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He called out, ‘Do you think you can beat me?’ Reacher called back, ‘Do you think bears shit in the woods?’ Want a straight forward read? Small crisp sentences? Great details? Some ass kicking? Deadpan humor? Riveting storyline and yet easy to put down? A book to work as a filler before you pic Leggi tutto

This was Reacher at his best. A storyline not too convoluted, I got to drink in the characters and learn more about this excellent man who has enough heft to support all the instalments Lee Child (and son) so skilfully deliver. This time Jack nmn Reacher lands in South Dakoda, a place on earth I coul Leggi tutto

Busses always seem to be dropping Jack Reacher off in the oddest of places where, inevitably, trouble is brewing. In this case, Jack has hitched a ride on a tour bus filled with elderly folks who, for whatever insane reason, have decided to visit scenic South Dakota in the middle of winter. The bus h Leggi tutto

A fun, entertaining novel overall. (May contain spoilers hereafter). In this iteration of the Jack Reacher series, we find the amazing orthophobe, Reacher, in 2010, on a tour bus full of senior citizens enroute through South Dakota to Mt Rushmore in the middle of winter. Still, no cell phone and no

I had to laugh. Those of us in the thriller game talk about building suspense with the "ticking clock": a hard deadline that the characters are up against. If they don't make it, all is lost. So what does Lee Child do? He imbeds an almost literal ticking clock in every chapter, ending each one with