Devil Bones review

Title: Devil Bones
Author: Kathy Reichs
Serie: Temprance Brennan
#: 11
Publisher: Scribner
Published Date: August 26th 2008
Paperback edition
Cover Rating: C
Book Rating: D


"In a house under renovation, a plumber uncovers a cellar no one knew about, and makes a rather grisly discovery - a decapitated chicken, animal bones, and cauldrons containing beads, feathers, and other relics of religious ceremonies. In the center of the shrine, there is the skull of a teenage girl. Meanwhile, on a nearby lakeshore, the headless body of a teenage boy is found by a man walking his dog." "Nothing is clear - neither when the deaths occurred, nor where. Was the skull brought to the cellar or was the girl murdered there? Why is the boy's body remarkably well preserved? Led by a preacher turned politician, citizen vigilantes blame devil worshippers and Wiccans. They begin a witch hunt, intent on seeking revenge." Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan - "five-five, feisty, and forty-plus" - is called in to investigate, and a complex and gripping tale unfolds in this, Kathy Reichs's eleventh taut, always surprising, scientifically fascinating mystery.


Review: I am dissappointed by this book. The idea of the storyline and plot are great, I thought it was even creepy finding all the riual stuff in a basement.. but I have to say the book is not that good or creepy. I slept through the first chapter (not joking) and there were about 5 chapters more which were sleepable.
There is a cool and twist past the half, totally unexpected one! but the author does not take too much advantage of that. Instead, the last half of the book was guessing some code. I would have taken the thing that happened to another level of creepiness..
The cool thing is that Reichs is a real life forensic anthropologist. There are some pages in which she explains scientifically some events when they find a body, I liked that a lot. But otherwise, the main character, Brennan at least the half of the book is much more worried about her love life mess than anything else.
I wished it had more action, using the wiccans, sorcerers and the rest of religions in the book.
Overall, it is an ok book. Read it if you have very much spare time.