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Summary: This book kicks!
Review: This is what Patricia Cornwell's biggest competition looks like. This book was much better than Deja Dead and I have to tell you I have never had so many goose pimples in my life reading this. I also appreciated the author's sensitivity in dealing with animals. But this book royally kicks and I couldn't put the darn thing down for love or money, only because of job security! One of the best I've read in a long time, and I look forward to more, more more from this author. She does her homework well and never talks "over" the reader in explaining the technologies in piecing things together. The bad part is waiting for the next one!
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Summary: The plot is disconnected and unnecessarily tragic.
Review: Kathy Reichs uses too much narrative for my taste. The main character, Tempe Brennan, is not particularly likeable and it is not clear why she chooses to do some of the things she does. For instance, what was the point of the "mugging"? Why didn't she at least tell Ryan about it? Maybe I would understand had I finished the book. I feel betrayed by her weaving me into her life and then killing her cat. I am not an activist but I don't understand a writer who feels he/she needs to kill an animal for what? Shock effect? I understood the reason for the other deaths - even the babies - which were remote and had some purpose to the plot. But to make the reader feel warmth and love for Birdie, through her writing in both books, and then kill him? I didn't feel it worth my time to finish the book. Nor will I read another of hers.
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Summary: Well done again but not as good as Reichs' first novel
Review: Kathy Reichs' second novel uses the same highly successful recipe that was used in her first novel Déjà Dead. Good style, lots of action and mystery and so on. However, apart from the main character, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, most of Déjà Dead interesting characters didn't return in this novel. And that may be one of the biggest flaw of Death du Jour in which not too many characters really draw our attention or sympathy. Another particularity of this novel lies with the fact that the author sometimes yield to the pedagogical temptation. For instance, we are given explanation on how monkeys live or on how sects' are organized. Professor Reichs is not always far behind the author and it gives some pages that unfortunately break the rhythm of the plot. Having said that, Death du Jour remains a pretty good novel and it stands far above the average mystery book. You may not keep the lights on at night but, at least, you will make sure the doors are locked before going to bed...
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Summary: Worth the lost sleep!
Review: Reich's second novel was a page-turner--a two-night read! There is no need to keep comparing her to Cornwell, she can stand on her own. Each deserve praise. Without them, what would we insomniacs do while waiting for sleep to overcome us? (Although both novels are "thrilling" enough to keep any early-to-bedder up past his/her bedtime.) I just wish she had more than the two novels. I'll be anxiously awaiting others!
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Summary: This is one of the best books i have read lately !!!
Review: This book hit very close to home ..I found myself ``THERE`` in this book.Of course it helps being from Quebec myself where this story is based.I cant wait to read the other novels by Kathy !!
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Summary: Reichs has a winner here
Review: As riveting as "The Triumph and the Glory" or "Cryptonomicon", Kathleen Reichs' "Death du Jour" takes up where Patricia Cornwell left off several books ago. The heiress to Cornwall's abandoned readers, Reichs pulls out all the stops in Death du Jour, weaving an intriguing yarn impossible not to enjoy. I loved it.
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Summary: A very fine read
Review: Kathy Reichs is a good addition to this kind of book. I have become hooked on Patricia Cornwell and came upon Reichs by accident. I recommend this book.
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Summary: An excellent follow-up to Deja Dead!
Review: I've read one ridiculous, boring, outlandish, improbably plotted, terrible book by Patricia Cornwell. I vowed never to read anything by her again. Then I found Kathy Reichs' Deja Dead. I couldn't put it down! Since then, I've been eagerly awaiting her next book and was not disappointed by Death Du Jour. The characters are believable, the plot complex. I thought for sure I knew who the bad guy would turn out to be and I was pleasantly surprised to be wrong! I can understand the comparisons between Reichs and Cornwell, but there really is no comparison. Tempe Brennan kicks Kay Scarpetta's butt!
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Summary: Exciting & Terrific
Review: I enjoyed Deja Dead so much I went out and bought Death du Jour. The second read was just as good if not better. Reigh's second time out is definitely showing plenty of growth. I had a hard time putting the book down. Once I finally finished I could not help but reflect on different issues and circumstances of which she wrote of. A thinking novel that lingers on! Yet, not a day later after completing the novel, I am thinking "when is the next novel to be published". I can easily live the novel as I have walked each street Temp speaks of. I am a native Montrealer and now reside in the South. Reigh's takes me back to a time and place that was good and then throws be back into the present. Reigh's is really on it when it comes to Montreal. It's exciting. I truly like the idea of sequels and I am impatiently awaiting her third. Great novels, suspenseful plots, and intriguing personalities.
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Summary: A terrific read!
Review: One of the five best thrillers I read this year.Great plot. Interesting characters. Fine prose. What more cane one ask from an author?
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