Temperance Brennan 1

Beautifully written book about an Anthropologist, who started out identifying bones at ancient burial sites, but following her natural curiosity, she ventured into criminal cases, where her knowledge of bones helps identify the deceased. Including how they died and in some cases helped find evidence pointing towards the culprits, helping to solve cases.

Her natural curiosity does get her into trouble a lot, sometimes putting her life in danger. ( )

I realized a few pages in how very loosely based on this series the TV show is. I had to change my way of thinking but once I did that, the story turned out to be pretty good. Tempe is a lot more realistic in the book. She's got vices and hardships and hasn't lived the easiest life. But just like the one on the TV show, she takes crazy risks that made me yell at her from the comfort of my couch. LOL I did enjoy the story and the mystery and I plan to read more of this series. ( )

Similar to Patricia Cornwall's stuff. Temperance Brennan is a forensic pathologist working in Quebec. The writing is good and the character likeable, but this first book in the series is marred by the main character going all Nancy Drew and doing really dumb things in her pursuit of a serial killer the cops don't believe exists. ( )

This is an overly long book that tells a thrilling tale while psychologically evaluating the principal character. She vacillates between teaching us and sharing her terror of the moment. The Temperance Brennan of Reichs' books is very different from the character in the TV series "Bones." I will, however, keep reading Reichs. ( )