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A review by paulabrandon
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
2.0
My first book for 2017! How exciting! The book itself - not so much! This one felt as if Reichs was struggling to meet her deadline and her word count. Way too much padding! She pulls a James Patterson and throws in several cases for the price of one. I do not like this! If I did, I'd watch a TV show.
My biggest peeve - description! I swear, did we really need that three-page description on the history of her ex-husband's family? Three pages! ABOUT HER EX-HUSBAND'S FAMILY! Good grief. After that, it's describing every road she drives down to get somewhere, or the history of every building she sees. I HATE, HATE, HATE this! Grrrrr! IT'S NOT IMPORTANT!
Sorry for the yelling. It really grinds my gears. No wonder I read so much category romance; they're shorter and cut all that s*** out!
I did want to keep reading to find out how it all ended, but I was largely unimpressed. The extraneous subplots, including the old-as-the-hills-and-just-as-dusty "someone-wants-to-sabotage-my-career" (which has served Patricia Cornwell well over the years) narrative strand pulled my attention to too many directions. All that pointless description - Aarrgghh! The climax was a bit of a fizzler too.
My biggest peeve - description! I swear, did we really need that three-page description on the history of her ex-husband's family? Three pages! ABOUT HER EX-HUSBAND'S FAMILY! Good grief. After that, it's describing every road she drives down to get somewhere, or the history of every building she sees. I HATE, HATE, HATE this! Grrrrr! IT'S NOT IMPORTANT!
Sorry for the yelling. It really grinds my gears. No wonder I read so much category romance; they're shorter and cut all that s*** out!
I did want to keep reading to find out how it all ended, but I was largely unimpressed. The extraneous subplots, including the old-as-the-hills-and-just-as-dusty "someone-wants-to-sabotage-my-career" (which has served Patricia Cornwell well over the years) narrative strand pulled my attention to too many directions. All that pointless description - Aarrgghh! The climax was a bit of a fizzler too.