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Echo Burning by Lee Child

2 reviews

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5 rounded up. 
Interesting plot and lots of action but also a bit long and lots of legal talk. I liked the environment and atmosphere as well as the moral dilemmas. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Deportation, Alcohol, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Classism, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Body horror, Racism, and Sexual assault

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Echo Burning is difficult to rate and review. Because it's not anywhere near as good as the last few Jack Reacher novels, but it's better than the first. This one takes a long time to get into the 'page turning, pulse racing, thriller' section. A long time. Almost too long. For more than half the book, the only interesting thing in the entire book is the watchers. And the team. Otherwise, it's a rather run of the mill fiction novel, with a plot so broad it's hard to pin down the correct genre. Once Reacher puts some pieces together, then we get to the reason to read Reacher novels. 

One of the things I dislike most about this series is how abruptly they end. With everything getting tied up in a neat bow far too quickly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and Rape