Finished: Stephen Hunter's 'Sniper's Honor'

“You’re a genius,” she said. 

“Hardly,” he said. “I just show up and pay attention.”

Stanley and I finished Stephen Hunter's novel "Sniper's Honor" last night.

This is the ninth Bob Lee Swagger book written by Hunter. Now Bob Lee is 68 years old and is going out of his mind bored on his Montana ranch. That changes quickly.

For me the first three Hunter novels were best. Now he gets a little too in the weeds with the guns and bullets stuff, excessive detail. Swagger can’t just shoot a guy; there needs to be four pages detailing the weight of the bullet, the trajectory, the wind, which organ got hit, and on and on with Hunter. For me, cut to the chase.

 Sill very good read. I liked the ending. Gave it a 6-plus on the Haugenometer scale of 1-10.

Goodreads gives it a higher 4.1 out of 5. That’s pretty impressive.

In this tour de force — part historical thriller, part modern adventure — from the New York Times bestselling author of I, Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger uncovers why WWII’s greatest sniper was erased from history … and why her disappearance still matters today.