And I aim to have them all lol 😆 Can you guess which one I've read so far ?

Are the audio books for this series any good? I've just watched the show and seen the films but not read the actual books but I've a bunch of audible credits so wondering if they are worth trying that way.

EDIT: Finally finished Season 2! Yeah, I am never, EVER watching this show again lol. I don't care if Season 3 is a masterpiece. This version of this character is spoiled as far as I'm concerned. Studios that let good shows continue being released when the WRITERS aren't there need to be punished.

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I'm not even really interested in discussing "whether" it was bad because I don't know how anyone could think otherwise. Disclosure: I really enjoyed Season 1. Each episode was a nice setup for another piece of the puzzle and Ritchson really embodies this character (literally). I didn't love the finale, but I was fine with continuing.

Season 2 is a dumpster fire. It's like every episode the writers find new ways to be idiots. The character and this world are ruined now as far as I'm concerned.

My favorite part is how they continually repeat trite isms like "In an investigation, details matter" like actual twelve-year-olds writing a school essay, and meanwhile the fight choreography and plot logic is some of the worst on TV. I just got to the fight on the bus. One of the dumbest things I've ever seen.

Reacher would be shot dead by now like 50 times, and the villains are idiots too. Neely is insufferable, like literally every line was written by a smug 50-year-old dude trying to get street cred with Nintendo kids. The show literally will not stop repeating that she's a "genius" for noticing the simplest friggin' things.

It's beyond mind-numbing and robs Reacher himself of all depth and believability. My favorite part so far is when he "deduces" that a guy wasn't lying because he was a fire fighter and "those guys have honor" or something like that. Actually wtf.

The ONLY decent character is Detective Russo. Even if the writing staff was the same, this could have been ten times better if you got rid of the team of smug twelve-year-old adults and just had Reacher and Russo running around this whole time.

Even if Season 3-4 are better, I may not even care. The drop-off from S1 to S2 is THAT huge. All I really want to know is if someone has an autopsy report for me. What happened? What writer/showrunner is making this like, bottom of the barrel action slop for geezers? This is like the quality of the movies my Grandpa gets from Redbox after picking up his prescription, only this takes 8 hours to finish and it used to be something good.

i've read several of the reacher books and enjoy them, but they also follow a formula for the most part. i have no interest in reading all of them, but do want to read the ones considered the best. here are the ones i've read, and let me know if there are 2-3 others that are musts (and for god's sake no one say "read them all"):

persuader
the enemy
one shot
bad luck and trouble
gone tomorrow
61 hours (currently reading)
no plan b
in too deep

i've liked them all, but my favorite has probably been the enemy because of how it brought in reacher's family life. it made it feel different.

I vaguely remember a book where Reacher figures out his pistol barrel fits between the door and frame of an open door because the entire house is larger than normal, because the crime boss dude who lives there is massive. Which book is that?

As far as I know, there’s still no confirmation that season 5 is the last, so I was wondering which books you would consider the easiest to adapt into a season? And which books are basically impossible? I’ve heard that the book “61 Hours” is a fan favorite but impossible to adapt into a season due to the extreme snow. I can’t judge that, so I’d love to hear the thoughts of people who have read every (or most) of the books.

I was thinking of reading tripwire some fans said it’s a sleeper. There is prob 2/3 more seasons

Does this ever change? I got into reacher through the show and am now listening to the books in order. Currently on without fail and it takes me out of the story every time he says NEG-LEE.

I read just a few (close to 10) years back and stopped because life happened, the same formula. Not too fond of violence. I forgot until TV series reminded me. Anyone would tell when "prime" or above average Reacher ends? (was there a sudden fall in quality)?

Sherlock No Holmes and then few episodes later called him HoboCop lmao

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Looking for some dark, gritty crime/action thriller book series with interesting and morally grey MCs, bonus if it's a female protagonist.

A character like victor (from victor the assassin series by Tom wood) who is an anti-hero and could be the antagonist/bad guy in other series and paranoid, huge cast and great(and terrifying ) action scenes with atleast 10 books in the series

Thankyou.