Disappointing.

A big fan, I downloaded the newest Reacher the day of publication.

29th in the series, it is very similar to the previous 28. 😀

A proven formula.

The same odd, somewhat stilted dialogue.

Plenty of Jack Reacher man handling the bad guys without knife or (aside from one case) gun.

The authors are still Lee Child & Andrew Child, though I assume Andrew is doing most of the writing now.

The recent books have been improved by making fun of Reacher being a luddite. He has no phone, so must keep borrowing phones. He barely knows how Uber works.

On the downside, the PLOT of this book might have looked good in outline. But — ultimately — it was way too complicated. Too many characters.

I lost interest.

I predict many fans will start the book excited, and finish underwhelmed.

That said, the worst Reacher book in the series is still better than almost anything else being published this year. If you don’t know these books, start back at beginning.

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