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Running Blind by Lee Child
3.0

This book is above-average for the Jack Reacher books I've read so far. The story unfolds with fewer lazy plot devices than normal, but that is partly because much of the stupidity is lumped into the "big reveal" at the end. Still, that somehow feels better. I perhaps enjoyed this book more than I usually would because I read it as a reaction to [b:A Constellation of Vital Phenomena|18428067|A Constellation of Vital Phenomena|Anthony Marra|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1408313066s/18428067.jpg|19926928] which I hated. This book is largely the opposite of that one. Running Blind has a strong, action-oriented main character with an indomitable sense of justice who shakes things up and takes care of business with a general lack of sentimentality.