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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I never give less than five stars to Jack Reacher. Just didn't seem to have the old Reacher vibe. The climax was anti-climactic and Jack seemed not his usual self. Loved the change in location to England and France, however.
I usually love the Lee Child books and devour them in a day, but I had a harder time getting into this one, for some reason. It was good, not just didn't grab me.
adventurous
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The one that was less appealing to me but still great Reacher story. Especially with that ending!
Good, faced-paced as I've come to appreciate Lee Childs novels. A bit predictable but overall a good read.
This is a great story, but somewhat different from earlier Reacher books. Reacher is recruited by an old army acquaintance to whom he owes a favor. He flies all over the world to help track down a sniper who may be targeting a world leader. The supporting cast are mostly spies and therefore are full of secrets. Navigating to the truth is an interesting and dangerous journey for Reacher. Loved every page!
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nearly twenty books old, Reacher is still as fresh of a character as he's ever been. And while Personal is much fun for a Child fan to read, the story didn't pack that usual walloping Reacher punch.
That, of course, sounds like a bad rap, but in my experience, even a lesser Reacher book is better than most of what you'll read in the course of a busy year. I don't know that I'd call Personal one of my least favorite, but it's probably in the lower half.
There's a lot familiar about the set-up. Incident. Reacher. Paired with a woman. Investigate. Intimidate. If necessary, annihilate. All that's here, in normal Child fashion, and it's all, as usual, very fun to read. It's consistently fun to watch Reacher work, both physically and mentally. However, I've found my favorite Reacher stories to be the micro focus Child can bring to a particular place, a particular situation, and a limited scope of characters. In Personal, it's a very macro angle, the story bigger than Reacher himself, and while that might be a fresh change of pace for some readers, it didn't work for me as much. Child took a macro angle that resembled this novel much earlier in the series in Without Fail, but I thought the previous time worked much better because I thought that story packed a bigger emotional punch.
Maybe that's the short way to describe Personal--there's a lot of good here, but not as much great as other Reacher novels. His female counterpart was well-drawn, but Child's created better ones. The opposition was interesting, but again, not in the upper echelon of Reacher foes. The way the plot unfolded near the end was entertaining, but not among some of the legendary Reacher finishes. You get the point...
Will Reacher fans enjoy this? Ha, are you kidding? Clearly. Don't worry about that. Despite not being among my favorites, I'm still as excited for this series as I've ever been. Reacher is always one of the high points of the year, even when it's not one of the high points of its own series.
That, of course, sounds like a bad rap, but in my experience, even a lesser Reacher book is better than most of what you'll read in the course of a busy year. I don't know that I'd call Personal one of my least favorite, but it's probably in the lower half.
There's a lot familiar about the set-up. Incident. Reacher. Paired with a woman. Investigate. Intimidate. If necessary, annihilate. All that's here, in normal Child fashion, and it's all, as usual, very fun to read. It's consistently fun to watch Reacher work, both physically and mentally. However, I've found my favorite Reacher stories to be the micro focus Child can bring to a particular place, a particular situation, and a limited scope of characters. In Personal, it's a very macro angle, the story bigger than Reacher himself, and while that might be a fresh change of pace for some readers, it didn't work for me as much. Child took a macro angle that resembled this novel much earlier in the series in Without Fail, but I thought the previous time worked much better because I thought that story packed a bigger emotional punch.
Maybe that's the short way to describe Personal--there's a lot of good here, but not as much great as other Reacher novels. His female counterpart was well-drawn, but Child's created better ones. The opposition was interesting, but again, not in the upper echelon of Reacher foes. The way the plot unfolded near the end was entertaining, but not among some of the legendary Reacher finishes. You get the point...
Will Reacher fans enjoy this? Ha, are you kidding? Clearly. Don't worry about that. Despite not being among my favorites, I'm still as excited for this series as I've ever been. Reacher is always one of the high points of the year, even when it's not one of the high points of its own series.
The worst Jack Reacher book in my opinion. It was so boring and I really didn't care about the outcome at all. Went off on all kinds of tangents that seemed pointless. Reacher is getting old now, maybe it's time for him to stop getting involved in other people's business.