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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
You can read my review here: http://www.whatireallythink.net/devil-bones/
I didn't know this was part of a series when I bought it, it doesn't say anywhere it's the 11th one. It read fine as a stand alone book though, relationships with people are explained so it's not confusing. I did get confused a few times with all the names and nicknames being used interchangeably, but I'd read the others in the series.
Reichs this time mixed a few disparate ideas dealing with fringe or non-mainstream religious beliefs into a macabre hunt for a killer that kinda ends up with a very very little bang.
The red herrings are obvious and some of the false, misleading characters are just paper thin.
Not her best effort but not her worst either. I think that writing one a year is starting to show. Reichs should skip a year, giving her more time to write and do her other jobs (professor in Charlotte, Montreal and the TV show)
The red herrings are obvious and some of the false, misleading characters are just paper thin.
Not her best effort but not her worst either. I think that writing one a year is starting to show. Reichs should skip a year, giving her more time to write and do her other jobs (professor in Charlotte, Montreal and the TV show)
Temperance is back in North Carolina, investigating suspicious deaths. News reports of voodoo and devil worship complicate events.
Reichs' research shows here, as we learn about various religions. Thirty-six hours disappears without a memory.
Reichs' research shows here, as we learn about various religions. Thirty-six hours disappears without a memory.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is apparently the most recent book in the series. (My chronology is mixed-up because I've read them all out of order; I keep reading mentions of past events that then occur in the next book I read!) I haven't read the one just prior to it, but I thought this book was a bit of a downturn from the rest of the series.
I will say this: seamless exposition is not Reichs's strong suit. Most of the time that doesn't bother me, though, because when she's expositing about the science I'm fascinated. (Let's be honest: I'm reading these as nonfiction with a thin veneer of story over it.) I really could have done without the Wiccans Are Not Satanists lecture, though, and worse yet, the conclusion: "How ironic! The practitioners of non-mainstream religions were innocent, and the seemingly good white Christian men were murderers." (Paraphrased, but "How ironic!" is a direct quote.) Especially since the former group ended up dead.
Anyway. These were library books so I had to finish them up quickly, but now I'm going back to my superfluous diacritics.
I will say this: seamless exposition is not Reichs's strong suit. Most of the time that doesn't bother me, though, because when she's expositing about the science I'm fascinated. (Let's be honest: I'm reading these as nonfiction with a thin veneer of story over it.) I really could have done without the Wiccans Are Not Satanists lecture, though, and worse yet, the conclusion: "How ironic! The practitioners of non-mainstream religions were innocent, and the seemingly good white Christian men were murderers." (Paraphrased, but "How ironic!" is a direct quote.) Especially since the former group ended up dead.
Anyway. These were library books so I had to finish them up quickly, but now I'm going back to my superfluous diacritics.
Probably more like 3.5 this time around. I wouldn't say this is on my list of favourite Kathy Reichs books.
é aquele tipo de livro que se lê num instante. parece que se está a ler um episódio de uma série, passa rápido. mas não deixa de ser uma boa leitura, gostei. leitura com inglês relativamente fácil que se lê bem e rápido.
Quick review... This is the 3rd Temperance Brennan book I've read (the 1st 2 being 1 and 2) and it's gotten much better. KR has improved a lot as a writer from the first couple. But, I'm really not a fan of reading 1st person POV... And you can tell that fiction writing, however knowledgeble she is about her subject, is not her forte. LRK, Patricia Cornwell are so much better writers, that even though they don't have necessarily the forensic or scientific backgrounds that KR does, the books are much less torturous to read. These are good for kinda... fluffy? crime novels. Like JD Robb, but with more bones.
Maybe I have read too many of this type of story and watched too much tv, but I had the why the body presented a particular way as soon as they mentioned the first anomaly. This one felt like it was brought down a few intelligence levels too many for the reader's benefit. Not one of the better ones of the series.