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Reacher is finding more about his father

Past Tense: (Jack Reacher 23) - Lee Child

Reacher was on the road again. He was stopping at a middle of nowhere just to find where his father Stan Reacher was when he was young. 

 

Laconia. It is in the wood. 

 

Now he found out the he was a birdwatcher. Kind of news to Reacher. 

 

While not too far away, there is a motel setup to trap selected loungers for a game. We didn't find out what the game was but kind of guessed it would be murderous. No way the organizers would allow kidnapping victims to survive and call the authority. Patty and Shorty. 

 

The reveal is good. A bit too short for the action part when the hunt beginning and ended so fast that there isn't much time for the bad guys to tell us why they are doing this. 

 

The settings up of the trap is a bit too slow for most readers. I get a bit impatient with it as well. This is the few books that Reacher didn't attract any new female companion, so I would forgive him a bit for acting out all lone wolf and stuff. The part that other characters were afraid he got upset if he found out that his father might not be that good after all is also sweet. Reacher really didn't care that much one way or the other as he already have a firm image of his father. 

 

 

Read this for Door 15 book task. 

Read any book with an orange or red cover or with nuts, chocolate or coins on the cover, set in The Netherlands or Germany, by a Dutch or German author, or with canals or beer on the cover.