The Midnight Line
Ratings57
Average rating3.8
An older and slightly wearier Jack Reacher up to his usual stuff. So. About the size of his fists. At one point described as the size of a chicken and another the size of a small turkey, and the right fist is bigger than his left. Is the the left a chicken and the right a turkey?
Lee Child does it again with another great Reacher book. Lee takes Reacher to the hills and low desert of Wyoming this time, where he discovers a (you guessed it) woman in trouble. But not just any kind of trouble. This one will have you turning the pages to find out what happens.
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“But this particular guy won't talk to me?”
“I would be surprised.
“Does he have no manners?”
“I wouldn't ask him over to a picnic.”
“What's his name?”
“Jimmy Rat.”
”For real?”
“That's what he goes by.”
“Where would I find Mr. Rat?”
“Look for a minimum six Hariey-Davidsons. Jimmy will be in whatever bar they‘re outside of.”
Make Me
There was a bar in a standalone wooden building, with a patch of weedy gravel for parking, and on the gravel were 7 Harley-Davidsons, all in a neat line. Possibly not actual Hells Angels as such. Possibly one of the many other parallel denominations. Bikers were as split as Baptists. All the same, but different.
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The Midnight Line
Make Me
Night School
Another comfortable Reacher. Nothing new, nothing special. But that's a good thing. Mr Child does a fabulous job of staying true to Reachers character and the plot. Dick Hill's reading brings Reacher to life once again.
This story is a touching story that brings in topical themes of the treatment of veterans, and the opioid epidemic.
The end of this book leaves many unanswered questions. While the primary plot is resolved, the fallout of the resolution to secondary characters is left hanging. I would have liked a chapter wrapping up some of those story lines.
Had a bit of a mystery to it! The subject of the mystery was of a sad nature but still the book was
good!! There were a few of Jack Reacher novels I liked more but this was still good!!
The end was good, but it could have been better if the police detective story was wrapped up neater. Loved the book though!
