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A review by nyctei
Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
3.0
Taking this for what it is, which is a mystery with some forensics mixed in, it was okay.
It kept me guessing. One thing I guessed at pretty early on, some not until later and a couple I didn't figure out at all, I had them revealed to me.
It was not like the show. Tempe in the book is not at all like Tempe in the show. She has a sister for one. Her sister is fun, but a bit unbelievable. She's almost a caricature. She's larger than life, has like 7 ex-husbands, turns heads everywhere she goes, never listens to logic or sound advice.
Tempe is much less logical than in the show. In the show she is logical to a fault...it takes her ages to admit her feelings for Booth. Tempe in the book has an ex-husband, a daughter and constantly doubts herself where Ryan is involved.
I'm not really thrilled with how the relationship with Tempe and Ryan went. I don't want to give spoilers, but it just seemed like she was letting him take advantage of her and get away with being a douchebag.
It was a bit annoying when someone would be said in French, then translated to English. I understand where it would be necessary...but as I could read the French it was repetitious to me. I thought it was an odd decision to then leave the names of things in untranslated French. That was really a minor nitpick for me though, I can't really say it distracted me from the story.
Maybe it was my expectations from the show...maybe not. But Tempe just seemed a bit wishy washy and whiny. I also missed the interaction between her and her co-workers as you see on the show. In the book it was just her, the detectives, the coroner (her boss), and two experts she sent samples away to. Their interactions were limited to phone conversations exclusively about the evidence. There was no interaction within office, no compiling of evidence between many different team members to fit together like a puzzle.
Anyways, I like it alright as a mystery, but it wasn't really outstanding and it's not something that will stick with me or drastically change my POV on anything. It didn't really provide any insight into the human condition or anything.
It kept me guessing. One thing I guessed at pretty early on, some not until later and a couple I didn't figure out at all, I had them revealed to me.
It was not like the show. Tempe in the book is not at all like Tempe in the show. She has a sister for one. Her sister is fun, but a bit unbelievable. She's almost a caricature. She's larger than life, has like 7 ex-husbands, turns heads everywhere she goes, never listens to logic or sound advice.
Tempe is much less logical than in the show. In the show she is logical to a fault...it takes her ages to admit her feelings for Booth. Tempe in the book has an ex-husband, a daughter and constantly doubts herself where Ryan is involved.
I'm not really thrilled with how the relationship with Tempe and Ryan went. I don't want to give spoilers, but it just seemed like she was letting him take advantage of her and get away with being a douchebag.
It was a bit annoying when someone would be said in French, then translated to English. I understand where it would be necessary...but as I could read the French it was repetitious to me. I thought it was an odd decision to then leave the names of things in untranslated French. That was really a minor nitpick for me though, I can't really say it distracted me from the story.
Maybe it was my expectations from the show...maybe not. But Tempe just seemed a bit wishy washy and whiny. I also missed the interaction between her and her co-workers as you see on the show. In the book it was just her, the detectives, the coroner (her boss), and two experts she sent samples away to. Their interactions were limited to phone conversations exclusively about the evidence. There was no interaction within office, no compiling of evidence between many different team members to fit together like a puzzle.
Anyways, I like it alright as a mystery, but it wasn't really outstanding and it's not something that will stick with me or drastically change my POV on anything. It didn't really provide any insight into the human condition or anything.