Not one of the better Reachers, but still a quick read and enjoyable. There were a lot of false starts in this one and a few too many overlapping subplots. Plus the impetus for Jack to get involved and stay involved this time out was rather more flimsy than usual. Still, if you're a Jack Reacher fan, you're going to want to read this.

I'm late to the ballgame on this one, but what else could be said about Jack Reacher? I will say, without giving anything away, I enjoyed seeing his vulnerability. Readers will know exactly where and what I mean. This was a seamless transition from Lee to Andrew and I'm looking forward to Reacher's next adventure.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an EARC of this book.
Pretty typical Jack Read her with an interesting plot that moves right along
Typical blood and Gore but I have learned to love with that. I like Jack who is again doing good in the world.

Jack Reacher is back and beter then ever. Wandering into a town and fighting for IT man falsely accused. Reacher hands out his own form of justice with his fists and always comes out a winner. Lots of twists and turns and contemporary plot with a possible Russian cyber attack on te US electoral system. You can't get any more timely. Fast paced and quick read. Reacher always helps the underdog and then moves on.

With Lee Child's retirement, one might have feared that his popular Jack Reacher novels would come to an end with book #24. . Fortunately Andrew Child, already a successful novelist and Child's brother, comes to the rescue and will be collaborating on the next four Reacher books, this being the first. If The Sentinal is any indication, readers better get ready for a roller coaster ride of suspense and action. That much of jack Reacher remains intact. What doesn't is a strong plot - it is convoluted and confusing and I still really don't know what happened. The fun parts just do not add up to a satisfying whole.

Reacher has wandered his way to Tennessee and into a fight that is none of his business (but when has that ever stopped him). He becomes involved in helping a man who is accused of a massive cybercrime. Throw in a very timely plot about voting machines, the military-industrial complex, the dark web killer drones, and some interesting information on Reacher's family and you have the makings of a really good story, but sadly, there is no cohesive recipe. I will be interested to read their next collaboration to see what they have planned.

I read The Sentinal by Lee Child and Andrew Child courtesy of NetGalley and Penguin Random House.

As always, Reacher has no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. One morning he ends up in a town near Pleasantville, Tennessee. But there’s nothing pleasant about the place. In broad daylight Reacher spots a hapless soul walking into an ambush. “It was four against one” . . . so Reacher intervenes, with his own trademark brand of conflict resolution.The man he saves is Rusty Rutherford, an unassuming IT Manager who an entire town blamed for their IT troubles. Rule one: if you don’t know the trouble you’re in, keep Reacher by your side.

As a reader of all things Reacher, I found this to be one of the more interesting of his later books.. Having worked for a tech company, I found his dealing with the more technical areas of interest although he could have gone more in depth for my liking. I thought that he was going to make the TVA more significant part of the book. But the storyline concerning the German was very interesting.. And as usual, Reacher has the correct read on the situation figuring things out and distinguishing the good from the bad, thereby helping the IT Manager. As always with a Lee Child book, it is well researched and well written and one of the more interesting of his later books.

I would like to think the author, publisher and Netgalley for the copy of this book. The comments are my own.

I love the Jack Reacher series, but some of them are better than others and from the clunky opening bar "fight," The Sentinel failed to be as interesting as I wanted it to be. Will I stop reading the series? No way! I think Andrew Child is very talented, am thrilled he's stepped in, and I hope that the next installment feels less like an attempt at a Reacher novel and *is* a Reacher novel.

I have never not finished a Reacher novel, but this one was so uninteresting that I made it to the halfway point and couldn't finish it.

Maybe it's because his brother took over the writing. Maybe it's because I'm getting tired of the same plot: Reacher rides a bus into a town, gets involved in a situation, fixes it, and leaves.

I think Reacher and I have come to the end of the road.

You would think after 24 Jack Reacher books that they would become stale but they have not. Lee Child, cowriting with his younger brother this time, delivers exactly what you would expect from a Jack Reacher novel. I loved this book as much as I have the other 23. Highly Recommended

Another great Reacher tale. See my review on GoodReads.com https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3634792810

Jack Reacher rides into Pleasantville TN with an insurance agent who picked him up on the highway. Reacher arrives just in time to save Rusty Rutherford from being kidnapped...it was four against one, what was he going to do? Rusty is the former IT manager for Pleasantville that has been struck by a ransomware software attach, paralyzing all the IT systems. He was subsequently fired, but Rusty had been warning the town about this eventuality and he and a friend (a former FBI IT specialist) have been working on a program called The Sentinel to protect systems from ransomware attacks. Rusty thinks it did not work, but apparently, part of the program worked and now the Russians are looking for it. Also on the board are some ne0-Nazis, who have an agent installed at Oak Ridge, where the atom bomb was developed, many years ago and where other work is being done. The rule is, if you do not know how deep in trouble you are, keep Jack Reacher handy. An interesting collaboration between two brothers, Andrew and Lee Child. Always entertaining.

THE SENTINEL. By Lee Child and Andrew Child
Publication Date: October 27, 2020 by Random House Publishing Group

Not to worry Reacher fans. The torch is being successfully passed from Lee Child to his younger brother, Andrew. The voice of our beloved hero Reacher lives on …. Although somewhat more loquacious his inimitable style of conflict resolution with action and violence
In support of the unknowing victim shines on.
Reacher arrives in small town Pleasantville with a hitched ride from an insurance adjuster.
His intention is only to stay the night. His needs are simple …. find a place to stay, seek out a diner for food, and then a bar with good music … but first, a cup of coffee. As he is entering the coffee shop a somewhat indistinguishable man is leaving. His senses immediately are alerted as he detects an ambush in the making. Reacher cannot help himself and intervenes to foil the attempted kidnapping. Initially he politely attempts to diffuse the situation, which escalates into his trademark almost choreographed violence beating into submission his multiple foes.
His hapless victim is Rusty Rutherford …. recently fired town IT specialist … and apparently
hated by the whole town. The town has been a victim of a ransomware attack. Nothing in the
town is functional …. traffic lights and even cell phones are down …. and Rutherford is being held as the sacrificial lamb. He unsuccessfully extolled the necessity of a clean backup of their data. The sinister motive of the cyberattack will unfold as a shadowy force attempts to apprehend Rusty who is unaware of what he possesses.
The sinister mastermind known as “ Speranski” specializes in wet work and torture and the remnants of his interrogation remain as pools of blood on the bunker floor. He has whipped the town into hysteria … using the local press, whisper campaigns and even social media to ostracize Rutherford. His team of interlopers have failed in their attempts to procure Rutherford and have created a spectacle. “The Center” is concerned that an apparent drifter, some kind of ex-military cop has thwarted their every move.
Lee and Andrew Child weave a masterful convoluted narrative featuring both intrigue and suspense with the expected Reacher action and violence that escalates into a barn-burning denouement. Featured are multiple three-dimensional characters that propel the action and suspense. I look forward to the eventual thriller penned alone by Andrew Child. Thanks to Random House Publishing for providing an Uncorrected Proof in exchange for an honest review.

Lee Child and Andrew Child have written another great Jack Reacher book. The Sentinel explores some of the political issues that we are dealing with today. It takes the reader a realistic and adventurous journey.

Another amazing addition to the Reacher legend! Great stories just keep coming from Lee Child! Highly recommended!

Lee Child's Jack Reacher series has yet to disappoint. It is always an enjoyable, suspenseful, escape read. I like that these books can be read as stand-alones, so the reader does not have to read these books in order.
Disillusioned military veteran Jack Reacher, wanders the country with no possessions aside from his trusty toothbrush. He can go without food but must have his coffee. In this novel, he sees a man about to be attacked and kidnapped by several other men. Jack always champions the underdog, so he gets involved and rescues the tech nerd who was initially unaware of the plot against him.


Spoiler.
Together with a ex-FBI agent, the two men take a stand against what turns out to be a plot against the U.S. voting system.

Jack Reacher is doing his usual thing. He is traveling to another small town with nothing on his mind. He is there by chance and is just minding his own business when he notices a man seemingly walking into an ambush. He knows it has nothing to do with him, but when it is four against one, he feels the need to intervene. The man turns out to be an IT manager, Rusty Rutherford, who was recently fired after a ransomware attack on the town’s computer system. Jack knows he should leave town, but Rusty wants to stick around and clear his name. Reacher loves a good mystery, especially when there will be heads to knock together.

The Sentinel is the twenty-fifth Jack Reacher novel and the action is just as prolific in this novel as the first. It is hard to believe that Child can take a character we all love reading about and create a new story with new troubles to get out of. I also enjoyed that the events described are relevant to our everyday safety, even if we don’t experience them ourselves. Everyone who has made it this far in the series will enjoy this book and if you haven’t read a Jack Reader book yet, then go back to Killing Floor and get started!

In his signature writing style, mostly using simple sentences Lee Child has assured us of the continuation of the adventures of Jack Reacher, collaborating for the first time with his son. This is an action packed book, true to form. Would that Jack Reacher was not a fictional character. The plot, as always, is interesting, full of the usual twists and turn. Even after 25 books, this reader is not tired of Jack Reacher!

The Sentinel is another great addition to the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. At first I wasn't sure how
this would flow with a co-author, Andrew Child, but it was still an action packed, fast paced thriller. Looking forward to the next!

Another creative story about Jack Reacher in a small town in Tennessee with a past that no one would have expected. The Russians, maybe Nazis, but definitely something’s rotten with the town and it’s the people. Reacher gets caught up in something he never expected since he should have never taken the ride but that’s Reacher for you. I find that when I start his books, I’m going to keep reading them till I’m finished. The Sentinel is another one of those books.

3.5 rounding up. I was excited to get an ARC copy of the latest Jack Reacher adventure having previously read all in the series. The author is retiring and passing the series to his brother. I could see some changes. Jack talks more and manages to use basic cel phone technology. Reacher stops in a small town in Tennessee and interrupts what he sees as a professional street grab. Rusty Rutherford is the towns recently fired IT manager and fall guy when the town is held ransom during a cyber attack. Jack of course can't stop himself from helping.

I liked the more traditional villains of Russian spies (not vague drug lords) and appreciate that Jack is willing to work with others. In this case current and ex FBI agents and a local police officer. I still had a few unanswered questions like how the villain knew Jack sent a cel photo. It wasn't explained how they would have been able to trace someone that shouldn't have been on their radar that quickly. Overall a fun read in true Reacher style. Clean for language and sex with several scenes of PG-13 violence.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing and the author for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.