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empressofbookingham's review against another edition
5.0
Déjà Dead is the first novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. It won the 1998 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel.
This is a superbly crafted book with a poetic tone to it, with a witty, funny, strong but deeply flawed main character who feels she can be Super woman to our corrupted world (very hard because she seems to be surrounded by chauvinistic men) and supporting characters that add so much flavour, steam to the story line. It's fast paced until to some point (I think is to build tension and it works) but then picks up again.
It has a map btw of Québec and we get a vivid description of the place that you feel you're there. It's quite interesting that it's as if the book was initially written in French and Tempe is translating the world to us in English.
Violence, power, religion, sexualité, loss, pain, love...are some of the themes holding the thrilling plot. Sigh!
I should have started with book one. I think the time I read book 3 I was in a rush and impatient thus didn't enjoy it much. Shall reread it again. Would love to read the whole series and in order. More of Kathy Reichs please.
Patricia Cornwell fans would enjoy this one given that I'm one. There is room for many more forensics authors and each have their own profound merit and magic.
This is a superbly crafted book with a poetic tone to it, with a witty, funny, strong but deeply flawed main character who feels she can be Super woman to our corrupted world (very hard because she seems to be surrounded by chauvinistic men) and supporting characters that add so much flavour, steam to the story line. It's fast paced until to some point (I think is to build tension and it works) but then picks up again.
It has a map btw of Québec and we get a vivid description of the place that you feel you're there. It's quite interesting that it's as if the book was initially written in French and Tempe is translating the world to us in English.
Violence, power, religion, sexualité, loss, pain, love...are some of the themes holding the thrilling plot. Sigh!
I should have started with book one. I think the time I read book 3 I was in a rush and impatient thus didn't enjoy it much. Shall reread it again. Would love to read the whole series and in order. More of Kathy Reichs please.
Patricia Cornwell fans would enjoy this one given that I'm one. There is room for many more forensics authors and each have their own profound merit and magic.
camrobbins's review against another edition
3.0
Only read "Deja Death"...but couldn't find it solo in this list. It was good. If you picked this book up because you like the TV show "Bones," be warned that the main character share a name and profession and that's it. The Tempes' personalities and life situations are different and none of the shows characters are in the book.
I think this was a better read than some of the Evanovich and Cornwell that I've picked up lately, however the heroines are very similar. There seems to be a theme of middle-aged women who are aces at what they do but still must fight an uphill battle in male dominated surroundings...oh, and throw in some sexual tension for fun. I'm younger than these characters and seem to inhabit a different world, although, admittitedly, I am not in law inforcement or the sciences. I have trouble connecting with these characters' inner struggles.
The sections that got to the meat of forensic anthropology were interesting, but I wish there had been more.
I think this was a better read than some of the Evanovich and Cornwell that I've picked up lately, however the heroines are very similar. There seems to be a theme of middle-aged women who are aces at what they do but still must fight an uphill battle in male dominated surroundings...oh, and throw in some sexual tension for fun. I'm younger than these characters and seem to inhabit a different world, although, admittitedly, I am not in law inforcement or the sciences. I have trouble connecting with these characters' inner struggles.
The sections that got to the meat of forensic anthropology were interesting, but I wish there had been more.
katekat's review
5.0
I decided to read the Temperance Brennan books after watching the television show Bones. The two are similar but also very different, I enjoy both. Kathy Reichs has a very detailed but still interesting writing style. I do not understand all of the technical jargon but that does not detract from my reading enjoyment. Tempe and Ryan are great characters and my favorite parts of the books are when they are in a scene together especially if it is out in "the field".
rachellibrary's review
4.0
This book had me both laughing and crying. While also giving the reader a taste of the North American justice system, it adds on scientific facts and realistic timing sequences. This mystery allowed me to sit and think of the many outcomes, without any spoilers of the ending.
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