Talk:Jack Reacher

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I think that the sentence at the end of the biography shouldn't read "n Bad Luck and Trouble he is revealed to have a fascination with mathematics," due to the fact that his fascination is truly showed the first time in Die Trying, the second book in the series. He goes off on a wild tanget for three pages in a paperback book. How should that be phrased? --Suriyawong 5:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Suriyawong (talk • contribs)

Is Reacher's mother French or Dutch? --PeterMarkSmith 01:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

French

I read Killing Floors six years ago now and I became a real Jack Reacher addict. I enjoy both Lee Child’s writing and his imaginative stories. I think he’s a remarkable man and I’ve found some really interesting interviews on this new web-site: www.jackreacher.co.uk. Bradleyjohn 17:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In "The Hard Way" Reacher also went to England

Merger proposed (The Hard Way (novel))

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The result was: Merge. I will merge the one article for now, but merging the other novel articles may be a good idea too. --B. Wolterding (talk) 16:26, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I propose to merge the content of The Hard Way (novel) into here, since the notability of that article has been questioned. In fact, the article consists only of plot summary (see WP:NOT#PLOT), and no secondary sources are given. So it might be best to merge the plot summary to an article about the series.

Please add your comments below. Proposed as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 16:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree. Having looked at the entries of all the other Jack Reacher novels, I think for right now the best thing to do would be to merge all of the entries for the novels into the Reacher article. Except for Killing Floor, they're all stubs, some of them no longer than a sentence.RedPen

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"One Shot" plot is wrong

The plot outline states "Unhappily for the authorities, the accused is a friend of Jack Reacher, who is convinced that the wrong person has been arrested.". This is completely wrong. The accused is NOT a friend of Reacher's. In fact, Reacher vowed that he would personally take down the accused if he ever did it again. And, for a long time in the novel, Reacher is there to help convict, not help free, the accused. 97.103.81.29 (talk) 23:23, 29 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Additionally he uses the technique of not answering when people make statements or ask questions preferring the other party to fill the silence. A recurring line in the books is "Reacher said nothing."

I am not sure about this, but does this not generate a little humour? Maybe adding, that with Jack Reacher's silence it is normally accompanied by peculiar shrugging, would give more details into his action. Also, it will be nice to mention/quote Reacher's learnt tactic: "When in doubt, just keep your mouth shut" (Page 215 of Die Trying) and the theory behind remaining quiet, giving more information behind why he is quiet. (Lord Shivan (talk) 02:41, 4 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Yes, this does generate a little humour, but, unfortunately, I think Lee takes it a bit too far. After 5 or 6 Reacher novels, it seems to me that half of his Reacher novels are just filled with what he established in the earlier novels. So that means he only has to write HALF a novel. In addition, Child has MANY more of those statements. Like "you've got the look". Like "back in the day". And so on. In addition, Child contradicts himself many times. Such as that Reacher doesn't need a watch. But at the times Reacher actually OWNS a watch, he (Reacher) seems to have NONE of the UNCANNY talent to tell what time it is. Things like "That is for damn sure.", "You've still got the look.". "... in the day." to me, seem worn out. In addition, Child has now made Reacher a "super hero". No one can beat Reacher. Despite the fact that Reacher has been "out of the service" for a "while". For example, the story that hinged on the one phrase "Find [or "Get"] Reacher for me. Reacher was out of practice too. The guy who lived in the same building as Yoko? His guys were out of practice too. So how come Reacher himself (having been out for a long time, not keeping up his shooting, just digging pools in Miami) was exempt? I loved the first few Reacher novels, but they became just more and more of a contradiction as time went on. Lee Child: You are a GREAT writer. But your series making Reacher a god have become incredible. 97.103.80.222 (talk) 01:07, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]