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A review by michaelbtice
Better off Dead by Lee Child
3.0
As always, all Reacher books are only rated against other Reacher books. This was a middling Reacher book.
I was about to say, "For Andrew's second outing on the way to taking over the Reacher books, this seems to suffer from the usual sophomore slump," before I realized that I could not remember what The Sentinel was about, so maybe that wasn't as good as I remembered? Although, as I think more, I don't know that I remember specific details of most any Reacher book, since it's just the same story told over and over again.
Reacher, walking alone, rolls into town, and seems something going bad. Reacher doesn't want to get involved. Reacher gets involved. Predictable stuff happens. Reacher elbow and kicks punches people in the the head. There is a mild twist to explain what happens. Reacher wins.
This one just felt, I don't know, forced? Maybe? The no phone thing is getting old. I know grandparents who understand technology better than, "What's Face ID‽" Reacher. Maybe I'm just getting tired of the fluff thriller two fisted punchy punchy the bad guy books? It was still fun, sure, but it wasn't as fun.
It lacked pizzazz.
I was about to say, "For Andrew's second outing on the way to taking over the Reacher books, this seems to suffer from the usual sophomore slump," before I realized that I could not remember what The Sentinel was about, so maybe that wasn't as good as I remembered? Although, as I think more, I don't know that I remember specific details of most any Reacher book, since it's just the same story told over and over again.
Reacher, walking alone, rolls into town, and seems something going bad. Reacher doesn't want to get involved. Reacher gets involved. Predictable stuff happens. Reacher elbow and kicks punches people in the the head. There is a mild twist to explain what happens. Reacher wins.
This one just felt, I don't know, forced? Maybe? The no phone thing is getting old. I know grandparents who understand technology better than, "What's Face ID‽" Reacher. Maybe I'm just getting tired of the fluff thriller two fisted punchy punchy the bad guy books? It was still fun, sure, but it wasn't as fun.
It lacked pizzazz.