Wednesday, November 27, 2019

I don't need no stinking badge

Blue Moon by Lee Child; 2019; $28.99; Delacorte Press, New York, NY; 978-0-399-59354-3; checked out from Multnomah County Library, Midland; 11/14/19-11/18/19

Lots of action, too much talking and thinking out loud.  I think this is the weakest Jack Reacher book I have read.  Reacher reaches a anonymous city that is run by the Ukranian and Albanian mobs.  They each run half of the city and have reached a certain level of detente.  However Reacher gets involved when he sees an abuse of power by a mobster.  Once Reacher is involved there is a firestorm that is set off as he plays each side against the other and discovers that there is another mega player involved.  Reacher spends too much time explaining and having an inner monologue.  At no time are the police ever involved as you would think they might be in a small town.  

8/10


No comments:

Post a Comment