About this title: In this page-turning follow-up to the bestselling "Carved in Bone," the founder of the world-famous Body Farm delivers a story of a forensic anthropologist who must investigate the most personal case of his career.
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"While covering for the suspended medical examiner Jess discovers a body so mulitated and violated, she needs Dr. Bass to recreate the scene at his body farm. As they work through this case, their relationship becomes deeper and Dr Bass begins to leave his grief behind him. Not one to leave spoilers in reviews, another horrible murder occurs that rocks him to his foundation. Not only does he need to figure out the killer, he is also the main suspect in the murder. This book gives more details on forensics and doesn't make them hollywood."
"There were a lot of things I liked about this, the mystery was riveting, the developing relationship with its delicate dance, and some really interesting secondary characters. Where the book lost me was on the rather glib treatment of transgender issues, which played a pivotal role in the plot. This was treated entirely too lightly, just to get someone in the right place. There had to be a better way to handle this. The strange relationships between exes was given much better treatment.
"I enjoyed this, and will definitely check out the previous Body Farm novel (I don't think you lose anything by reading out of order). The authors tend to wander a bit with descriptions, but the forensics are interesting and the case is, too. There were a couple of surprising twists and turns. I didn't figure out the ending, but I think someone paying closer attention *may* have. But I don't think anyone would predict the turn half way through the book. Overall, this was a nice, easy read, a good mystery, and just enough science if you're into that kind of thing."
"I *really* wanted to like this book- especially after Dr. Brockton's anti-creationism rant. LOVED IT. but... I've enjoyed one of Dr. Bass' non-fiction books and looked forward to combination of fictional elements with a clinical expertise. Unfortunately, the fiction side of the writing team falls back on such trite cliches and repetitive descriptions such as "idling through the gate/driveway/road" among others. Really? Every single building is a block shape? Wow.
I would imagine that Knoxville residents or former UT students would totally eat up the detailed descriptions of the area, but I know the area fairly well and still found myself bored by the inclusion of the exact number of miles the narrator drove along a specific highway or where the traffic is worst.
Perhaps the most problematic thing is the author's inclusion of a more than fairly offensive transgender character and treatment of the gay culture that's kind of twitch-inducing. I suppose I could pat the author(s) on the back for including a trans character, but it was more problematic than sympathetic and the aforementioned trans character is a fairly offensive African American and transgender stereotype. pg 280: "...I got me a mind to go find that ex-husband and bitch-slap some sense into him. Bitch-slap me some po-lices, too. Some of them white-boy po-lices? They just dyin' to be bitch-slapped by a long-legged Nubian goddess...Next time somebody start messin' wif you, they gonna find theyself messin' wif me. Then they be in a mess."
NOTE: Having vented my frustrations with the book, it was compulsively readable- i read it all in a matter of hours and wouldn't be averse to reading another, though I'd read a non-fiction title by Dr. Bass first."
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