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A review by bings
The Visitor by Lee Child
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
So much better than the previous book...
Though, I did figure out the killing method and had an inkling off who the bad guy was long before the end of the book. This fact in itself does not cause a lower rating, as that will come down to the individual reading the book.... however
The character of Reacher felt out of place an more one dimensional. Reacher, does the right thing, usually just because it is the right thing to do. Someone is picking on someone smaller than them, Reacher does something about it. Reacher notices and injustice and he fixes it (not always the right way by law, but what he deems fair and right, grey area, I digress) however, he is so hardheaded lending aid to a case where, admittedly it is not his problem, but it was a wrong that needed fixing and right up the alley of his moral compass. He seemed like a robot all of a sudden where is view point was simply, not my circus, not my monkeys.
On the plus side, the story pulled me in, was fast paced enough without feeling like the mystery was going in circles, that it kept me turning the page and going, just one more chapter.
P.S Lee Child. Stop comparing the sexy special agent love intertest to teenage girls. It's gross and unnecessary.
Though, I did figure out the killing method and had an inkling off who the bad guy was long before the end of the book. This fact in itself does not cause a lower rating, as that will come down to the individual reading the book.... however
The character of Reacher felt out of place an more one dimensional. Reacher, does the right thing, usually just because it is the right thing to do. Someone is picking on someone smaller than them, Reacher does something about it. Reacher notices and injustice and he fixes it (not always the right way by law, but what he deems fair and right, grey area, I digress) however, he is so hardheaded lending aid to a case where, admittedly it is not his problem, but it was a wrong that needed fixing and right up the alley of his moral compass. He seemed like a robot all of a sudden where is view point was simply, not my circus, not my monkeys.
On the plus side, the story pulled me in, was fast paced enough without feeling like the mystery was going in circles, that it kept me turning the page and going, just one more chapter.
P.S Lee Child. Stop comparing the sexy special agent love intertest to teenage girls. It's gross and unnecessary.