I do.
I started late. I didn't read him before the movie adaptation. It seemed that there was an endless supply of books. I was wrong. Now like other fans I am waiting for the next release on October 29, 2019.
Sometimes I really like him - I mean Jack. Sometimes, not so much. There were a few books where I felt his "line" was blurring. You know what I mean - "I'd do this; but I'd never do that!" I always felt
Jack's line was pretty near mine. But he came back around. And even when I was worried, I was still a fan.
Of the 23 novels currently published, the second most recent "The Midnight Line" is far and away my favorite. When I finished it, I felt something very close to what I felt when I finished Denis Lehane's "Mystic River". I felt connected. Really connected.
With Mystic River I felt Lehane had seen something in me and was writing to me. While I have great respect for Clint Eastwood's movie making skills, I felt nothing like that with the movie. It was impossible. Eastwood isn't from Boston. You have to be from Boston to get that book. Not his fault.
With Midnight Line I fell in love with Jack Reacher. By the time I closed that book I realized that if Jack were real and I met him, I'd do anything for him. I can't recall feeling that way about any book character. And I am a big reader. Not even when I was young and easily infatuated. Even though Jack is former Army......not Navy. LOL!