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booklovintaurus's review against another edition
4.0
A little more interesting, but still dealing with a storyline that I'm not really into.
Still predictable. This one I had trouble with because some parts I had to keep rereading pages. Part of it was lack of concentration due to being tired. Part of it was knowing where the 2nd storyline was going, also the one I wasn't into, and just wanting to be done with the book.
Seems like while being predictable, another theme is only the main core of characters are safe, for now.
This one had a few too many minor characters to keep track of, I stopped trying to recall them about halfway through. There was also a name mentioned later in the book that I thought was mentioned earlier but Temperance didn't seem to recognize it, and I didn't care enough to go look for it.
Still predictable. This one I had trouble with because some parts I had to keep rereading pages. Part of it was lack of concentration due to being tired. Part of it was knowing where the 2nd storyline was going, also the one I wasn't into, and just wanting to be done with the book.
Seems like while being predictable, another theme is only the main core of characters are safe, for now.
This one had a few too many minor characters to keep track of, I stopped trying to recall them about halfway through. There was also a name mentioned later in the book that I thought was mentioned earlier but Temperance didn't seem to recognize it, and I didn't care enough to go look for it.
twiggysc1973's review against another edition
5.0
Well it's another great Temperance book, glad I picked this series up again.
bethpeninger's review against another edition
3.0
An airplane crash in North Carolina finds Temperance Brennan on the scene, part of a special emergency recovery team, recovering and identifying bodies. But a body part surfaces that doesn't belong to any of the victims of the crash and Brennan is trying to discover who it belongs to and where the rest of their body is. She must have popped open a can of worms by trying to figure out who this body part belongs to because she starts getting stonewalled with every effort and a campaign to discredit her begins in earnest. But Brennan is made of tougher stuff than that and persists to find out the truth of the body part and who is behind it.
As stated with book 3 review, mostly enjoyable and a little predictable. Although I will say this one wasn't mostly enjoyable but thoroughly enjoyable.
As stated with book 3 review, mostly enjoyable and a little predictable. Although I will say this one wasn't mostly enjoyable but thoroughly enjoyable.
melisbs's review against another edition
2.0
Idk. Boring. I find some parts so ofd. Like how many times do we need to know “Tempe” (which I hate the name) is in her panties? Why? Why?! Also starting to feel like these are always going to depend on personal peril for suspense. Her or her daughter or her nephew etc in danger! I’m going to keep reading the series though.
april_does_feral_sometimes's review against another edition
5.0
“I have testified before the United Nations Tribunal on Genocide in Rwanda, and I have spent time in a mass grave in the Guatemalan highlands.”
“Like Tempe, I serve on DMORT, a governmental disaster response team. In that capacity, I traveled to New York City to help with the World Trade Center recovery effort. Even as a professional familiar with bereavement and loss, I was unprepared for the emotional impact of that experience. At times I felt crushed by the scale of devastation. At times, overwhelmed by sadness.”
I have quoted the above from the afterword included in this ebook. There is more, but I thought to include the above which explain the realism of “Fatal Voyage”, because realistic it surely is. I was blown away.
Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, is called to a site where an airplane fell out of the sky in North Carolina. She belongs to DMORT, so she must come, but the scene before her is unthinkable. Bodies and body parts lie strewn about for miles. The job of recovery is enormous, yet measurements and photographs must be precise to determine what has occurred. Like the bodies of people, the body of the aircraft has clues imbedded in its fuselage as to why it stopped flying and crashed in the forest. Brennan is feeling devastated when she surveys the scene, but she must do her job. On top of the soul-shattering bits and pieces she sees about her, such as a Raggedy Ann doll hanging from a tree, she is struggling with her fear that her daughter Katy may have been on the flight. However, if she is to do right for the victims, she must tamp down her overwhelming feelings.
Before too long, Brennan is being attacked from all directions, professionally and personally. Somewhere along the process of doing her job, she has stepped on someone’s toes. Because of the nature of the disaster, various public officials and local politicians have involved themselves in the investigation. Parker Davenport, Lt. Governor, has contacted her boss and friends and has had Brennan suspended from most of her positions accusing her of sabotaging the scientific recovery of body parts and contaminating the investigation. What is going on? Could it be because of the foot she found? It did not match the body parts from the airplane. Unlike the fresh condition from the victims from the plane, the foot seemed to be from someone dead much longer ago.
Despite her suspension, Brennan continues her personal investigation, now focussed on saving her career. When she is almost run her over she suspects it wasn't an accident or unrelated to her tracking down where the foot came from. When an old friend who was secretly helping her is murdered, Brennan knows she has to push forward hard or die.
This 4th book in the series is very twisted in many ways. Sensitive types will NOT be able to get through the first page, much less the rest of the story. Not only is it vivid and powerfully written, the author has included many real investigative techniques employed in any disaster by the scientists, mathematicians and technicians called upon for their expertise. It is amazing what these techniques involve. It is obvious, though, it must be expensive to investigate scenes in this manner. It’s too bad that the police do not have this level of resources available to them in ‘small’ crimes and disasters.
The story is a mash-up of the more sordid, but nonetheless true, stories from tabloid headlines. I was enthralled and could not put the book down for the last 100 pages (read way past my bedtime).
“Like Tempe, I serve on DMORT, a governmental disaster response team. In that capacity, I traveled to New York City to help with the World Trade Center recovery effort. Even as a professional familiar with bereavement and loss, I was unprepared for the emotional impact of that experience. At times I felt crushed by the scale of devastation. At times, overwhelmed by sadness.”
I have quoted the above from the afterword included in this ebook. There is more, but I thought to include the above which explain the realism of “Fatal Voyage”, because realistic it surely is. I was blown away.
Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist, is called to a site where an airplane fell out of the sky in North Carolina. She belongs to DMORT, so she must come, but the scene before her is unthinkable. Bodies and body parts lie strewn about for miles. The job of recovery is enormous, yet measurements and photographs must be precise to determine what has occurred. Like the bodies of people, the body of the aircraft has clues imbedded in its fuselage as to why it stopped flying and crashed in the forest. Brennan is feeling devastated when she surveys the scene, but she must do her job. On top of the soul-shattering bits and pieces she sees about her, such as a Raggedy Ann doll hanging from a tree, she is struggling with her fear that her daughter Katy may have been on the flight. However, if she is to do right for the victims, she must tamp down her overwhelming feelings.
Before too long, Brennan is being attacked from all directions, professionally and personally. Somewhere along the process of doing her job, she has stepped on someone’s toes. Because of the nature of the disaster, various public officials and local politicians have involved themselves in the investigation. Parker Davenport, Lt. Governor, has contacted her boss and friends and has had Brennan suspended from most of her positions accusing her of sabotaging the scientific recovery of body parts and contaminating the investigation. What is going on? Could it be because of the foot she found? It did not match the body parts from the airplane. Unlike the fresh condition from the victims from the plane, the foot seemed to be from someone dead much longer ago.
Despite her suspension, Brennan continues her personal investigation, now focussed on saving her career. When she is almost run her over she suspects it wasn't an accident or unrelated to her tracking down where the foot came from. When an old friend who was secretly helping her is murdered, Brennan knows she has to push forward hard or die.
This 4th book in the series is very twisted in many ways. Sensitive types will NOT be able to get through the first page, much less the rest of the story. Not only is it vivid and powerfully written, the author has included many real investigative techniques employed in any disaster by the scientists, mathematicians and technicians called upon for their expertise. It is amazing what these techniques involve. It is obvious, though, it must be expensive to investigate scenes in this manner. It’s too bad that the police do not have this level of resources available to them in ‘small’ crimes and disasters.
The story is a mash-up of the more sordid, but nonetheless true, stories from tabloid headlines. I was enthralled and could not put the book down for the last 100 pages (read way past my bedtime).
dunayevsky's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
bstergiou's review against another edition
2.0
Not gonna lie the “the man who wanted to suck my toes” was the most shocking thing I read in this book
(Brenda rec)
(Brenda rec)
ivybadfeelingaboutthis's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
obsethedwithyou's review against another edition
5.0
This was hands down my favorite of the first 4 books of this series. Kathy Reichs does so much research when she writes a story and I LOVE learning the ins and outs of the morbid world of forensics and all things post-mortem. Also didn’t realize how fitting this was as a spooky October read! I may return to this next October to get into the spirit of the fatal and the macabre.