Lee Child at his excellent best

Reacher is exactly as we know and expect him to be. What a treat. Loved it

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Classic Jack Reacher

finish was a little flat but the narration was perfect and overall story was engaging

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great listen!

best Reacher book for a while! check it out when you can. well done Lee Child.

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Addictive Reacher

Smooth narration
This novel is the perfect antidote to the bland hospital setting in which I am sitting and composing,. I am being transported to Reacher world with graphic detailed descriptions of the forest near Maine.

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Lee Child at his best

awesome add usual, struggled a little with Reachers motivation and the conferences but hey, that's fiction writing. still lived it

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Another great listen.

Another great story line, with twists & turns. Much like the characters travels. Well read & produced. Well enjoyed. Thanks.

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Far from the best Reacher novel

Being a big Reacher fan, I experienced something new in this book - I was tempted to give up half way through - slow and characters were not particularly interesting. The last 2.5 hours are better but overall not great.

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Reacher, the Good Ol Boy? Bring back Tom.

Although a long time fan of the Reacher series, I was disappointed with this. The thing is, I'm not sure if the form is tiring (or me of it) or it was ruined (for me) by the characterisation of the reader.
There has been plenty of comment about using Tom Cruise in the movie franchise, even so, while he is a short arse without the famed bulk and power of the author's creation, at least his accent is neutral and his portrayal of the character reflects the wit and intelligence that we have come to know and, dare I say, love. And by wit of course, I'm referring to his mental ability to reason, deduct, and strategise even while demolishing a medium sized crowd of semi-zombie hulks.

I'm afraid Mr Harding's imagining was way off beam for me. The lethargic drawl, the ponderous roll out, it was more Arnie with a computer manual than an intelligent, experienced, top of the class investigator processing, planning, operating. Come on, a guy born in Europe, French speaking, who has lived all over and never put roots down would not arrive in middle age with an accent like a Good Ol Boy or an Arkansas share cropper.

Look, maybe I am being disrespectful to Mr Harding, to Good Ol Boys and to Arkansas share croppers. If so I apologise. I'm Australian, what do I know about it. But for me, it was completely wrong.

The other comment is that the book appears to be performed completely as published. This is my first Audible book - but a performed work is different to a work to be read. When we're reading text there has to be information that's necessary but that we largely, subconsciously ignore: information that is not required in a performed work. You read a play, you read the stage direction. You perform a play, those elements are obviously not required or included. In this reading of Past Tense, there seemed to be no editing of the minor elements that were no longer required, principally, numerous 'he said' 'she saids' that were superfluous with the voice characterisations, and annoying. Surely the authors would permit some careful editing of these elements.

I'm not looking to troll Mr Harding, I'm just saying surely the budget could run to a Director that could oversee the production and give some informed direction. I believe this would produce a better product and obtain a more committed audience.

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gripping

very interesting look into Teachers family past and a thrilling side story as well

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Lee is running out of puff.

I think it's time for a completely new story and character. Lee Child has run out of puff. I loved his first 12-15 Reacher books but they are now losing that something that was in the first books.
It could also be Jeff Harding. I went back and listened to some of his earlier Reacher novel narrations and he has dulled quite a bit. His earlier ones were fine but I'm really over his dull narration of the last few books. Find someone else to narrate these. Reacher deserves better.

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