A pretty run-of-the-mill Reacher adventure. The opening scene had little impact because

I have another two Reacher books to get to, and the planning for the opening scene still didn’t convince me, but I'm glad it didn’t go to plan

. There's little to no intrigue in the Reacher books for me because they are so formulaic, but it's a favourite series of mine and I enjoy another Reacher outing because each book adds another piece to the puzzle of who Reacher is. Reacher seems to have gotten funnier since Lee & Andrew Child started collaborating on the Reacher books, which I greatly appreciate. What's more, this book made it really difficult to be appropriately wary of an antagonist with the name

Dendoncker

😂 hilarious! I got a little feeling of what I used to get when I read the earlier books, which was nice.