Exit Strategy: A Reacher Novel
3.3 | 120 ratings
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Last update: 11-30-2025
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- Amazon CustomerFreedom to Be Whatever You Desire to BeLee Child and now with his brother continue the wonderful and amazing journey Reacher takes hold again of our imagination and minds!
Another great novel of a fictional yet real to those who hold similar values and free spirits!
A Must read to enjoy the ongoing travels of knowing that freedom is always there to all who choose to remember....it our unlimited, infinite and eternal gift of free will to know again we are born free to become and be whatever we desire to be!
Enjoy and share this wonderful book of adventure into feeling the true power within our soul and spirit! - Terry WeynaGreat plot!Jack Reacher's 30th outing has a nice, twisty plot that keeps the reader turning the pages late into the night (or early into the morning, as was my experience). There are a couple of interesting characters I wish had been fleshed out more, and there isn't much in the way of setting, but those are more quibbles in this context; the Reacher novels are all about plot.
My only major complaint is one I've felt for the last few of the novels in this long-running series: Reacher seems to be more violent, with less compunction, than ever before. Granted, the people he kills or completely disables (though it's usually "kills") are bad guys, but Reacher acting as judge, jury and executioner is a bit much, especially when the body count is so high. Reacher otherwise seems to have a pretty strong moral code, so it seems odd that he never reflects on the taking of a life. This won't stop me from reading new Reacher novels as they come along, but it is disturbing. - Charles F. KartmanDisappointingI have read and enjoyed in varying degrees every Reacher book, including the collaborations; this is the worst. Reacher doesn't seem all there, somehow, and this must account for why he never really connects meaningfully with the important supporting characters, Twitchy and Scarface. The places are not evocative with the one exception of a large limestone cavern. The plot is overly complicated, requiring some hasty explanations to tie things together near the end. It hardly matters, but in order to not spoil the plot, there is a private military contractor (PMC), a looming conflict, and deaths that appear unconnected but that no reader would assume not to be.
- RandyBAwesome, same as always. Literary desert at its best.Typical Jack Reacher; awesome. I call Jack Reacher books my literary desert. I like the lack of swear words. Shows true creative writing. Lee Child Never uses the F bomb, that only in his Hollywood movies and he has no control over that. You won’t be disappointed with this book.
- Matt Ginsbergterrible, without a plot or climaxThis book is awful. Clearly, Lee has handed the reins to Andrew, and Andrew has no idea what to do with them.
There is no plot. Just an endless series of bad guys. Sometimes they turn into good guys. Sometimes Reacher kills them. Could go either way.
There is no climax. The last few bad guys Reacher has to kill because they fail to reform. But that's pretty much as exciting as it gets.
And the book is just *boring*. Used to be, I'd want to keep reading. I'd stay up late today to do it. With this one, I switched my Kindle from "minutes left in chapter" to "minutes left in book" so that I'd know how much more misery I'd need to endure.
Sometimes, a bad book holds out hope that it might get better. With this one, it was clear from early on that that wasn't going to happen. I should have realized that my $15 was spent money and that reading the whole book wasn't going to get that money back. It was just going to throw good time after bad money.
I used to get all the Reacher books autodelivered when they came out. I'm turning that off today. - Paul GillespieMostly Reacher...I really wanted to like this book, and for the most part I did. It was definitely Reacher. Well, mostly Reacher. But something just felt different about it compared to most of the 29 other Reacher books.
The plot was good and how Reacher fit into it was good, but it almost felt too tidy, maybe. It reminded me of some of the later Jack Ryan novels - good, but clearly not on the same level as the ones that came before it. And if you're a die hard fan that's disappointing, even if it's inevitable. - KenGood ReadThe books are getting better. Not sure why, unless Lee is getting more involved. Exit Strategy is the closest to a Lee Child Reached novel since he retired. Kudos to Andrew for improving his product. I've read every Reacher novel at least twice and Lee's four times. Love me some Reacher. Doc Savage might not approve of his methods but I do.