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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Not my favorite of Reich's novels, although the Masada-Bones story was interesting, it kind of obscured Reich's usually fast moving plot.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Kathy Reichs really knows her stuff. While I’m a big fan of the television show “Bones”, I’m a bigger fan of Kathy Reichs and the Temperance Brennan books. Temperance is a top notch forensic anthropologist who splits her time between her home teaching at a college in North Carolina and working for the medical examiner in Montreal, Quebec. Unlike the Temperance in the show, the book Temperance is more relatable. She’s at the middle to far end of her forties with a divorce and a daughter in college. She is witty, sexy, and very, very smart.
This book is one of the smartest in the series thus far. Tempie is handed a picture after an autopsy of a deceased Jewish man, and it sets a crazy adventure in motion. She has no idea what this picture means, but she is gung-ho to find out.
When the line of evidence leads her to Israel, Tempie and Agent Andrew Ryan are on the case. Fighting through rough archeological sites, religious zealots who are determined to make sure Tempie doesn’t take anything from their country, and a murderer on the loose, they have their work cut out for them.
Kathy Reichs write an intelligent, beautiful, twisty-and-turny mystery that always keeps the readers on their toes. She uses the perfect combination of science, anthropology, romance, and story to keep everyone in love with her characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery, anyone who likes “Bones”, and anyone who is in need of a wonderful series to pick up.
This book is one of the smartest in the series thus far. Tempie is handed a picture after an autopsy of a deceased Jewish man, and it sets a crazy adventure in motion. She has no idea what this picture means, but she is gung-ho to find out.
When the line of evidence leads her to Israel, Tempie and Agent Andrew Ryan are on the case. Fighting through rough archeological sites, religious zealots who are determined to make sure Tempie doesn’t take anything from their country, and a murderer on the loose, they have their work cut out for them.
Kathy Reichs write an intelligent, beautiful, twisty-and-turny mystery that always keeps the readers on their toes. She uses the perfect combination of science, anthropology, romance, and story to keep everyone in love with her characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good mystery, anyone who likes “Bones”, and anyone who is in need of a wonderful series to pick up.
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About the Book: A set of bones that shouldn’t exist. A set of bones many a zealous group wants gone. Even if it would mean making Brennan disappear with them. A set of bones that has the power to change the world as we know it by merely existing…
My Opinion: This book, it seems, has been written just around the time it got really popular to write books on Jesus, his life and death, family. I liked none that I’ve read. I didn’t like this one either. Lack of decent archeology, as Brennan simply trips and falls into artifacts, lack of action, lack of detecting. Unnecessary comments.
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About the Book: A set of bones that shouldn’t exist. A set of bones many a zealous group wants gone. Even if it would mean making Brennan disappear with them. A set of bones that has the power to change the world as we know it by merely existing…
My Opinion: This book, it seems, has been written just around the time it got really popular to write books on Jesus, his life and death, family. I liked none that I’ve read. I didn’t like this one either. Lack of decent archeology, as Brennan simply trips and falls into artifacts, lack of action, lack of detecting. Unnecessary comments.
I would need to start by saying that Kathy Reichs got me into reading mystery novels. As a scientist conducting experiments that are sometimes used in a forensic lab, this series is highly entertaining and almost educational.
I've been reading the entire series up to this point, but for me this book somehow fell short.
Starting with the good points: Reichs created one of her best suspenseful moments before the ending in this book. None of her other endings kept me so glued to the book to find out what happened next. Additionally, I am glad to see her relationship with Ryan finally settling, and no more useless drama. I believe the author harbors quite some love for her male protagonist, because he sure writes him like he's the type you would want around. And also: (minor spoiler) finally a book where the protagonist doesn't get clubbed over the head, only to wake up in the hospital days letter and find out what happened. This time Tempe is active and involved and not helpless. As usual, Tempe has a very specific, fast paced humor (if you can say this), which I particularly enjoy.
But there were some clear negatives: As well as the ending built up, it burst like a cheap balloon. Reichs had a fetish for car chases in this novel, and they were all utterly unrealistic. Another fetish she brings back and has literally no meaning for the book in the end: her room gets ransacked yet again. For no reason. And Reichs once again packs a deluge of information in one chapter at the end, something I've never liked about her series. The novel wanted too much to be James Brown like. And I still haven't found out what was up with the two people who follow her at one point, it's like she forgot about them.
Overall an enjoyable read, but probably one of the least shining books in the series.
I've been reading the entire series up to this point, but for me this book somehow fell short.
Starting with the good points: Reichs created one of her best suspenseful moments before the ending in this book. None of her other endings kept me so glued to the book to find out what happened next. Additionally, I am glad to see her relationship with Ryan finally settling, and no more useless drama. I believe the author harbors quite some love for her male protagonist, because he sure writes him like he's the type you would want around. And also: (minor spoiler) finally a book where the protagonist doesn't get clubbed over the head, only to wake up in the hospital days letter and find out what happened. This time Tempe is active and involved and not helpless. As usual, Tempe has a very specific, fast paced humor (if you can say this), which I particularly enjoy.
But there were some clear negatives: As well as the ending built up, it burst like a cheap balloon. Reichs had a fetish for car chases in this novel, and they were all utterly unrealistic. Another fetish she brings back and has literally no meaning for the book in the end: her room gets ransacked yet again. For no reason. And Reichs once again packs a deluge of information in one chapter at the end, something I've never liked about her series. The novel wanted too much to be James Brown like. And I still haven't found out what was up with the two people who follow her at one point, it's like she forgot about them.
Overall an enjoyable read, but probably one of the least shining books in the series.
Another great read from Kathy Reichs in the Temperance Brennan series. Well, actually listen for me. I’ve listened to the entire series in audio so far and this was actually my first unabridged. Story wise I don’t think I’ve been missing anything by listening to the abridged, it actually felt like it was the relationship I had been missing out on. This story seemed to have more details about the Tempe/Ryan relationship and since I’m typically a romance reader, I loved that there was more romance in this story (Tap pants!). In Cross Bones Ms. Reichs takes us from the frozen Montreal warehouses to the streets of Israel to track down the history of a set of ancient bones that could possibly sparks an international debate on religion. While Ryan tracks down the killer, Tempe navigates ancient archeological sites for answers. I also really enjoy the narrator for this book, Michele Rawk, so I hope she continues with the series.
I've read the Tempe Brennan series from the start, and this was the first one I struggled to read. It's taken months to finish it.
I appreciate Kathy Reichs efforts to stray from the norm, but this book bordered on impossible to read.
I appreciate Kathy Reichs efforts to stray from the norm, but this book bordered on impossible to read.