The latest Reacher novel involves a bit of genealogy as the protagonist swings by the town in which his father grew up. As he is prone to do, Reacher stumbles onto two separate crimes, deals with the bad guys by punching them, and thereby summons retribution from two different groups of bad actors. It is while trying to stay out of the path of these groups, and he is avoiding them as a favor to the local police detective who has befriended him, that Reacher arrives at the secluded motel where the main story takes place. Two Canadian travelers are in danger at this motel, and since there are only nine armed men doing the endangering, the only tension in the story comes from not knowing if Reacher will stumble upon the scene in time. He does. Everyone (on the bad side) dies. Yay. Not the most interesting or engaging of stories, even for a part of this series. Either Reacher or this reader is getting too old for this.
Monday, November 19, 2018
Past Tense
The latest Reacher novel involves a bit of genealogy as the protagonist swings by the town in which his father grew up. As he is prone to do, Reacher stumbles onto two separate crimes, deals with the bad guys by punching them, and thereby summons retribution from two different groups of bad actors. It is while trying to stay out of the path of these groups, and he is avoiding them as a favor to the local police detective who has befriended him, that Reacher arrives at the secluded motel where the main story takes place. Two Canadian travelers are in danger at this motel, and since there are only nine armed men doing the endangering, the only tension in the story comes from not knowing if Reacher will stumble upon the scene in time. He does. Everyone (on the bad side) dies. Yay. Not the most interesting or engaging of stories, even for a part of this series. Either Reacher or this reader is getting too old for this.
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