Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher Novels)

One of the reasons I've always bought and read this series is that I enjoyed a main character with an unshakeable sense of honor and hardly any dithering. So it was disappointing when the author jumped on the tired old anti-war bandwagon. I thought at least he might hold it down to the usual "I hate this war but I honor the servicemen who fight in it," but this time Reacher really goes in the tank. "My country let me down, so I'm released from all personal honor, too." Who needs it? It's the last Reacher novel I'll buy or read.

I guess if more servicemen had felt this way, we wouldn't have won the war while Child wasn't watching.

I LOVE Reacher. One of my favorite all-time fiction lines is from The Hard Way:

Reacher. Alone in the dark. Invincible.

This book ranks at the bottom on the Reacher list, primarily because I don't need lectures about the war in Iraq and the evil administration that hates its soldiers. Leave out the politics next time, Lee.

Otherwise, it was okay. But I read Lee Child to get better than okay.

... and I am so very grateful I am not a Christian War Monger.

: )

This is Child's best Reacher book. Although the pace is a little slower than many of the other books in the Reacher series, the slower pace, combined with the intriguing mysteries to be solved, make it very worthwhile. I highly recommend it!

Lee Child, if you should somehow read this review, let me request you read a MUCH better book by Laura Ingraham, "Shut up and Sing". I humbly ask you to Shut up and WRITE!
Why do otherwise good writers insist on throwing their personal politics into what should be escapist adventure? Is it worth the risk of losing future customers/readers? I'm not sure if I'll read another of your books, but I am quite sure I will never pay full price for them again. Bargain bin material for sure.