Robert Consedine

After wasting several hours reading this drivel on a flight from London to Cape Town, I think it should be retitled Better Off Dead Than Read. Lee Child should be ashamed his name appears on the cover. To give an idea of how he has sold out, the last page of my paperback is entirely devoted to how I can win £500 worth of Charles Tyrwhitt clothes which are apparently smart yet durable which is not the type of apparel I associate with Jack Reacher. I am not British so I have never heard of the brand but they must have paid a substantial sum to buy a page in a Lee Child book. Jack Reacher would not be amused. I have read nearly all of the Reacher novels either in hardcover, paperback or on my Kindle and can confidently state that the Jack Reacher in Better Off Dead is an imposter. Lee Child should have given him a proper burial in his last original Jack Reacher book. Andrew Child is no Lee Child and never will be. I will keep my memories of Jack Reacher alive by re-reading the books I already own. It will be time we’ll wasted.