Questions About Personal (Jack Reacher, #19)

by Lee Child (Goodreads Author)

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To me thiis book is very different from other Reacher tales. It is too wordy, cerebral and boring. But Lee Child can write so you will wizz throught it as usual. Maybe he wrote it for a screenplay venue. Did anyone else find it different from the usual?

Merril Anil This book is exactly that: cerebral/analytic/investigative/descriptive aka long and boring . In short everything except for the one thing that it shou…moreThis book is exactly that: cerebral/analytic/investigative/descriptive aka long and boring . In short everything except for the one thing that it should be - "A Jack Reacher novel" (less)

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Edward Wolfe I was about 40 pages in (which took a couple days, which is highly unusual for a Reacher book) when I asked out loud, "Who wrote this?"…moreI was about 40 pages in (which took a couple days, which is highly unusual for a Reacher book) when I asked out loud, "Who wrote this?"(less)

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is there a better action character other than JACK REACHER?

Jason Jones i don't think so !
a fantastic read, a page turner, no doubt…morei don't think so !
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Is it me or the book is really lacking in the action department ? I barely saw Reacher lifting a fist in this one....which is to say...so not reacher ;(

gary paxson I have only read two & seen two movies. That is how I started, I will continue all. I enjoyed the beginning understanding the nomad much more. I find …moreI have only read two & seen two movies. That is how I started, I will continue all. I enjoyed the beginning understanding the nomad much more. I find myself reading at a different pace than any other novel. That is how Lee Child's writing works for me it is as if my heart rate is going up & I love it! However by the time we get to London things slowed down considerably, & I felt a comic action figure, ( incredible hulk ), was added. Now terrorism, gangs, thugs, just plain bad guy's didn't seem real. The book should have stayed with the snipers & their make up of characters. Just my opinion & I too felt someone else was writing. I will read on though, I'm still a fan; What comedian has told a joke I didn't laugh at?, What coworker disappointed me, & what woman has not hurt a little at least.(less)

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How did you come up with the name "Reacher"? Is it connected, in any way, with the meanings of the verb 'To Reach'?

Racquel In one of the interviews that Lee Child gave he said that it was because he was out of a job and he saw that people in the supermarket had a job of "r…moreIn one of the interviews that Lee Child gave he said that it was because he was out of a job and he saw that people in the supermarket had a job of "reaching" up to bring down products for customers when it was too high for them. So he joked to his wife that if nothing else, he could always work as "a reacher".. hence the name. :-)(less)

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