Review: Tripwire

Tripwire by Lee Child
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Yeah, I read another Jack Reacher. They're so easy to read, especially while I'm working my way through Stephen Erikson's obscenely epic Malazan fantasy series.
Tripwire was the second best one I've read so far, second only to Persuader. A truly sinister villain, a satisfying payoff to the mystery, and gripping action sequences. However, the female lead is once again a ridiculous male fantasy; this time, Reacher's first love has been pining after him for decades and will do anything to be with him. Women aren't the only ones who fall for him, either - this is Lee Child's third Reacher book, and he's head over heels too, waxing on about his good looks, his tousled hair, his charming smile, etc. (I'm sure the fact that Reacher has made him a killing doesn't hurt, either.)
This book's immortal line was fawning over his musculature: "He looked like a condom crammed full of walnuts." I can't imagine what came over Child, let alone his editor, peers, and family. I hope this line won him a bet, at the very least.

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