Bones never lie
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Average rating3.9
Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD's Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she's been asked to meet with a homicide cop who's a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common -- the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan, and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue -- unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath. But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another's throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness.
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20 primary books23 released booksTemperance Brennan
Temperance Brennan is a 23-book series with 23 primary works first released in 1997 with contributions by Kathy Reichs and Lee Child.
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The 2 star rating doesn't have anything to do with the story which was actually quite good. And, as many have noted, one of the better books of hers of late.
However, I find that I'm really upset by (and can't get past) a description she gives of her neighbor whose daughter has been watching her cat:
“Yvonne Marcus could have made an orca feel small. I guessed her weight at close to 300 pounds.”
This, to me, just feels mean and insulting and it ruined the whole book for me. Even though she goes on to say the woman has beautiful skin, the damage is done. It's like people who say that someone would be so pretty if they just lost weight or that they have a beautiful face and think that this is a compliment - it's not.
Anyway, it wouldn't be okay for her to make a derogatory comment about a black neighbor or a gay neighbor - and even the people in the book who are not nice people don't get body shamed. So, why is this okay? It's not. You want to add color and mention that the woman is large? Fine. But to say she'd make an orca look small? So. Rude.
