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adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Persuader wasn't my favorite of the Jack Reacher novels. It's told in an interesting way, with the actions of "now" heavily influenced by something Reacher did 10 years ago. It's also... boring. Very little happens in the story, and yet the action is somehow spread out over 300 pages within a very short time span. The reason Reacher is after Quinn is left until far too late - the story within a story doesn't make sense until more than halfway through the book, and even then the "why" isn't very strong until the last few chapters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail