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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
I gave this 3.75 stars. Temperance Brennan is a Forensic Anthropologist and a very interesting character, and we follow her as she is try to find her way after her boss has died and been replaced with 'Dr Morgue', her mortal enemy. When an anonymous source sends her pictures of a corpse, Dr Brennan goes on the hunt to ID the body against Dr Morgue's wishes.
This book was fun to read, however some things really went over my head - doesn't help that this is book 19 of a series and I have read none of the other ones. On that note as well, quite impressed with how well I managed to connect with the main character. The plot was interesting and kept me guessing until the end - I love it when I know as a reader as much information as the character that plays "detective" so we can try and piece it together. The ending I found very satisfying!
This book was fun to read, however some things really went over my head - doesn't help that this is book 19 of a series and I have read none of the other ones. On that note as well, quite impressed with how well I managed to connect with the main character. The plot was interesting and kept me guessing until the end - I love it when I know as a reader as much information as the character that plays "detective" so we can try and piece it together. The ending I found very satisfying!
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Ah, Tempe, how I've missed you! I'm always excited for a new Temperance Brennan book, but this one has been a long time coming because of the author's health problems. I'm glad Kathy Reichs is doing better and I'm especially happy to have been able to read this book. If you love Reichs' popular heroine, you're going to love her newest adventure.
Tempe continues to be a great character - she's funny, brave, determined, hard-working, and fiercely devoted to the people whose bones she studies. I adore her. I also love learning about the forensic science techniques Tempe uses - Reichs explains them simply without talking down to the reader. Mystery-wise, this one has some interesting twists. It kept me reading fast and furious to find out what would happen next. I was a little disappointed that Ryan didn't have more of a role in the book. Overall, though, I enjoyed this newest novel. Welcome back, Tempe!
Tempe continues to be a great character - she's funny, brave, determined, hard-working, and fiercely devoted to the people whose bones she studies. I adore her. I also love learning about the forensic science techniques Tempe uses - Reichs explains them simply without talking down to the reader. Mystery-wise, this one has some interesting twists. It kept me reading fast and furious to find out what would happen next. I was a little disappointed that Ryan didn't have more of a role in the book. Overall, though, I enjoyed this newest novel. Welcome back, Tempe!
I have absolutely adored the Temperance Brennan series, so different from the TV Show (which is how I discovered the series) and amazing all on it's own. Unfortunately, this was not my favorite. There was a major character death in the novella prior to this book. If you're like me you typically don't pick up the novellas. So to have something so altering to the overall plot line and to be completely lost on what happened was a little frustrating. And because the major conflict for this story, Temperance's new boss, started from that novella I spent a while being confused. Now that I've had a chance to read the novella, I'm excited to continue the series and enjoy the Temperance mysteries I love!
Mon auteur préféré. Je ne me lasse jamais de lire ces romans et j'ai toujours hâte qu'elle en sorte un autre. J'ai bien aimé le sujet des Fakes News et des conspirationnistes car c'est présentement ce que nous voyons avec les élections américaines et la pandémie.
The opening chapter made me hope this novel was a return to form for the Temperance Brennan series. There was more introspection and beautiful writing in the opening chapter (e.g. "The tiny pond was a dark void, woolly where the water met the bank."
Unfortunately, the rest of the novel went downhill fast. And the writing quality dropped ("Before this is done, the case will be wrapped tighter than a mummy's dick.") There were three major stories that didn't glue well together--and the second half of the novel started to exasperate me as a reader. Approaching conspiracy theories in writing is difficult. Two-dimensional portrayals of the people who fall for them doesn't serve much and frankly I'm tired of those diatribes. I abhor Alex Jones and others like him as well, but fiction involving them often feels unsatisfying and ...well as off-centered as those conspiracy theories we're mocking.
Except no, it didn't make sense. Tempe had NO LOGICAL REASON for linking Nick Body to child abductions, it was just a jump, the same ilogical jump that conspiracy theorists do themselves. Also, Tempe broke every rule under the sun. And then we're supposed to be mad at the judges for not signing on a warrant where evidence was obtained by illegal entry on private property? After evidence was stored on a private phone, never backed up? A rookie PI would do better.
There were other major gaps in logic in the story as well. Tempe's computer is infected with a malware after she visits a conspiracy theory site. So the result is that...the virus allows her to download exactly the code she needs to view the illicit child pornography? So were the bad guys trying to kick her out and damage her computer, or thought she was a potential customer? Nothing made sense. Let's not even mention the way HIIPA is seen as just an inconvenience, and a treating physician decides to reveal some, but not all, confidential information. Seriously, are we supposed to cheer as laws designed to protect citizen's privacy are being broken, because the investigators suspect someone did something wrong? Is Tempe actually a villain? Because that makes more sense.
There was an acute lack of likable characters in this novel, and the mystery was thin and one gigantic conspiracy theory itself. While I appreciated that Tempe wasn't knocked in the head unconscious (because of course someone did knock her in the head, again) and the ending wasn't a classical "Tempe is now a prisoner", the ending was very lackluster. Her relationship with Andrew Ryan is so toxic I want to reach out to the male character and tell him to RUN. She promises to herself she'll try better (again), but this story is getting old. Also, I'm sorry, Slidel is in my opinion a disgusting character. I don't care how good he's supposed to be at his job, the way he talks is so old and rotten that I feel like taking a shower every time I read his lines.
I don't know what to say. I bought the other two remaining novels in the series and now I'm worried I won't be able to even finish them.
PS: Oh, did I mention the question Tempe asks herself? There were so many of them I wondered if those were needed to pad the word count. I skipped over them at one point and missed nothing
Unfortunately, the rest of the novel went downhill fast. And the writing quality dropped ("Before this is done, the case will be wrapped tighter than a mummy's dick.") There were three major stories that didn't glue well together--and the second half of the novel started to exasperate me as a reader. Approaching conspiracy theories in writing is difficult. Two-dimensional portrayals of the people who fall for them doesn't serve much and frankly I'm tired of those diatribes. I abhor Alex Jones and others like him as well, but fiction involving them often feels unsatisfying and ...well as off-centered as those conspiracy theories we're mocking.
Spoiler
Conspiracy theorists are the ones actually kidnapping children and selling child-pornography? Sure, why not.Except no, it didn't make sense. Tempe had NO LOGICAL REASON for linking Nick Body to child abductions, it was just a jump, the same ilogical jump that conspiracy theorists do themselves. Also, Tempe broke every rule under the sun. And then we're supposed to be mad at the judges for not signing on a warrant where evidence was obtained by illegal entry on private property? After evidence was stored on a private phone, never backed up? A rookie PI would do better.
There were other major gaps in logic in the story as well. Tempe's computer is infected with a malware after she visits a conspiracy theory site. So the result is that...the virus allows her to download exactly the code she needs to view the illicit child pornography? So were the bad guys trying to kick her out and damage her computer, or thought she was a potential customer? Nothing made sense. Let's not even mention the way HIIPA is seen as just an inconvenience, and a treating physician decides to reveal some, but not all, confidential information. Seriously, are we supposed to cheer as laws designed to protect citizen's privacy are being broken, because the investigators suspect someone did something wrong? Is Tempe actually a villain? Because that makes more sense.
There was an acute lack of likable characters in this novel, and the mystery was thin and one gigantic conspiracy theory itself. While I appreciated that Tempe wasn't knocked in the head unconscious (because of course someone did knock her in the head, again) and the ending wasn't a classical "Tempe is now a prisoner", the ending was very lackluster. Her relationship with Andrew Ryan is so toxic I want to reach out to the male character and tell him to RUN. She promises to herself she'll try better (again), but this story is getting old. Also, I'm sorry, Slidel is in my opinion a disgusting character. I don't care how good he's supposed to be at his job, the way he talks is so old and rotten that I feel like taking a shower every time I read his lines.
I don't know what to say. I bought the other two remaining novels in the series and now I'm worried I won't be able to even finish them.
PS: Oh, did I mention the question Tempe asks herself? There were so many of them I wondered if those were needed to pad the word count. I skipped over them at one point and missed nothing