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A review by laurapk
Spider Bones by Kathy Reichs
1.0
Nope!
Quick and unsubstantial read, overloaded of irrelevant history and a really predictable plot.
Plus - no emotional attachment to the characters.
You can skip this one in the series and moved to the next one.
The book hurries through cases, coincidences, Hawaiian history, but takes no time to connect with the characters. The only little tickle of emotion came from Ryan's relationship with his daughter, but even that was so severely downplayed. As usual, I feel like Andrew Ryan is a more complex and compelling character in this series.
Spoilers ahead:
There were also obvious lapses of logic for Dr. Brennan, that were way too obvious for me as a reader. E.g.: when "Spider's" mother couldn't receive a kidney from her son, why would she assume there may have been a paternity problem? It wasn't the father needing a kidney, it was the mother, so obviously, the maternity was a problem. From there to realizing the mother had to be a chimera it was too easy. First, the chimera trope is already being overused in mysteries and 2, while I appreciate the mention of a real maternity-contested case because of chimerism, the bat-over-the-head listing of how many cases of chimerism there can be was totally unnecessary. I had the ending of the novel figured out by chapter 30. There are 40 chapters. The last 10 ones were unnecessary.
And yes. Brennan gets knocked in the head again. At least not in the finale. Which felt rushed, but at least we didn't get any villain exposition.
Quick and unsubstantial read, overloaded of irrelevant history and a really predictable plot.
Plus - no emotional attachment to the characters.
You can skip this one in the series and moved to the next one.
The book hurries through cases, coincidences, Hawaiian history, but takes no time to connect with the characters. The only little tickle of emotion came from Ryan's relationship with his daughter, but even that was so severely downplayed. As usual, I feel like Andrew Ryan is a more complex and compelling character in this series.
Spoilers ahead:
There were also obvious lapses of logic for Dr. Brennan, that were way too obvious for me as a reader. E.g.: when "Spider's" mother couldn't receive a kidney from her son, why would she assume there may have been a paternity problem? It wasn't the father needing a kidney, it was the mother, so obviously, the maternity was a problem. From there to realizing the mother had to be a chimera it was too easy. First, the chimera trope is already being overused in mysteries and 2, while I appreciate the mention of a real maternity-contested case because of chimerism, the bat-over-the-head listing of how many cases of chimerism there can be was totally unnecessary. I had the ending of the novel figured out by chapter 30. There are 40 chapters. The last 10 ones were unnecessary.
And yes. Brennan gets knocked in the head again. At least not in the finale. Which felt rushed, but at least we didn't get any villain exposition.