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nenegirl123's review
4.0
a nice little short story. Because the story was short, the murder reveal was not too crazy. Not enough time to develop an in depth storyline in that aspect. I really liked the part of the story discussing the pythons because the information was pretty cool. I am intrigued by Tempe’s thought process when it comes to solving cases. The way she looks at bones and can deduce the way someone had lived and died. All in all a quick and fun read.
eiencafe's review against another edition
4.0
I find this book in the series a little better than the previous one (at least Brennan is not kidnapped) but not a 5-star-book because once again Tempe looks like a teenager with her first crush with Ryan.
Tempe is in North Carolina and is called for the case of a young unknown woman found on the side of the road, in her purse, a document that belonged to an important local businessman who died some time earlier. Furthermore, she is involved in a case involving the bones of Peruvian dogs. She is also asked by her ex-husband, Pete, to clarify a case involving the son of another former marine, accused of shooting two Afghan citizens in the back so Tempe travels to Afghanistan to examine the bones.
Full review: https://eiencafe.com/bones-of-the-lost/
Tempe is in North Carolina and is called for the case of a young unknown woman found on the side of the road, in her purse, a document that belonged to an important local businessman who died some time earlier. Furthermore, she is involved in a case involving the bones of Peruvian dogs. She is also asked by her ex-husband, Pete, to clarify a case involving the son of another former marine, accused of shooting two Afghan citizens in the back so Tempe travels to Afghanistan to examine the bones.
Full review: https://eiencafe.com/bones-of-the-lost/
rouver's review
3.0
It's Brennan vs the python infestation of the Everglades!
If you weren't aware of it yet, pythons are devastating the native wildlife in the everglades. Once they are over 1 yr old, there's nothing out there that can eat them. The pythons eat *everything* including the gators. They've been especially bad for the endangered bird populations, too. All of which I already knew, but you, too can get a quick course on the problem if you read this book! A professional python hunter, a woman no less, is discovered in pieces. Inside multiple animals.
Is there anyone who can have an intervention with this woman putting herself into obvious danger? Buy her a gift to a self-defense class? Purchase her a firearm? She doesn't appear to be depressed enough to have an obvious death wish....
If you weren't aware of it yet, pythons are devastating the native wildlife in the everglades. Once they are over 1 yr old, there's nothing out there that can eat them. The pythons eat *everything* including the gators. They've been especially bad for the endangered bird populations, too. All of which I already knew, but you, too can get a quick course on the problem if you read this book! A professional python hunter, a woman no less, is discovered in pieces. Inside multiple animals.
Is there anyone who can have an intervention with this woman putting herself into obvious danger? Buy her a gift to a self-defense class? Purchase her a firearm? She doesn't appear to be depressed enough to have an obvious death wish....
erikamarconato's review against another edition
2.0
un libro tutto sommato noioso. Si può tranquillamente farne a meno.
jdhobbes's review
3.0
The set-up is a bit too contrived (does Tempe ever take a vacation without it turning into a murder investigation?), but over all this is a nice little offering for this series.
happy_hiker's review
2.0
This short book was fine,but I think the "between the books" stories by series writers just aren't for me. This really could/should have been a couple chapters in a full-length installment of the series. That being said, this was better than some of the other "between the books" I have read. 2.5 stars.
wondernikel's review
4.0
4! This novella was better...THOUGH it may be due to the fact it felt just like a BONES episode! Heart of the Operation...Am I the only one to catch that? It was a breath of fresh air to not have any outside drama since I haven't liked the outcome of any character's storyline, except Katie...
elvang's review
5.0
Delightful and informative, even if Tempe almost got herself killed yet again.
Best opening sentence i have read in a long time;
" March. Barely spring, yet the unseasonable Florida humidity made me feel like I'd disembarked from my flight into a Rottweiler's mouth." (Pg 2)
The news that the Florida swamps are filled with 16 to 18 foot Burmese pythons was interesting and disconcerting;
" Twenty-five hundred Burmese pythons have been removed from south Florida in the last ten years. Our best guesstimate is a current population numbering in the thousands, maybe tens of thousands. And breeding rapidly." (pg 18)
The story was fast paced and entertaining. Finding human bones in the stomach of vultures eaten by alligators and pythons was entertaining and interesting all at the same time. The novella is a format that fits Reichs sense of humour but still allows her to inform and educate.
This book has not moved " Visit the Everglades" up on my must see bucket list.
Best opening sentence i have read in a long time;
" March. Barely spring, yet the unseasonable Florida humidity made me feel like I'd disembarked from my flight into a Rottweiler's mouth." (Pg 2)
The news that the Florida swamps are filled with 16 to 18 foot Burmese pythons was interesting and disconcerting;
" Twenty-five hundred Burmese pythons have been removed from south Florida in the last ten years. Our best guesstimate is a current population numbering in the thousands, maybe tens of thousands. And breeding rapidly." (pg 18)
The story was fast paced and entertaining. Finding human bones in the stomach of vultures eaten by alligators and pythons was entertaining and interesting all at the same time. The novella is a format that fits Reichs sense of humour but still allows her to inform and educate.
This book has not moved " Visit the Everglades" up on my must see bucket list.