such a clear Mary-Sue “good at everything and too…
Oct 22, 2022peckham_pouncer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Another great Reacher novel that just misses its full potential. There's 2 separate story lines and the whole book you wonder how they will intersect and it does, like the last couple pages. Would have been more interesting for Reacher to…
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Jun 15, 2020ScorchingSun rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Two separate storylines that gradually merge. Reacher's story is always fascinating, mainly because of his eccentric, quirky and deadly personality. The other story is, well...skippable in many of its long-winded details. The important…
Feb 11, 2020JANO333 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This book is a waste of energy. Not worth the time to read it. Boring! No point! Kept falling to sleep!!! But most of his books are the same, I have found.
Oct 17, 2019chilidog12 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
best one yet..it also may have been the waiting soooo long for a new reacher book. no its the best one read it while camping, couldnt put it down. thank you lee child keep up the good work.
Oct 16, 2019fred98115 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Formulaic. Jack Reacher visits a town in which he lived as a child, and inquires about his family. Violence follows Reacher everywhere, including home. Subdues all the bad guys. Boggles the mind.
Aug 14, 2019KlayDyer rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I confess to a longstanding bromance with the fictional Jack Reacher. Not Tom Cruise’s Reacher (although he was surprising adequate in the role) but Lee Child’s Reacher, a larger-than-life fine balance of rational and reptilian brain…
Aug 06, 2019Larabh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is the 23rd in the "Jack Reacher" series which began with "Killing Floor". It is due to Lee Child's genius that the stories stay interesting. Part of that is the hero himself, and part is the multi-layered suspense that builds…
Jul 22, 2019cambridgedon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It takes a while to lay out the plot and it seems like an old chestnut but Child delivers with aplomb with enough twists you don't see coming that the story seems fresh. Not his best but certainly nowhere near his worst - Child still has…
Jul 16, 2019rlcgalloway rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This book was a fun Jack Reacher classic. It could have had a few more complications and better fleshed out secondary characters, but I enjoyed it none the less.
Jul 07, 2019Mattou rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This review discusses two Lee Child novels in the Reacher series: The Persuader (pub. 2017) and Past Tense (pub. 2019) ---------------------------------------------------- I was fascinated to read several negative reviews of this book;…
Jun 03, 2019Matthew412 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Not up to the standards that we have come to expect from Child. Maybe he's finally running out of storyline ideas. Certainly seems so here.
May 05, 2019craig604 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I have read all of the Jack Reacher books at least twice. This one is terrible the only way I could get through it was to just skim through the page to see if it got any better. It didn't!
May 03, 2019
Jack Reacher must be the most prolific killer in all of fiction, never a second thought or misgiving about all the bodies he leaves behind everywhere he goes. Doesn't all the brutal killing ever take its toll on this man's soul? How does…
Apr 17, 2019go214 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
motel that hunts people. kinda creepy.
Apr 01, 2019
Had a hard time getting through this one. Figured out the subplot early, "human tag game". Ended up skimming most of the book. Not up to previous books.
Mar 17, 2019DW_kcls rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"He didn't get far." "... woke up a minute after three in the morning." Those two quotes from Past Tense are definitive of Jack Reacher. When he sets out, he never gets far and his 'back brain' spidey sense is always alert.…
Mar 15, 2019midori_hon rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
you get what you get with a lee child/jack reacher novel, terse writing, a slow build, then a whole lot of carnage. not necessarily a bad thing when you know what to expect.
Mar 13, 2019ac_346 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Putrid. Easily the worst Reacher book. Child has reached an abysmal new low. An unconscious parody of a parody. If you can get thru this dreck you're a masochist. Every part of the construction of a novel, the plot, the characters,…
Feb 23, 2019Blabbermouth rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
It was Jack Reacher back. A light read which was good timing for me 'cos I got sick. The two stories coming together was an interesting style. I'm really pleased Jack does give a damn about innocent victims & it's real lucky his punch is…
Feb 22, 2019MEnstone rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Usual Reacher fare; a page-turner. Two story lines inexorably coming together. Entertaining.
Feb 19, 2019
Easy read.
Feb 11, 2019pinezapper rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
You will see the twist coming a mile away. The family arc could have been developed more. That was the big tease. All in all, you will get a thrill but the last two were kind of lame..let's face it.
Feb 10, 2019Dreamstime rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
A paint-by-numbers boring story. Walk, walk, talk, talk, talk, walk, fight, walk, talk, talk, and on and on. Time for Child to put Reacher to bed and find a new hero. But Tom Cruise bought the rights to Reacher and Cruise as Reacher was…