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Pretty middle-of-the-pack writing book. There are some interesting bits, but for the most part, it's a repackaging of other techniques. It is interesting to know how Matt Bell works (it is always interesting to se how other writers work). But unless this is your first writing book ever, there is not anything new to add to your workflow.

It was very interesting, and I liked the mystery-investigation element. But the ending really pissed me off because of one detail that I won’t mention to avoid spoiling it.

Mah, not great. The book is inconsistent, stretched beyond its natural length by a lot of unnecessary digressions. But the fatal flaw, for me, is that Reacher just dawdles around the USA (with some tight timescales) for 400 pages with no sense of urgency. And the villain is a cartoonish guy with a damn hook, and (spoiler) Reacher blocks a bullet because his pecs are so thick... oh come on. Beyond parody.