Reacher - new series Amazon
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They expensive?
Bradaz1
Central Defender
There's that many and from that long ago, usually pick them up in charity shops pretty cheap
Big Jeff
Winger
Very formulaic and who can blame him when you have a winning formula.
I’ve read them all. Easy reading and they normally go along the the lines of :
Reacher gets off a bus and goes into a diner for a coffee
Some taratinoesque rambling about coffee or pie.
Sees some form of oppressed person normally a woman
Intervenes and belts a few baddies
Over the course of the next few chapters the baddies cunning plan emerges and reacher smashes more of them up.
He humps some woman, foils the plot, never get in trouble for all the violence
Gets on a bus
Repeat until you are a millionaire.
safcforver
Midfield
Don’t listen to this nonsense.
Yes the books are excellent. Very varied plots, keep you gripped all the way through
Invictus
Winger
I always find it funny that the archytpal all American hero is the idea of an English writer!
Big Jeff
Winger
Aye he is from Coventry though and we all hate Cov.
Invictus
Winger
I always imagine in my head Reacher talking like Noddy Holder
They're the very definition of a 'page turner'.
Although the lad in the TV version is more like Reacher than teeny-tiny-Tom ever could be, I still imagine the character to be less muscle-bound, but bigger - long arms and legs, broad across the chest, git big square heed, massive feet.
The book version doesn't like driving because he doesn't fit easily into the driving seat of a car.
safcforver
Midfield
Yeah he shouldn’t be as toned as he is, decent figure but more podgy but with the strength of a bull
jacko100
Striker
3rd series is going to be based on Persuader apparently
Big Jeff
Winger
I’ve read it. It’s about drug smuggling and Reacher goes undercover I seem to recall.
My lass has just finished that one and says it’s brutal. As in violent not shite
What a class shout! If they followed say the animated series from the 90s he’d be absolutely perfect. I was amazed they made him a baddie in Fast and the Furious
ilovehorswill
Striker
I didn’t realise living like a Harold Ramp eating crisps from vending machines gave you the physique of a professional weightlifter, will have to give it a go
Likewise rocking up to charity shops gets you an XXXL carharrt jacket and perfectly fitted gear
He’d be the best Batman since Adam West, miles ahead of Robert Pattinson or Broken Ben Affleck
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In fairness, my mate gets tons of stuff from the thrift store near him in Canada and it’s always top gear.
BiG
Central Defender
There came a point when I thought I’d read enough Reacher books. I kept going though. Until I couldn’t really be arsed anymore.
The wait for the final episode has made me realise I’m at the point with the telly version.
Not a criticism of the quality or owt. It was never meant to win golden globes. And nobody’s jumping any sharks because there’s only been two series and the sharks were already jumped via the entire premise.
The wait for the final episode has made me realise I’m at the point with the telly version.
Not a criticism of the quality or owt. It was never meant to win golden globes. And nobody’s jumping any sharks because there’s only been two series and the sharks were already jumped via the entire premise.
They take about 5 minutes to read If that helps.
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T S Garp
Midfield
I’ve read a few on holiday as they always seem to be available in hotel libraries where people have read them and leave them. Maybe they buy them in the airport and have almost finished them by the time they arrive
They are such an easy read can get through one in a couple of days on the sun bed
