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Summary: I've had nightmares scarier than this book
Review: I'd give this book less than a star if I could. I don't know about anyone else, but this book did not scare me or hold me in suspense. It was full of holes and inaccuracies that were simply inexcusable. For example, the psychological diagnosis of the murderer as having multiple personality disorder (MPD). He did NOT have MPD. He was delusional, maybe, but for the shrink in the book to label him MPD was riduculous. Also, if I wanted a book on the technical aspects of forensic science, I would have gotten one. All the acronyms were annoying, and as a scientist I knew what most of them were. If Deavers wants to write books like that, then let him write text books. The two things that bothered me most, however, was how ridiculously unrealistic the characters were and how scripted the book was. Did anyone else notice that just about EVERYONE in the book was beautiful? I always thought good books reflected on what life is, not on what you want it to be. And the book seemed written to be a movie. I didn't want a movie script to read. I wanted a BOOK. But Deavers seemed to know that this would be a movie and wrote it thusly. (And the movie gets less than a star, too, because it had more holes and annoying points than the book did. Man, talk about cliches!) I wish I could get back the hours it took me to read the book. Honestly, I'd rather do the dishes than spend my time on this book.
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Summary: didn't see the movie
Review: I haven't seen the movie, but I could tell reading it that it would be one. It just seemed to be paced and styled with that in mind. I didn't find this to be a particularly challenging book in any way, but it was fun and satisfying enough that I recommend it to others.
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Summary: wanting the book to be better than the movie
Review: hope this not an inconvience on your part but i saw the movie, and it was so awsome that i have to read the book. i am going into forinsics myself and the movie just made it easier on deciding what field of criminal justice that i wanted to par-take in. Thanks for writing the book now i can read something intresting for a change. :) Kristie
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Summary: thriling and exciting
Review: " The Bone Collecor" is a trining and suspenceful book. I am not much of a reader, but I did enjoy this book. This is a story with a lot of suspence. If you are into reading scary books that will keep you on the edge, I recoment that you read this story, because I sure liked it
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Summary: Great Book
Review: I never saw the movie version, but this was an excellent book. Fast paced, and a lot of action right from the begining. You won't put it down. Also has an excellent surprise ending. If you like cop shows and books, this is for you!
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Summary: All Fluff No Fun
Review: Though the characters in Deaver's novel are compelling and quirky, the story itself leaves much to be desired. I was forcing myself to turn the last few chapters because I realized something early on. The Bone Collector - the central killer - is not scary and you really don't care about any of his victims. The killer and his prey are merely structures to keep the main heroes revolving and moving. Though the book is fast paced, the action and the ending are hardly worth the effort. Even though Deaver is in much better command of the written word, I recommend Patterson's brisk storytelling over this sour brain candy novel.
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Summary: Another winner from Deaver
Review: This one was recommended to me by several of you out there, and thanks. Jeffery Deaver obviously puts a lot of research into his novels. A Maiden's Grave enlightened us on the lives of the Deaf, and now he enlightens us on the plights of the paralized. Lincoln Rhyme is a bitter quadrepalegic, formally one of the nation's top forensic criminologists, whose expertise is called upon to solve a rapid serial killing spree. It's a real page turner with suspense, surprises, and a few dashes of wit to boot. I also love it when an image is printed in your mind from the most bizarre of descriptions. Here he describes a terrified little girl: "Her tiny chest rose and fell and tears streamed down her face. Her mouth was open and the dot of her pink tongue seemed glued to the right arc of her lip." Man, how original is that? My only knock against the story was that I felt the evidence seemed to come just a little to easily towards the end. But what do I know? I'm not a detective. I'm sure luck comes into play in reality as well.
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Summary: Read the book, don't see the movie
Review: It took seeing the film version of "The Bone Collector" to get me to read the book. I am now sorry I did not do so when the book first appeared as a BOMC selection years earlier, for I missed the pleasure of discovering a new story incorporating all the formulae I hold dear-- New York past and present, cops, and a serial killer. "The Bone Collector" combines the more clincial aspects of "The Silence Of The Lambs" with the nostalgic period feel of the Caleb Carr books, resulting in a mixture that falls somewhat short of the other two, but is compelling enough in spite of the flaws that just miss making it a classic of the genre. And it should have been. There are two problems. One is that Deaver overloads the story with clinical detail, the other is his pacing gets slow at times; he uses recurrent scenes of NYPD bureaucratic ineptitude to flesh out the action, and purportedly keep the reader in suspense as protagonists and antagonist plot their next move. This flaw also shows up in the movie, which suffers from slow pacing at times as well. Where he succeeds best is his intermingling of the past and present with the psychology of his criminal. The Bone Collector, as he is known through most of the book, is a more interesting character than in the film. His motives are more credible, as Deaver shows how trauma and obsession often result in the development of serial killers. As the killings progress, the killer increasingly loses his perspective on reality, unsure whether he is in the past or present. This, coupled with the book excerpts the criminal is obsessed with, gives us more of a glimpse into the mind of the serial killer than does the movie, which jettisons Deaver's psychological complexity and political subplot in favor of a formulaic, mainstream drama of vengeance sought for past perceived injustices. Ho hum. But that's due to Jeremy Iacone's script, not Deaver's novel. "The Bone Collector", warts and all, is Deaver's breakthrough book, not only for being made into a big time Hollywood film, but in winning Deaver a slew of readers, myself included, who may otherwise not have discovered him. It is the book he will mostlikely be remembered for.
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Summary: superb!
Review: I just finished this book a minute ago, and I have to comment on what a great book it was! Jeffery Deaver is now one of my favorite authors, and I'm planning on reading his other books too. I hear from a friend I met online, that the movie is also excellent, so I'm looking forward to seeing that. If any of you are interested in reading books on serial killers, and forensics, I think you will find these titles also interesting: The Kay Scarpetta Series by Patiricia Cornwell (about 12 books) Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisI also read Hannibal by Thomas Harris but I didn't really like it. I'm not sure if you would or not. But anyways The bone collector was a GREAT book.
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Summary: Darkly fascinating
Review: The Bone Collector has the dark appeal of bestsellers like Hannibal and The Triumph and the Glory but is set in a more common environment than wartime or the twisted regions that pass for Hannibal Lector's mind. If you like Cornwell type books you'll like this one, they are quite similar.
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