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  • First in the series

  • My rating is really somewhere between so-so and quite good. It's well-written, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped (or as much as I had enjoyed Cross Bones, which is farther along in the series). I had two major complaints: first, it's a little heavy on the details and light on the ... Continue

    My rating is really somewhere between so-so and quite good. It's well-written, but I just didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped (or as much as I had enjoyed Cross Bones, which is farther along in the series). I had two major complaints: first, it's a little heavy on the details and light on the action. Don't get me wrong - there is action, and there are parts where you really want to find out what happens next. But there were also a few places where she would describe something in detail that just didn't seem highly relevant to the story. And that's just my personal preference, but I'm not a visual person, and a book tends to lose me if it gets too flowery. And second - it was a bit too graphic and gruesome for me. I guess I should have expected this, but generally this character works with bones - not fresh corpses. And the brutality of the murders was just a bit too vivid and disturbing for me. But I'll probably try this author again, based on my impression of her later book.

    

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• ― Bashful said on Apr 5, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • I had a hard time getting into this book at times, and it didn't always keep my attention very well, but overall I liked it and I would like to read more by this author.

    I've never seen the TV show but I've heard good things both about it and these books. For me, the books go into too much ... Continue

    I had a hard time getting into this book at times, and it didn't always keep my attention very well, but overall I liked it and I would like to read more by this author.

    I've never seen the TV show but I've heard good things both about it and these books. For me, the books go into too much detail about the bones and stuff but I bet some people are really into that and enjoy those parts. When she was actually moving along with the characters and the storyline then I was happy to be reading this.

    The main character did drive me crazy sometimes. I have no idea how so much stuff happened where she just didn't bother to call the police or at least alert someone to the situation. I thought some of the writing was a bit clunky and so were the characters but I think this is her first book so maybe that will straighten itself out in future books.

    It also drives me crazy when people use other languages in English language books. You can just say "John always spoke in French" or something along those lines. I don't actually need the French. I'll believe you if you just explain that the French is used. So other than some minor annoyances, it was a good read :)

    

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• ― Deanna Kyre said on Mar 13, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • This was extremely scary! Not for reading right before bed for sure. LOL I couldn't put it down.

    

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• ― Miraclesmommadesigns said on Oct 6, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

The raves are in -- from Edgar-winning authors and internationally acclaimed forensic experts: Kathy Reichs and Déjà Dead are something special.

Rarely has a debut crime novel inspired such widespread excitement. A born storyteller, Dr. Kathy Reichs walks in the steps of her heroine, Dr. Temperance Brennan. She spends her days in the autopsy suite, the courtroom, the crime lab, with cops, and at exhumation sites. Often her long days turn into harrowing nights.

It's June in Montreal, and Tempe, who has left a shaky marriage back home in North Carolina to take on the challenging assignment of director of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec, looks forward to a relaxing weekend.

First, though, she must stop at a newly uncovered burial site in the heart of the city. One look at the decomposed and decapitated corpse, stored neatly in plastic bags, tells her she'll spend the weekend in the crime lab. This is homicide of the worst kind. To begin to find some answers, Tempe must first identify the victim. Who is this person with the reddish hair and a small bone structure?

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