Without Fail: A Jack Reacher Novel

You can skip this one. While i'm a huge fan of the series, "Without Fail" doesn't meet the standards of previous Reacher books. What's missing The wit, the suspense, the witty deduction, the action, the complexity, you name it. The plot is a sad, boring attempt that reads like a lame "2You can skip this one. Dave G. While i'm a huge fan of the series, "Without Fail" doesn't meet the standards of previous Reacher books. What's missing The wit, the suspense, the witty deduction, the action, the complexity, you name it. The plot is a sad, boring attempt that reads like a lame "24" episode, and while other books in the series had me itching to turn the page, this one had me itching to reach the end, so I could get to the next book. (I gave up at 84% read, and just deleted it.). " episode, and while other books in the series had me itching to turn the page, this one had me itching to reach the end, so I could get to the next book. (I gave up at 8You can skip this one. Dave G. While i'm a huge fan of the series, "Without Fail" doesn't meet the standards of previous Reacher books. What's missing The wit, the suspense, the witty deduction, the action, the complexity, you name it. The plot is a sad, boring attempt that reads like a lame "24" episode, and while other books in the series had me itching to turn the page, this one had me itching to reach the end, so I could get to the next book. (I gave up at 84% read, and just deleted it.). % read, and just deleted it.). Good, but pushed things a little too far. Some spoilers below, read on at own risk.I like the Jack Reacher series. It's a predictable flow for each book, but you just have to accept that. He's a badass, always one step ahead of the bad guys, always the smartest guy in the room, figures things out before everyone else, etc. And, of course, he hooks up with some hot woman, gets into a serious relationship with her, and breaks up by the end. All that, no problem. Just accept that that's how it's going to go, and read on to see how it is handled this time around.In this book, Jack is a little TOO smart. A little TOO good. I think it was just pushed a. I'm on book 6. What else do you need to know? PamFabulous Hobbs If you are reading this review. Stop. Start with Lee Child's first book "Killing Floor". This is his 6th book. Asked to rate the writing and I marked Great because they didn't have Totally Awesome. Violence rating: I put Some because a lot depends on how your imagination interprets what is written. He describes some pretty terrible stuff in his books but I tend to read it like I would an autopsy report, without a lot of emotion, just facts. Sexual content: Some, but like a PG rating. He says things like "when they were done", or "they went into the bedroom". Fine by me because details won't further the st

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