-Liar: avoids eye contact, touches nose or ear; says no immediatelya glance to the left means remembering things; to right, making it uphead up-will use fists, head down going to kickpeople don't search above head heightover dressed, robotic walk; irritable, sweating, tics, nervous, panting, rigid stare, praying, big bag-hands in bag, fresh shave-no tan; woman no tan on face-took off head scarfDogs-find the dominant one and stare it down while baring your teeth, do not runfingers-bend sideways, eyes, knees Lee Child does an intro to this piece. In retrospect I wonder if it was actually written for this book, or just transcribed from an obscure interview.The book largely consists of bullet-pointed 'factoids' that at best are inspired by Jack Reacher. We get the occasional quote, but the worst flop is the 'things Jack Reacher would never say' the humour of which misses the mark so thoroughly it seems ironic there is a page devoted to making the 'perfect shot'Perhaps worst of all if you read through the entire book, you'll probably read each comment at least twice, I'm sure if the creator thought that no-one would actually be so sad to read the whole thing (too bad I am) or was just so lazy they forgot to double check each entry.In summary - forget it. This isn't a skilful compilation of learnings from the Reacher books, it's simply lists of rubbish with a Reacher tone and the occasional genuine quote.
What do You think about Jack Reacher's Rules (2012)?
A good list of rules, about 45 minutes, when not interrupted. An hour, with nattering.
—deepsjai
An excellent resource for contemplating self-defense for those folks who are clueless.
—Qiu
What a stupid book! So bad I actually sort of liked it :-)
—Tej
