Review: Persuader

Persuader by Lee Child
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Lets address the elephant in the room, it's written in first person...

This small change in writing style instantly made it feel non-Reacher for me. Along with the first few chapters being peppered with a variety of very non-Reacher like activity. I was actually convinced there was a twist coming, that we were reading about a man impersonating Jack, or it was a dream, but it was neither. I actually was online googling "why is persuader written in 1st person," within an hour of starting it. I didn't hate it, but too much was different for me to get into Reacher mode, I never shook that foreign feeling throughout the entire story.

That being said, the action sequences were up to par as was the plotline. My 3 star is rating is for the book alone and not a reflection of my obvious displeasure with the change in writing by Child.

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