It’s a summer of sizzling heat in Charlotte where Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the North Carolina medical examiner, looks forward to her first vacation in years. A romantic vacation. She’s almost out the door when the bones start appearing. A newborn’s charred remains turn up in a woodstove. A small plane crashes in a North Carolina cornfield on a sunny afternoon. Both pilot and passenger are burned beyond recognition. And what is the myste… More >>
This is the kind of book you want to read ONLY if you are interested in forensic science in a college textbook sort of way. The characters were too numerous and boring. The only character I liked was Boyd/Hooch – the dog. The plots were also too numerous and boring. If you want to read about human bones, bear bones, bird bones, etc., this is the book for you. Me? I think I’ll go start the 4th Harry Potter now.
Rating: 1 / 5
I anxiously waited in line, my heart racing, at my local book store. Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs was finally being put on the shelves and I was there to get my copy!
Escounced in my favorite chair, I shut the world out and opened that first page. By the time I had read the last page and slowly closed the book, I thought to myself, “This can’t be a Kathy Reichs’ book; this is awful!” I felt like I had been cheated.
Rating: 1 / 5
Book came in the time frame and in the condition specified.
Rating: 5 / 5
This novel was difficult to understand. It lacked smooth flowing ideas.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is my first Kathy Reichs novel, and my last! It started off really good, but quickly turned into a lot of crap that took forever to get through. She added too much technical jargon, and forgot the KISS philosophy. I had to suffer through it since I paid my money for it, but I know better next time.
Rating: 2 / 5