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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 stars (rounded up)
I'm a HUGE fan of the Jack Reacher series, so as with all the others, I thoroughly enjoyed Better off Dead.
I know it's had mixed reviews, but for me it ticked all the boxes of what you expect from Reacher - kicking ass, saving the day, being tougher than the bad guys, drinking coffee and not knowing how to use technology
Looking forward to the next installment.
I'm a HUGE fan of the Jack Reacher series, so as with all the others, I thoroughly enjoyed Better off Dead.
I know it's had mixed reviews, but for me it ticked all the boxes of what you expect from Reacher - kicking ass, saving the day, being tougher than the bad guys, drinking coffee and not knowing how to use technology
Looking forward to the next installment.
It seemed that Reacher spent the entire book fighting guys, and usually the same guys. The plot did not grab me at all. Please do better on the next one!
Reacher is always traveling. Sometimes by bus and sometimes he is walking. Today, he is traveling west on foot when he sees a single car crashed into a lonely tree. The woman in the car looks injured, but she isn’t. Michaela is an army veteran who became an FBI agent. She believes her twin brother is involved with dangerous people and she is trying to find him or answers. Reacher knows he is good at locating people, so he volunteers to assist her. It seems that Dendoncker has everyone in his organization scared. They are willing to die instead of risking his wrath. Will Reacher be able to find the answers Michaela is looking for?
Better off Dead is the twenty-sixth Jack Reacher book and it is jammed pack with twists and turns to keep the reader going. This story goes forward without giving any new tidbits about Reacher’s past, but that is OK because that means there were more words devoted to this new storyline. Child always has big shoes to fill as he continues a saga that has spanned so many novels …how to keep Reacher fans happy without repeating stories? Admirers of Jack Reader will enjoy this newest escape into the Reacherverse.
Better off Dead is the twenty-sixth Jack Reacher book and it is jammed pack with twists and turns to keep the reader going. This story goes forward without giving any new tidbits about Reacher’s past, but that is OK because that means there were more words devoted to this new storyline. Child always has big shoes to fill as he continues a saga that has spanned so many novels …how to keep Reacher fans happy without repeating stories? Admirers of Jack Reader will enjoy this newest escape into the Reacherverse.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not quite as good as others in the series. Can't quite say what. But something was off.
As a long-time, enthusiastic Child/Reacher fan, I was disappointed by this joint effort of Lee and Andrew. The gratuitous violence was overdone, and many of the descriptions of settings were too detailed and boring. Although Reacher plots are known for their clever twists and turns, this one seemed especially unrealistic.
Reacher is well past his prime in book form (I thought the recent Amazon series excellent). This was perhaps better than the last collaborative effort but felt slight. The violence returns with a vengeance but the plot meandered and felt bulked out with repetition. These books are comfort food to a degree but I'm losing the desire. I've got a few of the older ones still to read so might focus there.
Reacher agrees to help find the missing brother of a female veteran he has met on his way to the Pacific Coast. As in Reacher's way, nothing is as it seems and things are always harder than you think.