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A review by mbfeeney
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
3.0
As with nearly all Temperance Brennan books, it starts with her in some sort of mortal peril, which is fine, but after a while (this is book 12 I believe)it gets a bit repetitive.
What I did enjoy about this book was the annoyance and mystery surrounding Briel and why she wanted to be involved in so many of the cases in Quebec. I guessed that it was her who had altered things to make it look like Tempe was failing at her job. (wouldn't have happened if La Manche was there).
As much as I love the character of Ryan and the sexual chemistry between he and Brennan, I was starting to get a bit bored of Tempe being all "what if" about him and if they should get back together. I understand things are different between them now, but it's obvious that they should be together, so they should just pull on their big girl/boy panties and get back together.
The whole Sparky thing was just annoying and felt a bit disjointed as it never really seemed to go anywhere other than him making threats about getting her evicted because he doesn't like Birdie. It just seemed to cut off, but no doubt, that wll pick up again in the next book.
Usually, I fly through Kathy Reichs' books, but I struggled a bit through this one as it didn't seem to hold my attention throughout. I thought it could have been better, but I will read more of her books as I do enjoy her easy writing style. Even though there is a lot of jargon, she makes it fairly easy for readers to understand with her simplistic yet informative explanations.
Not her best, but I've read worse.
What I did enjoy about this book was the annoyance and mystery surrounding Briel and why she wanted to be involved in so many of the cases in Quebec. I guessed that it was her who had altered things to make it look like Tempe was failing at her job. (wouldn't have happened if La Manche was there).
As much as I love the character of Ryan and the sexual chemistry between he and Brennan, I was starting to get a bit bored of Tempe being all "what if" about him and if they should get back together. I understand things are different between them now, but it's obvious that they should be together, so they should just pull on their big girl/boy panties and get back together.
The whole Sparky thing was just annoying and felt a bit disjointed as it never really seemed to go anywhere other than him making threats about getting her evicted because he doesn't like Birdie. It just seemed to cut off, but no doubt, that wll pick up again in the next book.
Usually, I fly through Kathy Reichs' books, but I struggled a bit through this one as it didn't seem to hold my attention throughout. I thought it could have been better, but I will read more of her books as I do enjoy her easy writing style. Even though there is a lot of jargon, she makes it fairly easy for readers to understand with her simplistic yet informative explanations.
Not her best, but I've read worse.