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Kathy Reichs

3.76 AVERAGE

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Strong character development: Yes

It was fine. Definitely not my favorite of the series.

I don't know why I keep picking up Kathy Reichs' books - I'm am always disappointed with them. While the mystery in this one was fairly engaging (forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan believes that an anonymous skeleton of a young girl belongs to a missing childhood friend), it's almost too convoluted, with its twists and turns neatly confined by chapter, and almost every chapter ending in a, "He turned towards me with a look of horror," moment. I really hate that little writing habit of Reichs' - it's so TV, just like a mini-cliffhanger before we go to an ad break.

I also got sick of Tempe's off & on relationship with cop Ryan - I'm not invested enough in the main character to give a damn about her relationships, really. I think I'll head to other authors and other series to get my mystery fix in future.

I can't get enough of Tempe Brennan, forensic antropologist extraordinaire. David Boreanaz is fun to look at on the TV show Bones, but I much prefer the stories and characters of Reich's novels.

I'm addicted to this series, I admit it.
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No


Bones to Ashes is the first book I’ve read from Kathy Reichs. Picking up in the middle of a series can sometimes be difficult, but the author gave the perfect amount of details so that I could still understand some of the things that previously happened to catch me up. This book had a really quick pace and an ever twisting plot that kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. Plus, an underlying romance added to the intrigue! Family situations, friendships, romance, mystery…this book has it all!

This is the first book I've read in this series and I enjoyed every moment 
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I think I read Kathy Reichs books because I'm a science nerd who likes whodunits, but I'm getting increasingly irritated with her books I'm afraid.

I finished "Bones to Ashes" by Kathy Reichs today. It's about a bone expert (Temperance Brennan) who studies bones to see if she can work out how someone died. Reich's books alternate between Montreal and North Carolina (her character's an expert for both cities) and this book is set in Montreal.

This book focuses on two cases. One focuses on some possibly old bones with weird markings on them (Brennan almost convinces herself they might be the bones of a friend who disappeared when she was 14), the other focuses on dead bodies that turn up in a frozen lake. The bones by some miraculous coincidence turn out to be related to her former friend's brother-in-law.

It's the tenuous connections that allows Brennan to be inserted into cases she shouldn't really play and part in. It is these tenuous connections that have started to irritate me, however. How many times is she going to find a reason to back herself into a case? She's managed to do it in all of Reich's books so far, and I'm inclined to suspect that she's going to carry on doing it until her readers say 'enough.'

Th other thing that has started to irritate me is the fact that Reichs has a tendency to stop and have temporary reminders about the plot at regular intervals during the book. It's almost as if the expects the reader to walk away from the book for a while and come back, where they left off, some time later. The only good thing about this book is that this book does it slightly less than the other Reichs' books I've read.

If you can over look my grumbles, you might like this book. Sadly, however, I can't and so I've probably decided that I won't read any more of Reichs' books for a while.