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Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards
4.0
The storyline: phenomenal!
Suspense: amazing
Character development: wonderful
Accuracy of the portrayal of forensic anthropology: poor
This book had me on the edge of my seat and kept me wanting more! The main characters drive for science and mix of wanting to be in community with others despite her problems was refreshing. Something that bothered me throughout this book- that is about a forensic anthropologist- is the lack of correct scientific terminology and methods. When examining remains, the main character followed the lines of a coroner rather than a forensic anthropologist, there was little information in the matter of skeletal remains and mainly just discussed organs, which is a Medical Examiner or coroners job! Along with that, the “forensic anthropologist” was also a “profiler” which is a completely different field of study. If from the beginning, the main character was a medical examiner with a degree in psychology as well, she would have fit the role perfectly! As someone with a passion for forensic anthropology, i was disappointed by the lack of science and accuracy which could have been easily added with a little research:) overall, the book was well written and I came to love the relationship between characters, the author just needed to do more research to well represented a field that he was writing about.
Suspense: amazing
Character development: wonderful
Accuracy of the portrayal of forensic anthropology: poor
This book had me on the edge of my seat and kept me wanting more! The main characters drive for science and mix of wanting to be in community with others despite her problems was refreshing. Something that bothered me throughout this book- that is about a forensic anthropologist- is the lack of correct scientific terminology and methods. When examining remains, the main character followed the lines of a coroner rather than a forensic anthropologist, there was little information in the matter of skeletal remains and mainly just discussed organs, which is a Medical Examiner or coroners job! Along with that, the “forensic anthropologist” was also a “profiler” which is a completely different field of study. If from the beginning, the main character was a medical examiner with a degree in psychology as well, she would have fit the role perfectly! As someone with a passion for forensic anthropology, i was disappointed by the lack of science and accuracy which could have been easily added with a little research:) overall, the book was well written and I came to love the relationship between characters, the author just needed to do more research to well represented a field that he was writing about.