I feel like Lee Child hadn’t really hit his stride yet in the first two Jack Reacher books. The plots are a little winding, Jack Reacher isn’t as badass as he is in later books, and it’s not quite as addictive as the books later in the series. I think this one is a little better than the first book, The Killing Floor, with Jack Reacher more well-defined as a character, but it’s not until book three, Tripwire, that he really nails the formula.
Rating: 3.5 stars
Yevgeniy Brikman
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