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Ofwel ben ik Jack Reacher wat ontgroeid, ofwel kan ik mij niet vinden in het co-auteurschap met Andrew, de jongere broer van Lee Child. Dit is met slechts geringe twijfel de minst goede Jack Reacher die ik heb gelezen, en ik heb ze, met uitzondering van de meest recente, allemaal gelezen.
Natuurlijk conformeert elk Jack Reacherverhaal aan een format: Reacher wandelt een stad binnen, iemand heeft zijn hulp nodig, Reacher helpt die persoon. Bam, een nieuw boek is geboren. Maar in Better Off Dead wordt wel heel lang(zaam) uitgesponnen. De herhalingen zijn te vaak voorkomend, en zitten een paar denkfouten in, en het blijft zo lang aanslepen dat de lezer uiteindelijk verzucht: “komaan Reacher, vroeger zag je dat van mijlen ver aankomen!”

enbokomdagen's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

jlong021's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

shiv91's review

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I love the Jack Reacher books but this was not a Jack Reacher book. It might as well have been a completely different character because this Reacher didn't give me the same, cool, intelligent badass vibes that previous books have. This read more like a caricature of him.

We know that Reacher isn't big on technology so he doesn't own a phone, uses them when needed by borrowing, stealing etc but for him to see a phone ask for face ID and him to not know what that is really bothered me. He can figure out insane plans that the bad guys make when no one else can but he doesn't know what face ID is?

The writing felt so stilted and didn't flow well at all. I felt a lot of the descriptions of things were over the top and unnecessary.

The plot itself felt awkward and not particularly interesting. The fight scenes were weird too.

I don't think I'll be reading any more Reacher books that Andrew Child is involved with. It would have been better if Lee Child had ended the series instead.

Gave 2 stars for Fenton being an alright character.

nicole0617's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

caecilius's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

monte_cristo's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

It's readable, but far inferior to the earlier Jack Reacher books.

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