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I fell in love with Lee Child's Reacher series because, to me, it's like reading a modern day Western. Especially with the aforementioned stops and starts and the clipped sentences.
It's all very matter of fact, very bare bones. It almost seems naturalist to me. Especially when it comes to detailing Reacher's habitual workouts, stark, black and white observations of his surroundings, and, of course, his "I'll rescue the damsel in distress that can't help but want me in the worst way but I'll inevitably have to leave her because she'll never be able to live the life of the wanderer" mindset.
I think Childs intends him to come off as more regimented soldier than cowboy, but I can't help think of Sam Elliot, Henry Fonda or the Duke whenever I read about Reacher rolling into town and then eventually off into the sunset for the next novel.
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