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jamieh2024's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent mystery tale that alternate between modern day New Mexico and the ancient times of the Anasazi Peoples of that region. This is the third book in a series and all three have been incredibly enjoyable reading.
jch2022's review against another edition
4.0
Excellent mystery tale that alternate between modern day New Mexico and the ancient times of the Anasazi Peoples of that region. This is the third book in a series and all three have been incredibly enjoyable reading.
xandria222's review against another edition
3.0
I had mixed feelings about this book series since the first page of the first book. I found myself almost despising the historical chapters, and not for any reason other than the fact that I absolutely hated the main character, Browser. He never seemed sincere, and always seemed like he was working from the perspective of a required duty rather than a place of honor or love. I found myself skimming or completely skipping the chapters that focused on him because I couldn't get over his inner dialogue of weird horny lust and regret.
The book needs a warning, especially when telling the story of Piper, Ash Girl, Shadow, etc. because of the rape and incest. However, the chapters that contained Stone Ghost, or Stone Ghost and Bone Walker/Piper I found myself absolutely in love with. Honestly, reading from any perspective-- other than Browser's-- was enjoyable.
The chapters with Maureen and Dusty were fantastic, the combination of real-life experiences in the field of archaeology and just life, in general, made these chapters fascinating. The slow build-up of friendship and feelings between the pair is admirable, as a flash-romance is unbelievable. The addition of real anthropological arguments surrounding the ethical approach to anthropology and archaeology is also an important inclusion to the story, as it not only helps to develop the characters but also brings to a light a very real, and very controversial topic in today's study of anthropology.
The concept of the story is well thought out, and enjoyable, however, there are a lot of issues within the story that made me cringe or grow annoyed with the books. I can only give this a 6/10 recommendation (that's going high, as well), and if I were to recommend this, I'd honestly just give the advice of "Skip Browser's chapters as best you can. Catkin is the real bamf."
The book needs a warning, especially when telling the story of Piper, Ash Girl, Shadow, etc. because of the rape and incest. However, the chapters that contained Stone Ghost, or Stone Ghost and Bone Walker/Piper I found myself absolutely in love with. Honestly, reading from any perspective-- other than Browser's-- was enjoyable.
The chapters with Maureen and Dusty were fantastic, the combination of real-life experiences in the field of archaeology and just life, in general, made these chapters fascinating. The slow build-up of friendship and feelings between the pair is admirable, as a flash-romance is unbelievable. The addition of real anthropological arguments surrounding the ethical approach to anthropology and archaeology is also an important inclusion to the story, as it not only helps to develop the characters but also brings to a light a very real, and very controversial topic in today's study of anthropology.
The concept of the story is well thought out, and enjoyable, however, there are a lot of issues within the story that made me cringe or grow annoyed with the books. I can only give this a 6/10 recommendation (that's going high, as well), and if I were to recommend this, I'd honestly just give the advice of "Skip Browser's chapters as best you can. Catkin is the real bamf."
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