382 pages

English language

Published Nov. 20, 2018

ISBN:
978-0-399-59351-2
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OCLC Number:
1037885662

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4 stars (21 reviews)

"Family secrets come back to haunt Jack Reacher in this electrifying thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child, "a superb craftsman of suspense" (Entertainment Weekly). Jack Reacher has extended his thumb and hit the pavement. His plan is to follow the autumn sun on an epic trip across America, from Maine to California. He doesn't get far. On a country road in rural New Hampshire, deep in the New England woods, he sees a sign to a place he has never been: The town where his father was born. He thinks, What's one extra day? and takes the detour. At the same moment, in the same isolated area, a car breaks down. Two young Canadians are trying to drive to New York City to sell a treasure. Now they're stranded at a lonely motel in the middle of nowhere. The owners almost seem too friendly. It's a …

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reviewed Past tense by Lee Child (Jack Reacher novel -- 23)

Review of 'Past tense' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Classic Reacher

The plot's always the same. Reacher arrives in a town and solves problems it didn't know it had. This town presents an interesting problem and Reacher solves it with his usual panache. Fans are all happy. Perfect weekend read.

reviewed Past tense by Lee Child (Jack Reacher novel -- 23)

Review of 'Past tense' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I missed the release of this, so it was a nice surprise when I realized it was out already. It's a typical Reacher. But after so many books, 23 apparently, it starts to get a bit old. I don't remember how the non-Reacher characters spoke in earlier books. In this one everybody talks like Reacher. And I found it a tad annoying. The story itself was nice, though. Like I said earlier, a typical Reacher. He's in some small town in the US, runs afoul of the local bully and wanders into some evil people doing evil things and puts an end to it. But I think by now I just read these books out of habit. There's just no development.

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