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Summary: An awesome read-couldn't put it down!
Review: Kathy Reichs definitely has talent. I stumbled upon her book without any real interest in reading it but decided to give it a try. Boy am I glad I did! It was so informational and intriguing that I am now looking forward to getting her new one. If you like books that are in the same genre as Patricia Cornwell then you will love this book. The details of death are not too graphic but rather make you look at it as a forensic scientist would which takes away from the gruesomeness of it. You really get to know the characters and start to feel a connection to what's happening in the plot. I highly recommend this book if you have a good block of time lined out, because you won't want to put it down!
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Summary: Absolutely intriguing, suspensful and capturing!
Review: After reading the authors review in People magazine, I just had to go out and buy her two books. I just finished with Deja Dead. I give it 5 stars! It was extremely interesting, held my attention with no problem, and I found myself staying up late and having a hard time putting it down! I have always been interested in forensics and can't get enough. Now I have found a new author who I will continue to follow. Great job and looking forward to the next book.
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Summary: What a fresh new voice! Tempe Brennan is a winner!
Review: Kathy Reichs offers us all something new and exciting in her book, Deja Dead. Her plot is crisp, the characters well developed. The best part, though, is Tempe Brennan herself. Brennan is not your typical detective, not really even a detective at all. With the physical anthropology aspect, she is new and different,interesting and exciting. Tempe is smart, funny, and very feminine. Reichs doesn't fall into the "make her macho" trap that other authors use on female characters. I liked the setting, the strong use of French (don't let it scare you--I don't speak a word but didn't miss a thing--very well managed)and enjoyed all the science. Way to go Ms. Reichs! I hope you have several more to come!
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Summary: Oh Please!!
Review: I have to admit that I didn't like Patricia Cromwell's style, but her stories got me intrigued, and I now am the proud owner of all her Kay Scarpetta novels. I would ask for a refund for Deja Dead. Not that it is $20, but it is taking space on my bookshelf.The technicalities are good only for a paragraph or two. Brennan is flatter than the flat tire sitting in the trunk of my car. If I want to know so much about forensics, I'd pull out that forensic science textbook sitting on the top shelf of my book case, thank you very much. If I want history/cultural comparisons of NC and Montreal, I can check out all sort of non-fiction books from my husband's library. As the book progress, I can only feel that she is trying to meet a certain quota to qualify her story a novel (note: page filler). There are so many technical details that I thought I had grabbed the wrong book to read and was reading the case studies by accident! Seemed like she was more disturbed and upset about her cat than the dead babies on the autopsy table. There seemed to be no emotions between anything Temperence touches, including her daughter, her sister, her nephew, & Ryan. There are just way too many coincidences to make it believable and the villans are too predictable. It's almost like watching a very bad cop show, except there is no actors in it. Seems like this author will be a very good textbook author, but thank you very much, there is no life in your novel. I am surprised to see so many five star rating for this novel. Yes, it does have a good setting and idea, but it lacks depth here and there and everywhere. I can see Kay in front of me, but Temperence is no where near in sight. I worry about the taste of readers today.
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Summary: Interesting but Patricia Cornwell has nothing to worry about
Review: As a great lover of the mystery/thriller genre,I thought the book interesting, but repetitive and its details very gruesome. Ms. Reichs never seems to be able to stop with a phrase itself, but continuesly adds comparisons, ie, his eyes were dark, like a sky on a gloomy night. I will read her next book, but I do wish she'd cut out the repetitiveness. I think her books would be more interesting.
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Summary: Great read
Review: I read this book while feeling let down with the new Cornwell mysteries that left out Scarpetta. I enjoyed this book and all of the mysteries inside it. Plus her other book, Death Dejour is a great one too. The only thing that has been bugging me was that Tempe always found dead bodies, and they always conected with the other unsolved murders. Unrealistic in most aspects, but still a lot of promise. Huh, listen to be I sound like a published critic!
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Summary: Gruesome details make this story too disturbing
Review: As the mother of two young boys,I found the 5 page description about baby mutilation a little too disturbing. I was sick to my stomach about it for weeks and I am an Operating room nurse! The story is well written, so if you have no qualms about the gory details of forensics, go for it.
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Summary: The "heroine" is a recovering alcoholic named Temperance...
Review: I suppose one is supposed to find this irony engaging? From my point of view, it only serves to illustrate the lack of sublty and originality in Deja Dead. Tempe Brennan is not witty, humorous, or interesting but rather self-absorbed and whiny. The inclusion of a flawed heroine has become quite pervasive in suspense novels. And it's been done better by just about everyone.
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Summary: A Mystery to Keep in Mind
Review: After rushing through jillions of mysteries that I could barely remember the next day (have you ever started a mystery that seems so familiar, only to realize halfway through you'd already read it?), Deja Dead and Death du Jour give you enough meat that you're not hungry an hour later. Kathy Reichs serves up a varied cast of characters and locales, tons of detail and facts, which make for a challenging read - one to remember.
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Summary: Great first novel
Review: As a Patricia Cornwell lover, I found this book while waiting for the next Cornwell book. What a great first book. Complex and thrilling. I found it hard to put down at times. I look forward to her other books and maturation as an author. Watch out Cornewell.
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