Review: Thirteen going on thirty-five
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 19, 2011
SECOND SON is so short I finished it during my forty-five minute lunch break. Happily, it's a cheap read; I paid more for my pizza slice.Here, it's 1974 and thirteen-year old Jack Reacher joins his mother, older brother, and Marine officer father as they move to Okinawa for Dad's new duty assignment.Thirteen? More like thirteen going on thirty-five. Even at this early age, there's no indication Jack had (or is having) a normal childhood. If Jack's age hadn't been stated, the reader could just as well assume it was his same adult persona featured in the previous full-length novels.The plot is vintage Reacher as he takes on solving the problems of others and beating up those bullies that cross his path.SECOND SON may have seemed like a good idea at the time to author Lee Child, but its execution came out reading somewhat silly.