Past Tense: A gripping thriller in the Jack Reacher series, from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author

I'm slightly disappointed as I've really enjoyed previous adventures of JR This story line doesn't grab you from the start and I was still saying to myself that it must get better half way through the book. The storyline isn't what you'd expect when making a considered purchase based on previous JR adventures and storytelling from Lee Child. It's as if there's been a change of editors and no-one had the balls to say that this book is going to devalue the Reacher brand I await the next installment and hope a return to previous form

I don't quite understand what's happened to this series in the last 7-8 years. It went from every book being gripping and full of those atmospheric moments where you felt right in the heart of the locations and story, to suddenly finding things slow, plodding, uninteresting and lacking any intrigue. I really hope this isn't the end. For me, the following titles (in no particular order) have that winning formula and I love each of them because they get it right. If anyone can put their finger on why and how they're different please say! Killing Floor The Enemy Persuader The Hard Way Bad Luck & Trouble One Shot Worth Dying For In my opinion, A Wanted Man is perhaps the worst. A Wanted Man spends almost the entire book with Reacher in a car thinking that something is odd before a rushed ending. I've just finished Past Tense and thought for a while it was getting back to basics and was enjoying it, until the two random stories came together rushedly with a dissatisfying ending. Gutted

I just finished Past Tense and honestly I almost didnt read it at all after the first couple of chapters. It was like someone else trying to write about Jack Reacher. I kept putting it down and had to makemyself pick,it up each time. It took me days to read it and I oonly kept at it because I thought by some miracle it would get better, but it was just rubbish.