Jack Reacher - any good?
Discussion
LordGrover said:
I'm too tight.
I'll wait until the price drops - £7.20 is way too rich for my blood. I've read the others and they were all less than £4 each IIRC.
That price was September last year. I'll wait until the price drops - £7.20 is way too rich for my blood. I've read the others and they were all less than £4 each IIRC.
I paid £5.84 in January but it's now £3.49 - don't know when prices were reduced, but proof a little patience can save a few bob.
LordGrover said:
LordGrover said:
I'm too tight.
I'll wait until the price drops - £7.20 is way too rich for my blood. I've read the others and they were all less than £4 each IIRC.
That price was September last year. I'll wait until the price drops - £7.20 is way too rich for my blood. I've read the others and they were all less than £4 each IIRC.
I paid £5.84 in January but it's now £3.49 - don't know when prices were reduced, but proof a little patience can save a few bob.
Halmyre said:
Coming soon to a charity shop near you! Alongside the Clarksons, Nesbos and 'DaVinci Codes'.
In a nutshell that's my problem with Kindle and stuff like that - no chance of picking these ebooks up for pennies on the car boot sale. I've just bought a nearly-new Harlan Coben paperback that I haven't read yet on a 2 for 50p deal. I got on to Stuart MacBride when I found a couple of hardbacks in a warehouse clearance sale for 35p each. Buying from places like this has found me quite a few books that I very much enjoyed - my main source of books in winter is the local library sale table. Only down side is that you can't pick and choose the order you read in.Ben Hope - all read
Roy Grace - all read
Jack Reacher - all read
Elvis Cole - all read
Harry Bosche - all read
Spider Shepherd - 2 books to go....
I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need to start a new series.
All of the books above were recommended to me by PH'ers and they've all be excellent.
What should my next series be?
Roy Grace - all read
Jack Reacher - all read
Elvis Cole - all read
Harry Bosche - all read
Spider Shepherd - 2 books to go....
I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need to start a new series.
All of the books above were recommended to me by PH'ers and they've all be excellent.
What should my next series be?
NDA said:
Ben Hope - all read
Roy Grace - all read
Jack Reacher - all read
Elvis Cole - all read
Harry Bosche - all read
Spider Shepherd - 2 books to go....
I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need to start a new series.
All of the books above were recommended to me by PH'ers and they've all be excellent.
What should my next series be?
Mo Hayden Roy Grace - all read
Jack Reacher - all read
Elvis Cole - all read
Harry Bosche - all read
Spider Shepherd - 2 books to go....
I'm going on holiday in a couple of weeks so need to start a new series.
All of the books above were recommended to me by PH'ers and they've all be excellent.
What should my next series be?
No Nesbo
Both very dark disturbing sort of thriller series but very very good.
NDA said:
Sorry... I've downloaded the Mo Hayder books... But shall return to this thread when I'm done.
I've only read Hanging Hill and really enjoyed it - that is a stand alone book I think The ritual or the treatment is first in the Jack Caffery series all reviews are really good so dark and disturbing. I have them all in the book shelf awaiting me finishing off a few other books first.
Must admit I am bored stless of Jack Reacher, but I still buy them, they are all the same
Drifts into town
Buys Socks and Underpants
Has a Coffee
Witnesses some crime
Gets involved
Immediately gains top level access to Police files
Nearly gets killed
Has sex with local cop/waitress
Beats up some bad guys despite warning them
Finds a dead body
Has a Coffee and some pie
Scopes some base or other out
Final Showdown and triumph
Leaves town
It is "The Littlest Hobo" but with an ex military cop rather than a German Shepherd Dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Littlest_Hobo
I still buy and read them though.
Drifts into town
Buys Socks and Underpants
Has a Coffee
Witnesses some crime
Gets involved
Immediately gains top level access to Police files
Nearly gets killed
Has sex with local cop/waitress
Beats up some bad guys despite warning them
Finds a dead body
Has a Coffee and some pie
Scopes some base or other out
Final Showdown and triumph
Leaves town
It is "The Littlest Hobo" but with an ex military cop rather than a German Shepherd Dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Littlest_Hobo
I still buy and read them though.
J4CKO said:
Must admit I am bored stless of Jack Reacher, but I still buy them, they are all the same
Drifts into town
Buys Socks and Underpants
Has a Coffee
Witnesses some crime
Gets involved
Immediately gains top level access to Police files
Nearly gets killed
Has sex with local cop/waitress
Beats up some bad guys despite warning them
Finds a dead body
Has a Coffee and some pie
Scopes some base or other out
Final Showdown and triumph
Leaves town
It is "The Littlest Hobo" but with an ex military cop rather than a German Shepherd Dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Littlest_Hobo
I still buy and read them though.
The plots/ideas are good and its nice to know what to expect - I mix and match one Reacher book then a few different books inbetween. He gets into the action straight away little if any build up. Drifts into town
Buys Socks and Underpants
Has a Coffee
Witnesses some crime
Gets involved
Immediately gains top level access to Police files
Nearly gets killed
Has sex with local cop/waitress
Beats up some bad guys despite warning them
Finds a dead body
Has a Coffee and some pie
Scopes some base or other out
Final Showdown and triumph
Leaves town
It is "The Littlest Hobo" but with an ex military cop rather than a German Shepherd Dog.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Littlest_Hobo
I still buy and read them though.
swerni said:
apart from when he's been knocked out and broken his nose and it stops working.
I agree, I buy them all, but they are all the same
Think I've 9 to go in the series - will I read all of them YES (one reason I've bought them...- but I enjoy them and sometimes it's a nice change from utterly unknown other authors style). I agree, I buy them all, but they are all the same
I always take 2 with me for the sun holidays with 4/5 others
Oakey said:
You forgot the parts where he uses his internal clock to tell the time repeatedly and tracking someone down using nothing but intuition
... and when he says nothing. I'm sure Lee Child has a keyboard shortcut ctrl-0 = "Reacher said nothing." to save a lot of typing per novel.Gassing Station | Books and Literature | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff