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A review by johnnyb1954
A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs
3.0
This book was published this year, but the heroine at one point makes sun tea, as if it’s 1978. Later she downloads a ringtone to her phone like it’s 2010. Anachronisms aside, the story was good; it was a complicated plot that moved along well and had an unexpected ending.
I gave it three stars instead of four because of annoying writing. Every third chapter Tempe ignores the advice of her detective friend and goes off on her own to get in some sort of trouble. That trope was cliche before this book and becomes even more hackneyed here. Too many chapters ended in clickbait: “Had been scrolling a while when I spotted an image that froze my breath.”, followed by the beginning of the next chapter that diverts to something else before coming back to the shocking revelation. It’s a trite device. Lastly, every time Tempe has some insight, neurons fire, lines stretch out and concert dots, fireworks go off. It’s just too repetitive.
The worst part, though, was when she went into a suspect’s apartment and it had been cleared out and wiped down to remove all traces of the person. Tempe just decides that the person did it themselves - never considers that someone else might have.
I gave it three stars instead of four because of annoying writing. Every third chapter Tempe ignores the advice of her detective friend and goes off on her own to get in some sort of trouble. That trope was cliche before this book and becomes even more hackneyed here. Too many chapters ended in clickbait: “Had been scrolling a while when I spotted an image that froze my breath.”, followed by the beginning of the next chapter that diverts to something else before coming back to the shocking revelation. It’s a trite device. Lastly, every time Tempe has some insight, neurons fire, lines stretch out and concert dots, fireworks go off. It’s just too repetitive.
The worst part, though, was when she went into a suspect’s apartment and it had been cleared out and wiped down to remove all traces of the person. Tempe just decides that the person did it themselves - never considers that someone else might have.