"Persuader" by Lee Child (Review)

                 Persuader Book Review

Basic Info:

Originally published: May 13, 2003Author: Lee ChildPreceded by: Without FailFollowed by: The EnemyGenre: ThrillerNominations: CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger

Review: Brutal, mature thriller pits Reacher against an old enemy.

This Reacher thriller was very good, albeit it had some seriously disgusting violence. I was totally creeped out, until Reacher took care of the bad guy/s, which I'm so grateful for. While they were still alive, I almost had trouble sleeping, but Lee Child knew that the readers would probably want Reacher to seriously hurt the bad guys, which he did, although he took some pretty bad hits too.

Anyway, this time round, Reacher goes undercover for the DEA, to find a missing agent, suspected to be abducted, by a suspected drug dealer. But Reacher is only in for personal reasons, which slowly and gruesomely unravel as the story progresses, driving Reacher inevitably toward the bloody climax.

 

Persuader is narrated in two tenses: the present, where Reacher is undercover, and the past, where Reacher relates the events which led up to his thirst for justice and revenge. The characters are mostly engaging, beside Reacher of course, although I thought that Reacher's romance with the DEA agent was just unnecessary and stupid, but OK. But still, overall, Persuader was an awesome read, and a definite win...9/10 or on Goodreads, 4/5.