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hello_lovely13's review against another edition
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
2.5
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: Gun violence, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Torture and Kidnapping
Nazismimogenlj's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
3.5
A decent Reacher and this one has Russian spies and Nazis, for fun!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Torture
mktaylor15's review
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This isn’t my typical book. The plot gets a bit convoluted at the end. I like Reacher a lot besides his aversion to tech which really doesn’t match up with his interest in like everything.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture
sauvageloup's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A perfectly enjoyable Jack Reacher book, nice and fresh with Andrew Child's influence
Pros:
- the usual snappy, brief writing which gets the point across and carries the story neatly. Very readable. The usual quota of righteous ass-kicking.
- the plot is the best part, complex enough to keep you guessing whilst still being easy enough to follow. The cyber crime was an original take and a good idea and there was increased intrigue with the Russians and all.
- the political bit about the election was interesting and a little surprising to see. Glad they weighed in on and showed how easily 'false news' could be spread, nice to see a book with their reach raising awareness of how people can be influenced.
- the side characters were fun, Fisher, Rule, Sands, Rutherford, etc. They all had character and Rutherford had some spine and principals too, which was nice.
- a bit of angst near the end of Reacher getting stuck underground.
- as a writer, I'm impressed by how active Reacher is in chasing leads and effecting change, and how the case unfolds around him as we find out more. There's good foreshadowing and it all holds together nicely, pointing to a good plan. Wish I could do mine so neatly lol.
Cons:
- slightly disappointed that finally Reacher showed a slight weakness with claustrophobia and it wasn't really focused on, nor was he supported by Fisher, though he rescues her. Would've been nice to have someone help him for once.
- also I do find that Reacher tends to ask these quick fire questions and people respond with quick, concise, informative replies. They don't talk like normal people, there's no deliberation or personality to the regular folks he deals with, which feels a bit unreal but necessary to not make the book too long I suppose.
- there's also a lot of list descriptions which were a bit unnecessary. Laying out the scene before a fight is one thing but listing 'brown chair, flowery bed sheet, mug of coffee, desk, etc.' is a bit tiresome.
- I did get a bit muddled with the whole Fisher is Natasha and Diana Smith is Klustermann's daughter. I thought Natasha was the name of Klustermann's daughter. So I did get confused a bit with that reveal at the end, but it was otherwise good
overall a very solid read and fun. I look forward to the next one.
Pros:
- the usual snappy, brief writing which gets the point across and carries the story neatly. Very readable. The usual quota of righteous ass-kicking.
- the plot is the best part, complex enough to keep you guessing whilst still being easy enough to follow. The cyber crime was an original take and a good idea and there was increased intrigue with the Russians and all.
- the political bit about the election was interesting and a little surprising to see. Glad they weighed in on and showed how easily 'false news' could be spread, nice to see a book with their reach raising awareness of how people can be influenced.
- the side characters were fun, Fisher, Rule, Sands, Rutherford, etc. They all had character and Rutherford had some spine and principals too, which was nice.
- a bit of angst near the end of Reacher getting stuck underground.
- as a writer, I'm impressed by how active Reacher is in chasing leads and effecting change, and how the case unfolds around him as we find out more. There's good foreshadowing and it all holds together nicely, pointing to a good plan. Wish I could do mine so neatly lol.
Cons:
- slightly disappointed that finally Reacher showed a slight weakness with claustrophobia and it wasn't really focused on, nor was he supported by Fisher, though he rescues her. Would've been nice to have someone help him for once.
- also I do find that Reacher tends to ask these quick fire questions and people respond with quick, concise, informative replies. They don't talk like normal people, there's no deliberation or personality to the regular folks he deals with, which feels a bit unreal but necessary to not make the book too long I suppose.
- there's also a lot of list descriptions which were a bit unnecessary. Laying out the scene before a fight is one thing but listing 'brown chair, flowery bed sheet, mug of coffee, desk, etc.' is a bit tiresome.
overall a very solid read and fun. I look forward to the next one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
Moderate: Torture
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