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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-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
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Extremely predictable. Book followed a very tried and true formula that gets old very fast. Main character is really not very likeable and there are numerous holes in the plot.
Alas, it looks that with Lee Child's brother Andrew doing much of the writing Jack has finally jumped the shark. I stopped reading James Patterson's books years ago once he started to hand off writing duties to others. I guess this will be the last Jack Reacher book for me. I've read every one of the previous Jack Reacher novels. I know Jack Reacher. The Jack Reacher of The Sentinel is no Jack Reacher. I would have preferred to see Jack killed off rather than substitute him with this imposter. Oh well, there's always Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor reads.
Tradition of reading lee child's book 9ver new years continues. However not one or his best, I had to force myself to finish it
adventurous
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
This is such a bro book! It reminds me of a smaller scale Mission Impossible (at least for the first 60% or so, then the stakes get much larger in terms of the amount of people involved). I mostly read this because it was gifted to me, and this type of book is outside of my comfort zone. For what it is, it does it well, but it’s just not for me. It’s quite patriotic, and I will admit that once the stakes got bigger I rolled my eyes a bit (I mean, the relevance of Russia hacking US elections isn’t really what I want to read about unless it’s non-fiction ), but I was entertained. Since this was written by men, it did fall into the trap of writing women…strangely (it was fine for the most part, but there were too many instances where a woman was described as “thin as a needle” or something along those lines). I must admit, I was suspicious of Sarah, but I guess I was wrong. I also was not expecting the Nazis, and my impression from that was…wow, they are REALLY try to raise the stakes from both sides (at least they didn’t include China, thank god). Overall, it is good for what it is, isn’t too problematic (mostly just the description of thinness of the women), but it just isn’t really my thing, so my enjoyment was a bit lackluster (I don’t particularly like reading fight or action scenes, and there’s a great deal in the book because that’s what this type of book is). I also don’t find it particularly it interesting to read about a protagonist that doesn’t make any mistakes (there is Sherlock Holmes that is an exception, but there’s more of a cleverness to the mystery than an emphasis on action like in this book). For action movie lovers, I would recommend this (it’s not too patriotic, so it doesn’t exactly scream “USA! USA!”, except for certain parts regarding the raised stakes (when the context of the elections are introduced ).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence
Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping
Nazism
I wish there were half stars--I'd go as high as 3.5 because I'm not sure about this one. First the narrator changed a few books ago, and now there is a changing of the guard in authorship. The story was not bad. Lots of little twists and turns. But I really do miss the original Reacher team of Dick Hill and Lee Child.
The combination of Lee and Andrew Child was a good one. Bringing the technological to the technophobic Reacher turned into a lot of fun, but the action and characteristic Reacher analysis and deductions were still readily apparent. Let's see more of Child and Child!
What to say... The story, itself, isn't too bad, but this is not a Jack Reacher novel, basically because it doesn't star Reacher. I don't know who the main character is, even though his name is Jack Reacher, but he's a chatty devil, missing all the usual Reacher characteristics...a man of few words, deep, very intelligent, with standards, principles, and a strong moral code. The whole book just didn't feel right from page one. Reacher is such a unique character. I missed him. Hoping this was a test or one-off and now that it's failed, Lee Child will get back on track.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not one of the better Reacher novels but if you're a fan you'll enjoy even when what Reacher is doing or saying just seems out of character for him. I blame Tom Cruise ;)