Review: Mmm . . . young Reacher! Be still my heart.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 27, 2014
First off, the character of Reacher is just shy of seventeen in this novella, and I loved how his newness is underscored - "a brand new machine, still gleaming and dewy with oil". While Reacher's youthful confidence was slightly eyebrow raising, I would have been uncomfortable had Mr. Child suddenly rendered the character less insightful, less cocky, less lucky - and even Reacher himself comments on his "dumb confidence" aided by being so young.The atmosphere of the heat, the wet humidity, is perfectly claustrophobic and capped by the blackout, bringing the reader in tightly. In all, a good addition to the Reacher series.