Make Me

Lee Child has a winning formula with Jack Reacher. I guess these are one of my guilty pleasures, and it was inevitable that I would read #20. It was OK; I think that the formula is now getting rather tired. About time for few changes. Maybe an ongoing relationship with Chang? I also gather that Child is planning books about Reacher's early military career - they might be fun.

Not read one for a while. Airport. Picked it up. Just like another cup of coffee. Then read it. Turned the pages and looked at them. Not my favourite, not my least favourite. But somewhere in between. Mid-range Reacher. But mid-range Reacher is still better than another high end book of the month. Solid. Reliable. Comfortingly familiar. Reacher never gets less than three stars.

Lee Child is one of my favorite authors and I've read everything he's written. Saying that, I'm only giving this book 3 stars. The reacher series is second only to the Mitch Rapp series but this particular book seems a bit contrived and formulaic based on his other books. Maybe I've read too many of his books and just have his style down. Highly recommend for anyone not overly familiar with his writing style though.

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“We should get a cup of coffee.”
Chang said, “I don't understand how you drink so much coffee.”
“Law of gravity,” Reacher said. “If you tip it up, it comes right out. You can't help but drink it.”
“Your heart must be thumping all the time.”
“Better than the alternative.”

Make Me

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I come to the end of the Jack reacher novels after binge-reading all of them back-to-back. So, its quite difficult to critique any of them individually, but for the entire series I am very happy to have spend the amount of time I have with these twenty books so far. I'm eagerly awaiting the new one coming out in a few days !