Tripwire

, #3

Paperback, 544 pages

English language

Published March 16, 2000 by Bantam Books Ltd.

ISBN:
978-0-553-81185-8
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Tripwire is the third book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child. It was published in 1999 by Putnam in America and Bantam in the United Kingdom. It is written in the third person. In the novel, retired military police officer Jack Reacher becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a Vietnam War veteran who was reported missing in action, but who has resurfaced as a vicious loanshark with a secret he will murder to protect.

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Tripwire

It's hardly great literature but this series is an entertaining enough read, and this third installment was much the same if not a even a little better with one big exception: the inexplicable inclusion, several times, of Reacher's thoughts on how sexy he found a literal child. It's hard to get past that and just left me so confused about why was ever included. It was hardly a crucial plot point. Just disturbing.

Review of 'Tripwire' on 'Storygraph'

Really couldn’t get into this one. Full of cliches. Clunky prose. An obvious twist which dIdn’t really change the story anyway. Everything telegraphed and explained to death. Long boring bits. A hero who stops bullets with his pectoral muscles. Several characters who do nothing and could have been removed without being noticed. And the bad guys are completely two dimensional

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Subjects

  • Adventure / thriller
  • Crime & mystery
  • Fiction