A review by angie_stl
The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs
4.0
I listened to this book over a day and a half, and of course I was enthralled, as I have been since I picked up Deja Dead!!
Tempe is back to solving cold cases in Montreal, Quebec, and Charleston, SC, with the help of her Canadian love, Detective Andrew Ryan. I do love retired Detective Ryan!! He and Tempe have a long history, some good, some bad, but he always brings the added sarcasm and dry humor. Not that Tempe is short on the sarcasm and snark! Gotta love that. But in this edition, they are back at it on a case they couldn’t close fifteen years before. Tempe travels back and forth between the two cities, along with Memphis, while trying to solve multiple cases at once.
I was a little disappointed in a couple spots when there was some unintentional body shaming, just by the descriptions of a couple characters. Also there was some terms that have been used for years but are actually appropriation from cultures that both US and Canadian governments have been committing genocide against for centuries. But we live, and hopefully we learn. These issues were very small in comparison, and did not detract from the plot. I did zone out a little during the science lessons, but truthfully I think in the climate of anti-vaccine rhetoric right now, the science lessons were hopefully helpful to those that are having problems understanding why Covid vaccines are so important. (I’m immunocompromised and have several underlying conditions, so these vaccines are extremely important to me!!)
Overall, I’d give The Bone Code 9/10.
Tempe is back to solving cold cases in Montreal, Quebec, and Charleston, SC, with the help of her Canadian love, Detective Andrew Ryan. I do love retired Detective Ryan!! He and Tempe have a long history, some good, some bad, but he always brings the added sarcasm and dry humor. Not that Tempe is short on the sarcasm and snark! Gotta love that. But in this edition, they are back at it on a case they couldn’t close fifteen years before. Tempe travels back and forth between the two cities, along with Memphis, while trying to solve multiple cases at once.
I was a little disappointed in a couple spots when there was some unintentional body shaming, just by the descriptions of a couple characters. Also there was some terms that have been used for years but are actually appropriation from cultures that both US and Canadian governments have been committing genocide against for centuries. But we live, and hopefully we learn. These issues were very small in comparison, and did not detract from the plot. I did zone out a little during the science lessons, but truthfully I think in the climate of anti-vaccine rhetoric right now, the science lessons were hopefully helpful to those that are having problems understanding why Covid vaccines are so important. (I’m immunocompromised and have several underlying conditions, so these vaccines are extremely important to me!!)
Overall, I’d give The Bone Code 9/10.