Frank H. (perryfran) reviewed on 12/23/2019 + 1190 more book reviews

I have been reading the Reacher novels faithfully for the last several years and I wait patiently each year for the new Reacher novel to be published and then usually put my name on the wait list at the library. This is the 24th book in the series and I was somewhat disappointed in this one. The whole premise of this one was just not very believable. Reacher gets off a bus in some unnamed American city because an older man on the bus is about to get mugged when it is obvious he is carrying money in a bank envelope. Turns out, he owes the money to a loan shark operated by the Albanians in the city. Organized crime pretty much operated the city which was split in two, the west of the city was run by Ukrainians and the east by Albanians. These groups paid off the local police and controlled everything in the city. Well Reacher doesn't take kindly to this and wants to help the old man pay back his debt which he incurred because his daughter is in the hospital with cancer. With the aid of a waitress who has been wronged by the Ukrainians and some ex-military who play in a local band, Reacher takes on both groups. Reacher has never been more violent in any of the previous novels taking on the crime groups in vigilante style. He and his small group kill with precision while all the bad guys shoot aimlessly with little effect. And of course, Reacher prevails in the end.

Well, I just found this to be mostly unbelievable. While many of the previous novels had a degree of unbelievability, this one just took it too far. I can usually overlook this if the novel is enjoyable, but for the most part, I really didn't enjoy this one. Hopefully, his next outing will be better.

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