The television series Bones is loosely based on the Temperance Brennan novels--it's not a show I've ever followed, so I went in with no expectations. Like her narrator and heroine, Tempe Brennan, Reichs is herself a forensic anthropologist and has worked as one for law enforcement in Montreal. There...
The prose is on the heavy-handed side, but not terrible for a first novel by someone whose background is in science rather than letters. Interesting enough story that I'm willing to pick up the next book in the series.
Deja Dead is the first novel in the Temperance Brennan series by author Kathy Reichs. After a mutilated body is discovered in Montreal a anthropologist is request as a standard autopsy won't work. Temperance Brennan is called in. As she investigates the murder she discovers a number of cold cases...
That being said, Deja Dead was a pretty enjoyable read. I almost liked this Dr. Brennan better. She seemed more human and real to me. She is middle aged with a college aged doctor. She is divorcing her husband and there are hints that she may, at one time, had issues with alcohol. I like flawed...
I long ago gave up on the Bones tv show because she started to really annoy me. I'm really glad I gave the series a chance because I find book Brennan much more likable and really enjoy the depth that Reichs has given her. At first I kept trying to figure out the characters in the book as they rel...
This book was well paced and the characters were well defined and it didn't feel like the book stopped or slowed down at any point, unlike it's sequel which felt like it dragged. The starting hook was quick and really I was interested in seeing what happened next all the way to the end.
I did not enjoy this as much as I had hoped. The original Temperance Brennan feels flat to me. I could not bring myself to care much about her and I definitely didn't care about Gabby, who seemed like a flaky annoying friend who didn't give much to the friendship. The attempt at sexual tension with ...
This is not the TV show Bones. This is not Dr. Temperance Brennan from the Jeffersonian. No squints [*tear*], no Booth. That doesn't mean it is a bad book, but if you go into it wanting Bones, you will be disappointed. It starts off kind of slow, but the last half of the book actually goes by pretty...
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