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A review by rebelbelle13
Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs
3.0
This was not among my favorite Reichs novels. I felt it was repetitive, too technical, and the story wound itself in circles. There wasn't enough 'procedure' in this procedural. There was archaeological intrigue, to be sure, and Reichs did her location research. I could certainly tell that she took a trip to Israel to accurately depict the stories events. However, there was too much going on with whose bones were related to who, and where Max fit in, and the shroud bones... it was too much information that I just didn't care about.
I did like the fact that Tempe and Ryan were an item in this novel, instead of dancing around all the angst. They make a believable couple. I could have done without all the references to 'tap pants' (whatever those are).
I hate the fact that there are religious groups out there that are completely against discovering our past- and they go to such lengths to steal, destroy and rebury artifacts and bones. They would rather keep everyone ignorant instead of learning things about their ancestors. That's heading into an argument for another day- so I'll just leave that one there.
All in all, an okay novel from Reichs. I wouldn't recommend that you start with this one if you haven't read her work before- there's too much archaeology and not enough procedural in it like her other novels.
I did like the fact that Tempe and Ryan were an item in this novel, instead of dancing around all the angst. They make a believable couple. I could have done without all the references to 'tap pants' (whatever those are).
I hate the fact that there are religious groups out there that are completely against discovering our past- and they go to such lengths to steal, destroy and rebury artifacts and bones. They would rather keep everyone ignorant instead of learning things about their ancestors. That's heading into an argument for another day- so I'll just leave that one there.
All in all, an okay novel from Reichs. I wouldn't recommend that you start with this one if you haven't read her work before- there's too much archaeology and not enough procedural in it like her other novels.