Bones to Ashes: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)
by Kathy Reichs
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Author: Kathy ReichsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-06-24
ISBN: 1416525653
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Pocket Star
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- ISBN13: 9781416525653
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Book Reviews of Bones to Ashes: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)
Book Review: more like a 3.5 star book
Summary: 4 Stars
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book is finally getting a more in depth look at Tempe's past. This novel delves into her childhood and family while she was growing up than pretty much all of the other novels combined.
When Tempe was a young girl, her family would vacation in NC. One summer there she met an exotic french girl several years older than she and they became the best of friends. Then, all of a sudden, three years later she just vanishes without so much as a good bye. The remaining family tell Tempe not to keep asking questions and just accept it.
Fast forward 30 years. In the midst of handling a complicated case of missing persons for her on again-off again lover/co worker Ryan something comes across her desk that dredges up what could possibly be the ruined bones of her long lost friend from summer vacation. Could it actually be her?
Of course being a Tempe Brennan book there's alot of threads dangling all at the same time. Tempe novels are generally pretty busy and this is no exception. The missing person cases for Ryan, the mysterious body that could be that of her decades lost friend, the danger and dark characters that Tempe inevitably gets herself embroiled with.
Now, with these books being so busy, it opens the door for the book going into territory you'd never expect. It's happened in previous books. Biker gangs, secret societies, cults, you name it. Once again this is on exception. However there are pitfalls to that.
Sometimes I find it hard to keep track of who's who in these books. I don't know if it's me letting my mind wander at times, or all the French names which I'm really still not used to seeing, not to mention all the French speak and terms, locations, etc, etc. Also when you have a high number of cases that Tempe's working on, it gets to be a bit much. A great many players, it's just a little funny (no, not funny 'ha ha') that most of them just so happen to be reduced to bone! =)
The other thing that gets on my nerves is the relationship between Ryan and Tempe. This novel deftly picks up the thread from Break No Bones as far as their relationship is concerned. That thread being Tempe's confused feelings towards her estranged not quite ex husband. To put it briefly, Ryan no likey! Which is fine and would normally make for more or less interesting character interaction. But we have grown adult professionals who handle relationships and feelings as if they were confused teenagers. Tempe leaves a lot of thoughts in her head and becomes very stubborn towards anything relationship wise. If you're up to this book in the series, I'm sure you've become used to it as well. But being used to it doesn't make it any less frustrating at times, although I'm in it for the long haul to see how this long standing series (and the relationship between Tempe and Ryan) pans out.
Sometimes the dialogue is a bit odd too. Maybe it's because most of the characters are primarily Francophones? Hard to say, but sometimes the phrases people use just don't seem quite natural. Hard to explain, but it's just one of those things.
At the end of the day you get a pretty intriguing mystery with some good (and overdue) fleshing out of Tempe's past as well as a very satisfying ending. If you've enjoyed the other Tempe Brennan books, then I'm sure you'll enjoy this as well.
Summary of Bones to Ashes: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)
Temperance Brennan, like her creator Kathy Reichs, is a brilliant, sexy forensic anthropologist called on to solve the toughest cases. But for Tempe, the discovery of a young girl's skeleton in Acadia, Canada, is more than just another assignment. ?vang?line, Tempe's childhood best friend, was also from Acadia. Named for the character in the Longfellow poem, ?vang?line was the most exotic person in Tempe's eight-year-old world. When ?vang?line disappeared, Tempe was warned not to search for her, that the girl was "dangerous."Thirty years later, flooded with memories, Tempe cannot help wondering if this skeleton could be the friend she lost so many years ago. And what is the meaning of the strange skeletal lesions found on the bones of the young girl?
Meanwhile, Tempe's beau, Ryan, investigates a series of cold cases. Three girls dead. Four missing. Could the New Brunswick skeleton be part of the pattern? As Tempe draws on the latest advances in forensic anthropology to penetrate the past, Ryan hunts down a serial predator.
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