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Fatal Voyage

Fatal Voyage

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Tempe Brennan strikes again.
Review: Kathy Reichs' latest Tempe Brennan thriller takes place in the lesser-visited half of Brennan's two homes, North Carolina. When a commercial jetliner crashes into the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan answers the call to help dig through the devastation. Little does she know that even the horrors involved in this gruesome task will not be the worst she is going to face in the coming days and weeks.

Always one to take great pride in her work and her professionalism, Tempe is devastated when charges are brought against her and she is thrown from the DMORT investigation and recovery team. Determined to clear her name, Tempe soon finds herself in a web of deceit and corruption with a history - and a present - that will rock the state to its core.

As always, Reichs presents a crisp story with compelling characters and a beautiful tangle of mysteries. Readers often compare Tempe Brennan to Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, and I can't say that I disagree with the assessment. However, I find that I am more willing to relate to Tempe Brennan than I am Kay Scarpetta, though I'm not sure why. Perhaps Reichs has not yet put Brennan in quite as many personally harrowing and extraordinary situations as Cornwell has placed Scarpetta in. Maybe it's the lack of multiple professional degrees (Scarpetta having both law and medical degrees). Or maybe it's just that Brennan is (marginally) closer to my age. Whatever it is, as much as I love Kay Scarpetta, I'm finding that I like Tempe Brennan even more.

I found Fatal Voyage to be very interesting, fast-paced, with believable characters and a plot that left your mind racing. I do think it would be of benefit to read Reichs' previous Brennan works to get a more complete feel for the characters and for Tempe's history, some of which plays into the plot of this novel. All in all, a great read, and does nothing to dissipate my overall admiration of Kathy Reichs.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Wealth of Details...
Review: If you are into medical examiner orented fiction then "Fatal Voyage" by Kathy Reich is the book for you.

Ms. Reich provides her loyal fans with a wealth of detail in her newest forensic thriller.

The characters are well-developed, the dialogue believable, and the plot intriguing. All key elements in the making of this most entertaining story.

John Savoy
Savoy International
Motion Pictures Inc

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fatal Voyage
Review: Living in a small town I find it hard to find good books, I ran out of books to read and just couldn't find anything worth reading, the only reason I picked this book up was the fact of the NTSB was in it. I got it home and started reading it, what a great book! I really enjoyed it. Reading other people's comments I will surely look into getting her other books.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great summer read!
Review: This is one in a series of forensic thrillers featuring Kathy Reichs' character, Dr. Temperance Brennan, a forensic anthropologist. Her characteer development is very good as is the plot. Keeps you guessing. Not a challenging read but a fun entertaining summer read. Make sure when you pick this one up that you have time to read the whole book because you won't want to put it down.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Reichs is improving.
Review: Someone has finally explained to Kathy Reichs that a mystery novel is generally focused on people rather than on social issues. Instead of the sledgehammer approach in her other books (cults are bad, biker gangs are bad) we finally get a novel with some plotting to back up her (admittedly fascinating) forensic details. The plot is still too Cornwall, and the coincidences stretch the point until it breaks, but this was a reasonably interesting effort.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Unusual
Review: The first 300 or so pages do not really offer action or a plausible plot. The readers interest is mainly centred on who wants to destroy Tempe and what may be wrong with this foot. But the author takes her time until we see any considerable progress. But then there is recompense. Suddenly the story gets faster and faster until it reaches a breathtaking climax. The last part makes the book a very good read, I admit. Whereas Tempe is very believable as a character, the baddies are not very conceivable, their motivation on the borderline of becoming ludicrous. But the metamorphosis from a mystery to a genuine horror story gives the novel some exciting elements. Unusual but interesting!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow, again
Review: Kathy Reichs delivers the good again in this exciting novel. While the series may not be great literature, they are very worth reading and the wealth of detail Reichs brings to her work is quite enjoyable. A fine read for those who like medical examiner oriented fiction.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This book gets completly repetitive and boring
Review: This book is interesting to say the least, but i just couldn't take it, she repeats everything a million times, and the scenery just becomes so mundane, and thats when she creates an unplausible incohesive plotline that sounds completley ridiculous, the characters are all 2 dimensional, she continually details scenes of her partner smoking as to add emotional emphasis but that's just a waste of ink and paper, The Forensic stuff about air crahes is very interesting, but you could read about that by doing a search on the internet, or buy a book about that, i felt that the author was rushing towards a deadline and had to have atleast 363 pages, it could have been squeezed into an easy 100-150 page read(or into an hour episode of CSI), but this just wasn't up to par

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: detail unmatched but story takes time
Review: The medical and historic detail of this writer is excellent, however, the story seems to drag on initially. The pace picks up in the second have of the book, and is worth giving a try. Some of the important details come out of non important characters who seem to be placed briefly in the story only to quickly insert these facts. The ending seems to come very quickly and some events need to be explained in the last few chapters. I like fast paced thrillers and this doesnt quite get there, but the detail is great if your into it. I wish I could give a 3.5 star review.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Fatal Voyage
Review: I have really enjoyed the series of books from Kathy Reichs. The contents of Fatel Voyage are good, and the facts are accurate. The story is quite meaty, although I do feel you have to read the series in order to truley understand all the contents. I found this book easy to read, and throughly enjoyable. I was however a little disapointed with the ending, but maybe that was due to the fact that I did not want it to end! A great read... enjoy!


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