Sept/Oct 2009 Group Read - Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs

[Becky]

Are we doing both? There are 2 threads...

[Kandice]

Yeah, because 206 Bones is not the first in the series.

*considers herself slapped*

[Becky]

Oh. I see.

[Jeane]

Poor Kandice, the emotion of books went to the department concentration and messed up everything.

I read this book, my first and for now only one written by Reichs. I know i will read others but her more harder, 'bonny' writting structure for me puts me off a bit. I am a Patricia Cornwell obsessed lvoer and she writes more fluently. But the story was good anyway.

[JG (Introverted Reader)]

It's been a while, so I don't remember many specifics, but I really did like this. I didn't think it was as good as the early Scarpettas, but I did think it was better than the more recent ones. But that may just be me. Right, Jeane? I know you love all things Scarpetta. :-)

[Clytan]

I got this book from the library, will read it over the week. I think it will take time to complete... because the other book I am reading is the newly released Catching Fire and it is unputdownable.

I like starting with book 1. I wouldn't have taken part if the read was 206 Bones.

[Jeane]

JG wrote: "It's been a while, so I don't remember many specifics, but I really did like this. I didn't think it was as good as the early Scarpettas, but I did think it was better than the more recent ones. ..."

hehe, I remember I liked the story but it was a bit too structured. I would still like the later Scarpetta's. For me it didn't reach that level.

[Kellyyyylynne]

I went to the library and picked up a couple of books that are a part of this series. I didn't start at the first since it wasn't it and I forgot to pre-order but I have liked the two books I have read so far. Starting Monday Mourning now. I will eventually go back to beginning and pick up what I have missed. They are not the most exciting books but they story lines are interesting. And she is very different from the character on the TV show. I love the show but the books leave you with a very different feeling. It is always nice to have another author in the mix though.

[Lauren]

I read one of the-can't think of which one right now. I didn't love it because I so love the character on the TV show and her interaction with the other Squints and Booth that I felt there wasn't enough to her in the books. That is very likely a jaded opinion because it is tainted by the quirkiness portrayed on Bones.

[Afsana]

Hi

I am new to this group and will be posting an introduction to myself next

I have read all kathy reichs books and enjoy them-though the first time I read her book-her first one I think I found it hard going but I retried and enjoyed

I have 206 bones to read and am aiming to re read all of them soon

I can only remember I like the book and I am sure once start rereading it it will all come rushing back!

[[deleted user]]

I`ve read 4 of her books and din`t really care to read more.I think she is probably a very good writer but I feel like their isn`t much warmth in her writing

[Almeta]

After the first 121 pages of Déjà Dead and gushing about how I thought that the author drew pictures with words:

"longing for boats and bikes and sneakers, checking their watches, bitten by June."
"the exposed wires looped around themselves like worms in a bait carton."
"his words racing out like children released for recess."

soon afterward though I hit a slump.

The device of calling a friend to have him explain the psychology of serial killers which, it turns out, are never predictable, seemed forced and text bookish. And I felt that those clever metaphors and similes had disappeared.

Then things picked up again. I ended up liking the book. This was her First, and I will give her Next a chance.

Maybe next time both our bio-rhythms will be in sync.

[Susan]

I've found all of the Kathy Reich's books that I've read to be great. Need to go back and re-read this one. I enjoy the anthropological examinations she describes and the characters hold my interest. I like the Brennan in the stories much more than the one from the TV show.

[Catherine]

I've read all of her published books and really liked them. They've kept my attention and I've read through them without really putting them down. I agree that the Brennan in the books is very different from the Brennan in the show, but I still watch the show, but for different reasons. I don't look for correlations between the book and the show any more. For me they are two different things.

[Gale]

I found Kathy Reichs to be as brilliant on paper writing Brennan as she is in life.

I hate that television never gave Reich's Brennan a chance-she is much more three-dimensional than television's version.

[Nikki]

I just finished this one. It took me three times to get through, not sure why. I ended up liking and and I started the second one.
Death du Jour.

[Jennifer]

I love her books!

[Indiabookstore]

I loved it. I was surprised by how technical it was- it was my first book by Reichs and I didn't know the backstory. The best part was that it felt so natural...which it would be, because it's quite autobiographical, but I appreciated the lack of outlandish solutions or stunts to make the plot believable.