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Lee Child - Jack Reacher Novels

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    #32
    TheChevron
    Registered Users Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭TheChevron


    It's a joke really.

    Jack Reacher:
    • 6'5"
    • 220-250 lbs
    • 50" chest
    • Dirty-blond Hair
    Tom Cruise's puny ass:
    • 5"0'
    • Lightweight
    • Pidgeon Chest
    • Dark Hair


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    #33
    two wheels good
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    Even more amusing when you know the origin of the name "Reacher".
    I heard the following in a R4 interview with the author some time ago.

    "He has said that he chose the name Reacher for the central character in his novels because he is himself tall and, in a supermarket [...] his wife Jane told him: "Hey, if this writing thing doesn't pan out, you could always be a reacher in a supermarket."... "I thought, Reacher — good name."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Child


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    #34
    ReacherCreature
    Registered Users Posts: 4,500 ✭✭✭ReacherCreature


    Trailer is laughable. One scene is where Reacher/Cruise gets out of a car and walks into a crowd and gets a cap off a passerby. Then he blends in perfectly. The book version Reacher would not have been able to blend, he's 6"5 for Jesus' sake.


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    #35
    r3nu4l
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    ReacherCreature wrote: »
    Trailer is laughable. One scene is where Reacher/Cruise gets out of a car and walks into a crowd and gets a cap off a passerby. Then he blends in perfectly. The book version Reacher would not have been able to blend, he's 6"5 for Jesus' sake.

    Indeed, in fact most of the books feature at least one point where Reacher's sheer size and physical presence make it very difficult for him to either blend in or to hide/crawl into a space. In one of the books he has to fight in a tight space and Child makes much of the fact that this is a hindrance for him.


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    #36
    Bandana boy
    Registered Users Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭Bandana boy


    Just back from this in the cinema and it was not as bad as I thought it would be ,They got a lot of the tone from the books spot on


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    #37
    ReacherCreature
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    Well at least that's something.


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    #38
    giftgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    I know its a slightly older thread but I just finished Killing Floor.

    Its not going to win the Man Booker prize anytime soon but its a but of popcorn...

    He IS an amazing fighter, lover, genuis etc etc.


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    #39
    ReacherCreature
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    giftgrub wrote: »
    Its not going to win the Man Booker prize anytime soon but its a but of popcorn...

    It actually won the Anthony Award and the Barry Award, the former of which is quite prestigious in the mystery/thriller literary world. Not Man Booker but it's received a lot of critical praise over the years.


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    #40
    El Guapo!
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    I just bought my first Reacher book, A Wanted Man.

    I'm only starting chapter two but I'm struggling to read on. From what I've read so far, Child seems like a terrible writer! I'm finding it hard to understand why he's so popular. The writing is just awful.


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    #41
    TheChevron
    Registered Users Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭TheChevron


    Not his best book. The last few Reacher novels have been disappointing.


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    #42
    buck65
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    This is a literature site.


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    #43
    Chikablam
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    El Guapo! wrote: »
    I just bought my first Reacher book, A Wanted Man.

    I'm only starting chapter two but I'm struggling to read on. From what I've read so far, Child seems like a terrible writer! I'm finding it hard to understand why he's so popular. The writing is just awful.

    Same, used to love him, but then came to realise the writing really isn't anything to write home about.


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    #44
    giftgrub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭giftgrub


    buck65 wrote: »
    This is a literature site.

    And?


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    #45
    r3nu4l
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    Chikablam wrote: »
    Same, used to love him, but then came to realise the writing really isn't anything to write home about.

    It really depends on what you are looking for from a book. When I want an enjoyable 'switch the brain off' book I'll read one of Lee Child's because they are action packed and fast paced. If I want something contemplative, thought-provoking and engaging then I'll read something else.


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