Ending was expected, but I guess if you have such a long running series, pretty much ending will always be expected. Bad guy meets Reacher, bad guy loses, Reacher wins. Fun to read though, which is the main point. Going to keep reading them.

Don't think it ticked any of the Bingo boxes though.

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

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I love the Jack Reacher books, so fun to read. The rugged 'murican roadtrip hero, but one that doesn't disrespect women, and has an individual conscience (not just patriotism or some such). The bad guys always get their comeuppance, which is satisfying. The ending might be expected, but the stories are not predictable. Not too realistic to get in the way of easy entertainment, but not too much strain on suspension of disbelief either.

I'm still reading Josiah Bancroft's Tower of Babel tetralogy, last book now. It's amazing, I love evrything about it. Plot twists, unusual characters, and unusal language too. He's making up his own analogies all the time and they all sound so natural.

I wish I could say the last book is as good as the first book, but that's an extremely high target and it doesn't just quite reach. That said, the series as a whole still stands miles above most of the genre.

What's the genre? 21st century Fantasy SciFi Steampunk?

[–] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In this age and time, I sometimes like my fiction to have the characters that are closer to white and black, instead of infinite shades of gray. Obvious good guy vs obvious bad guys, with the good guy winning in the end. At least something should be simple.

Haven't read Tower of Babel, but it has been mentioned before, will check it out.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Please do. "Senlin Ascends" is the first book.