Booklog: Bad Luck & Trouble by Lee Child

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Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child


My friend piglet/porcinea said that the Jack Reacher series is "like a feminist James Bond" and that's a pretty good description, although Bond is more upscale and camp, based on this novel. This is the first of the Reacher series I've read, and I'll be reading more. I liked this especially because it emphasized a team approach to solving a crime, rather than being all about the Lone Hero(tm), and because most of the characters are smart and competent (I dislike thrillers where the plot is driven by stupidity), and because Child takes a geeky delight in details, and the details actually make sense.

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I've read all of the Reacher books and like them very much. My friend Becky turned me on to them because we both like thrillers and mysteries and suchlike.

I don't always remember the details of each Reacher book, but I do enjoy reading each book. (My enthusiasm is starting to wane for F Paul Wilson's series character whose name escapes me.) The setting usually sticks, and memorable images such as a warehouse full of piles of $1 bills.