A review by debrichmond
The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Jack Reacher is out stretching his legs in Wisconsin when he sees a West Point class ring in a pawn shop’s window. The ring is small and obviously belongs to a woman. Reacher wants to know what happened to the woman that would lead to her giving up her ring. This leads him into a mystery related to drugs, small western towns, and murder.

I’m reading different genres this year, and the first is this mystery/thriller. I’ve been enjoying the TV show Reacher, so I decided to try one of the books. At first it was a little slow, but the more I read, the more the story became a spiral tightening its way to a thrilling story with an exciting and hopeful ending. There’s not too much action in this one, it’s more about figuring out the mystery. It’s easy to see why Jack Reacher is such a standout character - he has a moral code and sticks with it regardless of the law or what other people may think.