Not much to say about it. It's bad guy being a bad guy and Reacher being Reacher. Some interesting side characters, would love to see if it means any character development or not.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Heavenly Tyrant, the 2nd book in the Iron Widow series by Xiran Jay Zhou.

I stumbled onto it randomly but it has all the things I love. It’s sci-fi with fantasy elements, anti-imperialism, and pro worker class warfare.

The protagonist is a teen girl who is flawed but strong-willed. She doesn’t have all the right answers, she makes mistakes, and there are certainly people better than her. She seems real.

There’s a kind of pacific rim meets starship troopers aspect to it. They use chi-powered “mechs” to fight alien invaders.

The first book has some surprise revelations at the end that the 2nd book addresses.