The Jack Reacher Field Manual

Excellent .

ok book, a nice filler until we get the real jack reach novel.

Eh. Not very impressed.

I requested this book because I thought it would be like a key to some of the personal information that those of us who haven't been able to read each one of the books could use to help catch up. But it wasn't. It was more about the author himself and the origins of the Reacher character and then some about Jack but it was not what I thought it would be. I am giving it a 3 because I am not sure it belongs in this category or could at least fit in more than one. It is a good book but just not what I was expecting from the title..

There are Siri on iPhone, Cortana on Windows, Jasper on Android... the "assistants", ready to help and answer your questions.

For those interested in Jack Reacher, there’s George, now. "George" is for George Beahm, author of the "The Jack Reacher Field Manual" (I hope he will forgive me if I play with his name). It’s not a book to be read as a story from beginning to end (after all, how many people do you know that, those spend hours chatting with their virtual assistants?). It’s a volume to refer to when needed, or when the curiosity arises. It’s a deep and complex collection of informations on the character of Jack Reacher, on Lee Child, on topics around them, on the military life, on the world of thriller tales… An encyclopedic collection, filled to the brim, recommended to fans of Reacher and also to those who are just approaching his novels. Or to those who want to look good by beating their friends in a quiz game on Reacher...

For me this book didn't really meet my expectations, or its own description- I expected more and was quite disappointed that the book was mainly full of quotes and information that you can find elsewhere on the internet for free if you look. It is good that the detail is all in one place if you don't want to go looking. A good idea but for me it fell flat and not what I was expecting.

Super-lightweight companion volume, with interviews of Child, military glossary, timelines of the books' plots to piece together Reacher's life, essays about fan reaction to the Hollywood casting of a short A-list person, and the problem the escalating surveillance state poses to a character who travels with only a toothbrush.