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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was fine. Not great but not bad. Brennan is supervising some students on a dig and they find new bones at a Native American burial ground. We get introduced to a new character, the coroner, Emma, who is obviously very sick when we meet her. I was right that it was cancer, but I was wrong about what kind. Anyway, they are checking out the site because a developer wants to build condos or something, but now that it's being classified as a burial ground he's pissed. Pete, the ex-husband shows up and ends up staying in the same house as her. Ryan shows up and sees him hugging her because she had a really bad day and he drives off without taking to her. When she finally catches up to him days later she isn't nice about it and he admits he overreacted and they are fine and he comes to stay with her. Ryan and Pete were the best part of this book. Then, Pete gets shot. Turns out, the reason that Pete was down there was to look into the finances of a church/cult and find a missing daughter if he can. Well, she used to work at a free clinic and she realized the doctor was spending more than he was making and she went looking into the doctor. He has been killing homeless people and drug addicts and engaging in a black market organ harvesting scheme with a former med school buddy, who does the transplants in Mexico. Ryan gets jealous again when Brennan is struggling because Pete was shot and he goes back to Canada on bad terms. This was pretty good as far as these books go.
This was a good forensic mystery set in Charleston, South Carolina. I liked how Tempe eventually solved the murders by following the smallest detail no matter where it led.
Requires great suspension of disbelief to swallow the idea of Tempe (a forensic anthropologist from Charlotte), Ryan (her detective boyfriend from Quebec), and Pete (her estranged husband, a lawyer) solving murders in Charleston. Hello, jurisdiction?
And a shoutout to my librarian friends - you might find it annoying that Tempe searches in vain for a journal article online, and then suddenly her hindbrain reminds her where to find it (conveniently, in a book in her living room). A woman with a PhD can't use a database? Gah.
Criticism aside, this is a good example of the series. Fun, quick, some red herrings to keep it from being *too* easy for the reader to solve.
And a shoutout to my librarian friends - you might find it annoying that Tempe searches in vain for a journal article online, and then suddenly her hindbrain reminds her where to find it (conveniently, in a book in her living room). A woman with a PhD can't use a database? Gah.
Criticism aside, this is a good example of the series. Fun, quick, some red herrings to keep it from being *too* easy for the reader to solve.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked it, I really did. It wasn't the most spectacular novel I've ever read, and nor was it almost that. But I liked the plot and Tempe's attitude, and her interaction with Emma (sob) and yeah, it did bring tears to my eyes at one point. That tells me that this writer did her job right. ;) I could also emphathise with Tempe's struggle with her ex-hubby and so on.
The crime part of the story itself was interesting and did keep me guessing. Funny how one little aspect of a criminal's career can trip him up & bring his evil little world down around his feet.
So yeah, read my first Kathy Reichs and enjoyed it. I'd read more. But it's not the kind of book I'm going to rush out to buy more of. It's the kind of book I'll keep in mind for someday when I'm all out of other ideas.
Oh, and this book WAS brand new, but then it got caught in a torrential downpour along with its owner, and we both got soaked to the skin. The book took longer to dry out than I did, but it seems to be almost there now (over a week later).
The crime part of the story itself was interesting and did keep me guessing. Funny how one little aspect of a criminal's career can trip him up & bring his evil little world down around his feet.
So yeah, read my first Kathy Reichs and enjoyed it. I'd read more. But it's not the kind of book I'm going to rush out to buy more of. It's the kind of book I'll keep in mind for someday when I'm all out of other ideas.
Oh, and this book WAS brand new, but then it got caught in a torrential downpour along with its owner, and we both got soaked to the skin. The book took longer to dry out than I did, but it seems to be almost there now (over a week later).
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The only reason I got through this as quickly as I did is because I listened to the audio book. While it was far more readable than the last installment it was still incredibly slow and at times boring. I'm really hoping the series gets better soon and that the last two books I've read are not indicative of the quality of the remainder of novels.
Anatomy queen over here!! Predicted what was going on just from the bones?? Watch out med school
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes