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A Wanted Man by Lee ChildMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh, boy! This is one of those stay-up-all-night books. It is so fast moving and unpredictable that you don't want to stop. Reacher is picked up hitchhiking by two men who have just committed bloody murder to through off cops at possible roadblocks. The local sheriff does the best he can, but the FBI shows up, homeland security shows up, and a mysterious character who is probably CIA. Reacher, naturally, co-opts two female FBI agents to try to rescue a kidnapped woman. Shifting alliances and allegiances make it impossible to tell who the good guys are. Reacher as Rambo at the end saves the day, but not all of the people.
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I will not be able to see the movie, Jack Reacher, with Tom Cruise as Reacher. I hate Tom Cruise anyway, but also think there are much better actors. Lee Child comments on CBS This Morning.
Let me tell you on the onset that I found this book nowhere close to the Reacher I am used to reading about in the earlier books. The book starts as a typical Reacher novel where he finds himself in the middle of a situation in a new town while hitching a ride to Virginia. Meanwhile there is brutal murder in the nearby town which is being investigated by a special agent of FBI. Reacher’s intractions with the occupants of the car and the FBI investigation forms the basis of the book and how he is able to uphold justice the Reacher way eventually.
ReplyDeleteThe book offers some good mathematical trivia, a Reacher trait which was not highlighted in earlier books. One is also treated to a nice geographical description of American towns, country side and interstate freeways. Keeping up with James Bond type image, Reacher manages to get to work with two beautiful ladies as usual.
Having said that I found the book very slow and somehow Lee Child has made the character of Jack Reacher a little less smart who takes more time to catch up to the clues than before.