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Summary: it'll cool your warm heart on a summer day...
Review: just finished "Death du jour and all i can stay is move over Cornwall, Reichs is here. what a read. read her first book "Deja Dead, it was great but she is getting better. this is the kind of book to read on a hot day to cool down. can't wait to find out more aboutTempe and her cat, Birdie.
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Summary: Sorry, Not even close to a Deja Dead.
Review: I really enjoyed Deja Dead. Death Du Jour however seemed to be forced, frenetic, and padded. I felt there were a hundred pages in the middle that were rather experimental in style. Does the author gain some personal redemption discussing for a page why she did not spend the evening with her x-husband. Do we need all of the cliched discussion of the south and draped Spanish moss ending in probably one of the worst sentences to be published this year: "The tide of time itself ebbs tardily to the eternal sea"? (p. 170). This is not the dialog of a forensic anthropologist.Hey, I am not a professional critic. I have never read Patricia Cornwell. I eagerly await another tale of forensic sleuthing from Kathy Reichs who I'm sure has a great story to tell. Now just tell it!
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Summary: too many coincidences make for a sub par read
Review: I really enjoyed Deja Dead, Kathy Reich's first novel, and thought it was better than anything Patricia Cornwell had done in a while. But in this book, the plotting is just lazy. Brennan finds bodies related to her case while on an outing, the cases just happen to have ties near each of her homes-- Montreal and Charlotte, NC, someone from one case asks her help in finding someone and THEY also are part of her other case... and I thought it was bad when in the Robert Tannenbaum books, Butch and Marlene's cases are tied together coincidentally! At least they are only dealing with Manhattan, not half the Northern Hemisphere! This is like the Hardy Boys finding out they are really working on their dad's case, but at least Bayport is a small town. Especially irritating is the way information is withheld from the reader, while every chapter ends with Brennan's jaw dropping, her shivering in horror, or giving us foreboding that something bad is about to happen. Really? I think we expect that in a THRILLER! Also, the parallels with Cornwell are too much to ignore. Scarpetta's niece is an FBI trainee, Brennan's daughter wants to be a profiler (just how many of those ARE there, anyway?). Both have hot and cold relationships with cops. Maybe this was rushed because of the debut's success.
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Summary: Another winner from Kathy Reichs!
Review: I didn't think Kathy Reichs could surpass Deja Dead but Death du Jour is an exceptional book. It kept my interest from start to finish. She has, in my opinion, surpassed Cornwell. She goes into great detail when explaining forensic anthropology which I find fascination. She also brings her characters to life. I look forward to her next book!
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Summary: A fine read but not as good as Deja Dead
Review: I was very excited to finally get to read Death Du Jour, and while I wasn't disappointed, I was expecting more. The setting and the crimes were great, wonderfully thought out with great descriptions, but I felt the story lacked the emotional depth that Deja Dead had. But I did read Death du Jour all in one sitting, so that says something about the quality!
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Summary: so far so good...
Review: I'm only on page 59 but I'm enjoying this book very much. I like the meticulous step-by-step way Reichs describes how bones are packaged and prepared for transportation. Very interesting. I will, however, be a nit-picky reader and point out that in the paragraph on page 52 about the hockey game on TV that Don Cherry's commentary takes place after the FIRST period, not the second period as Reichs says. Maybe this is something only a Canadian (and hockey fan) would notice but it is quite important for realism. In Montreal, hockey is akin to religion for many people...
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Summary: A Great read..thoroughly engrossing...couldn't put it down.
Review: Reichs has really scored a hit with this one.I found myself putting it down to get in the shower, and toweling off afterwards with it in one hand..(my personal test for an absorbing book.)I think she equals Cornwell, and although her sister is even less appealing than Cornwells niece, There is less time spent on her so I did not feel that detracted from the story in any way.. Way to go Kathy Reichs
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Summary: First-rate second novel from a new master!
Review: Reich's first novel was merely compelling reading. Death du Jour is an outstanding piece of fiction; a masterfully woven tale which includes religion, cults, and the evil that persons do! This latest installment in the trials and tribulations of Temperance Brennan is bound to entice her reader to dig deeper into one of two areas: psychology or forensic sciences. As a student of forensic anthropology, it makes me proud to see such a factual representation of this discipline from a woman in the field.
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Summary: I couldn't put this book down!
Review: I live in Montreal and my friends and I have been waiting for this book all winter. Now that I have read it (in one sitting interrupted by a few naps and pots of tea) it was definitely worth the wait. Kathy Reichs gave a slide lecture on her forensic work at Victoria Hall in Westmount the other night and it was fantastic. Anyone who has the chance to hear her should go. Both books are gripping and scary. We in Montreal are thrilled with Dr. Reichs' success as we claim 1/2 of her for ourselves.
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Summary: Definitely hooked!
Review: I can't help but compare Reichs to Cornwell. Death Du Jour is much more grisly than anything Cornwell has written. But the clinical detachment Reichs uses makes it more of a learning experience than a total gross-out. I really enjoyed Deja Dead and Death Du Jour, I only wish we knew more about Ryan and Claudel. . .maybe next time. It's an excellent book, nonetheless.
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