Wednesday 8 March 2017

Book Review: Make Me by Lee Child

Make Me is the twentieth book in the Jack Reacher’s series, and to me it one of the weakest stories.

Reacher is ex-Military Police but is now a nomad who goes from town to town just for his own amusement, but wherever he goes trouble inevitably follows him.

In Make Me, Reacher by way of train finds himself in Mother’s Rest.  He got off the train at that particular stop because he was interested in the name of the town – why would a town be called Mother’s Rest - Reacher wanted to know the story behind the town. He was curious and as we all know curiosity can get us into trouble.

Reacher’s visit to Mother’s Rest sees him bumping into a private detective who is investigating the disappearance of another private detective.

The story sees them going to different places in America in order to discover the truth – the truth of the detectives disappearance and to find out what is actually happening in Mother’s Rest.  And like other Reacher novels, a lot of violence happens in order to get to the truth. A truth which doesn’t want to be found out.


For me, Make Me is not a strong story, it did not have me hooked as other Reacher novels did. However, I will continue to read the Reacher novels as the man is captivating and I do want to know what happens next in his life. 

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