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kleonard's review against another edition
1.0
King has really disappointed me in her last three books--the two "on-location" Russell/Holmes books and this one. If she (and her editor) can't be bothered to put out a decent book, she could at least have checked her literary references and her French grammar. And all of the name-dropping wrt Hemingway et al, it was a bore and didn't add anything to the book.
gwalt118's review against another edition
3.0
Not the best mystery novel I've ever read -- you know how it's going to end about halfway through -- but it was intriguing to watch Harris Stuyvesant's character develop. One of the things that originally intrigued me about the novel was the element of historical literary figures within a mystery novel, but that was sadly underplayed.
foofers1622's review against another edition
3.0
I listened to this one and at times it did drag. I did like how authors and artists from the 1920's were thrown into the mix.
krobart's review against another edition
4.0
See my review here:
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/tag/the-bones-of-paris/
http://whatmeread.wordpress.com/tag/the-bones-of-paris/
jwoodsum's review against another edition
4.0
Super creepy but well done. Set in 1929 Paris - lots of great cultural history slid into the main plot with guest visits by Picasso, Hemingway and Man Ray.
This book marks the return of Harris (from Touchstone). He is in Paris trying to forget his disastorous almost-affair with Sarah Grey. He's working as a sort of P.I. to make ends meet. He's on the trail of a missing American girl. He encounters the Surrealists who have a fascination with death and some of their exceedingly creepy films and other art works.
Not for the squeamish!
This book marks the return of Harris (from Touchstone). He is in Paris trying to forget his disastorous almost-affair with Sarah Grey. He's working as a sort of P.I. to make ends meet. He's on the trail of a missing American girl. He encounters the Surrealists who have a fascination with death and some of their exceedingly creepy films and other art works.
Not for the squeamish!
aoosterwyk's review against another edition
4.0
Gruesome yet fascinating. The effects of WWI could be felt all over- shell shock, economic, class and moral flux, and artistic license. Young people are becoming more liberated and with this freedom comes risk. There are disappearances in Paris, but connecting them takes some time. The last gasp of aristocracy as it tries to remain relevant becomes twisted and evil.
The avant-garde is more a mental illness, but what shocks is cathartic. The Grand-Guignol will need more investigation, and I see Neil Gaiman was interested also.
The avant-garde is more a mental illness, but what shocks is cathartic. The Grand-Guignol will need more investigation, and I see Neil Gaiman was interested also.
maggienack's review against another edition
3.0
A slow whodunit. I didn’t mind wandering around Paris with Harris Stuyvesant for a while, but it does take an awfully long time to get anywhere. Too long and slow.
2.5 stars
2.5 stars
wanderlustqueen's review against another edition
4.0
This was great - an intriguing perspective on Paris post WWI, and not an entirely predictable ending either.
tonyriver's review against another edition
4.0
This is a detailed story, with plenty of well known Parisian figures threaded throughout. I have read several of the Mary Russell/ Holmes series with great pleasure. I enjoyed the change of tone and pace in this my first of this series.
Harris is rough around the edges, clever and human. The story involves a missing young woman, with past links to Harris. All of course becomes more complex and we get enmeshed in late 1920s Paris. I love the way that the author enjoys painting feisty and independent women as well as interesting settings.
The book as with her others I have read, is well written.
Harris is rough around the edges, clever and human. The story involves a missing young woman, with past links to Harris. All of course becomes more complex and we get enmeshed in late 1920s Paris. I love the way that the author enjoys painting feisty and independent women as well as interesting settings.
The book as with her others I have read, is well written.