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No Plan B (Jack Reacher, #27)
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“No Plan B� is the 27th in Lee and Andrew Childs’s Jack Reacher series. This is the second "Reacher" in a row that I've found sorely lacking.
It’s an action/adventure mystery consisting of three to four plots, each plot seemingly having no relationship to any other--which means we keep skipping from plot to plot, all the while wondering what and where the “big reveal� will be. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come until the very end, by which time Reacher has engaged in more than his share of brutal violence--including a killing that is exceedingly grotesque. And when the reveal does come, it’s not very credible
Along the way, we are introduced to not one interesting character and forced to plow through page after page of eye-glazing, brain-numbing descriptions of how Reacher goes about accomplishing his tasks. Indeed, the characters are barely described and there are no interesting relationships between any two. Character motivations are thin and not all that credible. Which means it’s tough to care about what’s happening. And while the authors touch on various societal issues, they make no attempt to delve into them. Hence, we learn virtually nothing about them.
I remember a Jack Reacher who was uber-competent, dryly funny, off-beat, and decidedly original. The Reacher we experience in “No Plan B� is none of these. The only thing remarkable about him in this story is his brutality.
It’s an action/adventure mystery consisting of three to four plots, each plot seemingly having no relationship to any other--which means we keep skipping from plot to plot, all the while wondering what and where the “big reveal� will be. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come until the very end, by which time Reacher has engaged in more than his share of brutal violence--including a killing that is exceedingly grotesque. And when the reveal does come, it’s not very credible
Along the way, we are introduced to not one interesting character and forced to plow through page after page of eye-glazing, brain-numbing descriptions of how Reacher goes about accomplishing his tasks. Indeed, the characters are barely described and there are no interesting relationships between any two. Character motivations are thin and not all that credible. Which means it’s tough to care about what’s happening. And while the authors touch on various societal issues, they make no attempt to delve into them. Hence, we learn virtually nothing about them.
I remember a Jack Reacher who was uber-competent, dryly funny, off-beat, and decidedly original. The Reacher we experience in “No Plan B� is none of these. The only thing remarkable about him in this story is his brutality.
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Jan 06, 2023 09:19PM
I am so disappointed in these Andrew Child books. Is Lee Child even reading these? Insipid, disjointed plots with bursts of violence. Yuck. Two stars.
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I agree with your take on the four disjointed, uninteresting storylines. In my review I refer to that style of writing as "Meanwhile, back at the ranch".....
Agree. I'm sad Lee Child has dropped writing these stories solo, but I have also wondered how Jack wd enter into the 21st century without a DL, cellphone or computer., just his toothbrush and expired passport.. maybe this plot/character are just done.
