Personal

, #19

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Lee Child: Personal (Paperback, 2015, Bantam)

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Published April 7, 2015 by Bantam.

ISBN:
978-0-85750-266-7
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Jack Reacher walks alone.

Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he’s his own boss, going where the mood takes him.

But the army tracks him down.

Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it.

And Reacher is the one man who can find him.

The hunt takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris – and then to London. He must track down a killer with a treacherous vendetta. The stakes have never been higher.

Because this time, it’s personal.

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reviewed Personal by Lee Child (Jack Reacher, #19)

Definitely feels like Reacher is on the down side

2 stars

In typical Lee Child fashion, Reacher figures out the scheme ⅔ of the way through, but refuses to tell anyone else, including the reader. Until the conclusion. At that point he monologues the conspiracy at its perpetrator and we get to see how it all fits together.

Except it doesn't. There's a few plot holes that are never filled.

Also, one of the bad guys is someone 7-ish inches taller than Reacher. Because he's huge, he has a big house. The man builds a "regular" house but has everything scaled up 50% so he'll fit. But holy heck does the prose drone on about it through multiple chapters, like no one ever wandered the halls of a European castle with wide hallways and giant doors. No, this oversized house takes extra getting used to that of course only Reacher can adjust to in quick fashion. Pfft.