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A review by cgcang
Blue Moon by Lee Child
4.0
Reacher is smart and deadly as always.
Blue Moon lacks a real element of suspense, everything is clear as day from the get go. There are good guys and lots of bad guys, bad guys do some very nasty things to good guys and Reacher keeps punishing them for it all book long.
It's satisfactory and at times it feels like classic Reacher, but similar to Past Tense, Blue Moon lacks the finesse of the older books, as the plot doesn't really have a lot to offer. No twists or turns, no surprises, no mysteries, not a lot of character development. It reads like vigilante porn. Which isn't a bad thing and this in itself is a huge part of the whole Reacher experience anyway so we can say all is well with the newest entry in the Reacher series.
On the other hand, there have been much much better books in the series because they had deeper and relatively more sophisticated stories. And seeing as those books are mostly the earlier entries in the series, one can't help but wonder whether Lee Child has lost the motivation to write impactful books. I believe he still enjoys writing but he's beginning to lose his energy to make a difference.
I wasn't the biggest fan of Past Tense either. Blue Moon in some aspects is a huge improvement but in hindsight the slower moving plot of Past Tense now seems like an underrated gem.
In the end it's still Lee Child and it's still Jack Reacher so it's still the same thrilling experience. But if Lee Child really is losing his will to keep on writing, I'd like Reacher to go out on a higher note than this.
Blue Moon lacks a real element of suspense, everything is clear as day from the get go. There are good guys and lots of bad guys, bad guys do some very nasty things to good guys and Reacher keeps punishing them for it all book long.
It's satisfactory and at times it feels like classic Reacher, but similar to Past Tense, Blue Moon lacks the finesse of the older books, as the plot doesn't really have a lot to offer. No twists or turns, no surprises, no mysteries, not a lot of character development. It reads like vigilante porn. Which isn't a bad thing and this in itself is a huge part of the whole Reacher experience anyway so we can say all is well with the newest entry in the Reacher series.
On the other hand, there have been much much better books in the series because they had deeper and relatively more sophisticated stories. And seeing as those books are mostly the earlier entries in the series, one can't help but wonder whether Lee Child has lost the motivation to write impactful books. I believe he still enjoys writing but he's beginning to lose his energy to make a difference.
I wasn't the biggest fan of Past Tense either. Blue Moon in some aspects is a huge improvement but in hindsight the slower moving plot of Past Tense now seems like an underrated gem.
In the end it's still Lee Child and it's still Jack Reacher so it's still the same thrilling experience. But if Lee Child really is losing his will to keep on writing, I'd like Reacher to go out on a higher note than this.