I have another book by this author and it was ok. Has Personal put you off other books in this genre? If you have personal hygiene problems, America may need you.

If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more? Even when not at his best Lee Child still writes a great tale. Having said that I'll almost certainly read it again at some point and would definitely read it in preference to some other so called thrillers out there at the moment. It was a light and fluffy Reacher novel that at least assuaged the itch until the next real story comes out. For the first time ever when reading a Lee Child I found myself thinking of ways it could have been better. It left me reasonably satisfied but wanting more. There were some Russian or Eastern European gangsters but they didn't make much of an impression on my memory.ĭid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? (Presumably Special Branch) but I can't picture him in my head and remember very little about his part in the story. I recall there was a mysterious British authority figure.

government minder who was a bit insipid compared to Reacher's previous female companions. The only characters I can clearly remember from this story are Reacher himself who Jeff Harding voices to damn near perfection, the sniper who in my memory has little dialogue, the main villain who is an East London character (very different to a cockney and well voiced by Harding) and Reacher's U.S. Which character – as performed by Jeff Harding – was your favourite? The villains are too exaggerated to be truly believable a sniper who is just too good to be true and a gangster who is physically huge and supposedly terrifying but actually comes across as not particularly bright and all too easily provoked into poor decisions. He still makes his own decisions and drives the storyline but he seems much more constrained than in previous books. Policing is much more formal and centralised in England and Reacher's semi-forced collaboration with the forces of law and order makes him more of a bystander than usual. The UK is a much more intimate setting compared to the huge geography of the U.S. Unfortunately the location seems restrictive. The author clearly wanted to set a Reacher story in his home country. Would you recommend Personal to your friends? Why or why not?ĭespite the shortcomings this Jack Reacher is still a good read and Lee Child's writing is still way ahead of the average thriller writer. If you could sum up Personal in three words, what would they be? Still enjoyable but not the best Jack Reacher.

Personal by Lee Child