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I picked this book up because I'm a big fan of the tv show Bones and it's based off the Kathy Reichs and Temperance Brennan from this series. Saying that, the only parallel between this Brennan and tv Brennan are the name and career choice. I'm not sad, it gives me two awesome and different storylines to follow instead.
The writing in this book was nothing short of phenomenal. I loved Reichs' vivid descriptions. Her words painted a lovely picture in the mind - or maybe I should say incredibly re ...more
The writing in this book was nothing short of phenomenal. I loved Reichs' vivid descriptions. Her words painted a lovely picture in the mind - or maybe I should say incredibly re ...more
It was good. I'm a huge fan of the show and this is what they were loosely based on. Still good just took a bit to get into the meat of the story.
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Something about this one just left me flat and cold. The main character seems Too Stupid To Live throughout most of the book. A lot of graphic violence against women. The whole novel just seemed uneven and completely unrealistic to me. I will try the next one, but I am not a big fan of these types of thrillers.
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