annieb123's review against another edition
4.0
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
A Conspiracy of Bones is the 19th Temperance Brennan novel by Kathy Reichs. Released 17th March by Simon & Schuster on their Scribner imprint, it's 352 pages and available in all formats.
This has been, and continues to be, one of my favorite modern series. Despite the 'Hollywood-ization' of many other series, Dr. Brennan remains scrappy, dispassionate, intelligent, non-glamorous, and (mostly) ethical. The author is capable, delivering a tightly wrought and technically masterful book. This installment is excitingly twisty and revolves around the main characters sorting out conspiracy theory, shady governmental programs, cold case missing kids, and a faceless corpse, along with office politics and academia and some sotto voce current events political commentary (with which I personally strongly agree, but which will likely infuriate the Trump lovers in the room).
Although there's a lot of history and backstory covered in the last 18 books, the author is adept enough that this one could be read as a standalone for readers who are not already fans. The entire series is well worth a read, and I recommend them highly especially to fans of modern police/medical procedurals.
Four stars. Consistently top notch books.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
A Conspiracy of Bones is the 19th Temperance Brennan novel by Kathy Reichs. Released 17th March by Simon & Schuster on their Scribner imprint, it's 352 pages and available in all formats.
This has been, and continues to be, one of my favorite modern series. Despite the 'Hollywood-ization' of many other series, Dr. Brennan remains scrappy, dispassionate, intelligent, non-glamorous, and (mostly) ethical. The author is capable, delivering a tightly wrought and technically masterful book. This installment is excitingly twisty and revolves around the main characters sorting out conspiracy theory, shady governmental programs, cold case missing kids, and a faceless corpse, along with office politics and academia and some sotto voce current events political commentary (with which I personally strongly agree, but which will likely infuriate the Trump lovers in the room).
Although there's a lot of history and backstory covered in the last 18 books, the author is adept enough that this one could be read as a standalone for readers who are not already fans. The entire series is well worth a read, and I recommend them highly especially to fans of modern police/medical procedurals.
Four stars. Consistently top notch books.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
vinylbookgirl's review against another edition
3.0
Very unusual storyline for Tempe Brennan. Instead of solving a crime as a forensic anthropologist, Tempe went into full on detectice mode (even more than in the previous books). She literally only analyzed one (!!) single bone throughout the entire book which turned out to not even be human after all.
Also really didn't like the child pornography aspect as well as all those conspiracy theories.
There was no real mystery to be solved and the plot was very predictable. I was really rooting for a plot twist at the end, but was disappointed when it just confirmed what I guessed early on (and I usually never guess right, so I guess that isn't on me being a crime solving genius).
Also really didn't like the child pornography aspect as well as all those conspiracy theories.
There was no real mystery to be solved and the plot was very predictable. I was really rooting for a plot twist at the end, but was disappointed when it just confirmed what I guessed early on (and I usually never guess right, so I guess that isn't on me being a crime solving genius).
rekams's review
funny
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
the old gal is nothing if not consistent
runic_randomness's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
leahralph's review against another edition
5.0
As always Kathy Reichs delivers yet another fabulous instalment in the Bones series. I love that she has continued to develop the characters and as they age different challenges face them and mortality becomes more real.
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the arc.
Thanks to the publisher and netgalley for the arc.
dgignac's review against another edition
3.0
I was mildly disappointed by this book. I found the beginning to be a bit confusing. Some characters had new medical conditions, jobs, etc... and I couldn’t remember if we knew about them from the last book or if they were new. The case in this novel also felt a bit disjointed... I just couldn’t get into this story as much the other books in this series.
trinyweeny's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
jadesaunders72's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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? Yes
4.0