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Violence
A lot
Reacher-style violence; fights and confrontations with dangerous people
Language
Some
Some strong language in the thriller register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Minimal sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Opioid addiction is central to the plot; depicted with genuine empathy
Emotional Intensity
Some
The trauma of veterans and the crisis of addiction in rural America create emotional depth beyond the action plot
What this book is about
The twenty-second Jack Reacher novel finds Reacher buying a woman's West Point class ring from a pawn shop and tracing it back to its owner — through the opioid epidemic devastating rural America. Child writes with unusual care for the opioid storyline, and the novel has more emotional depth than many series entries. The violence is present in the Reacher tradition, but the subject matter of veterans and addiction gives the novel unusual weight.
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Opioid addiction epidemic as central theme
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