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Monday Mourning: A Novel [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Kathy Reichs (Author) "AS THE TUNE PLAYED INSIDE MY HEAD, GUNFIRE EXPLODED IN the cramped underground space around me ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Scribner; Largeprint edition (Jun 29 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743262646
ISBN-13: 978-0743262644
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 613 g

Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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Forensic scientist Tempe Brennan isn't happy: it's freezing in Montreal, her detective boyfriend is giving her the cold shoulder and her macho colleagues won't take her seriously. When Reichs's heroine is called in to examine three skeletons discovered in the basement of a pizza parlor at the start of the seventh installment in this popular series, her instincts tell her a crime was recently committed. Chauvinistic homicide detective Luc Claudel doesn't agree, but Tempe forges ahead and soon discovers that the victims are young women, probably teenagers killed sometime in the 1980s. Already feeling vulnerable because she's left her beloved daughter, Katy, back home in North Carolina, Tempe is further troubled by the indifference of formerly avid lover Andrew Ryan (another Montreal detective). Meanwhile, new developments lead Tempe and her reluctant colleagues to suspect a creepy former pawn store owner of serial kidnappings, torture and grisly murder. What's best about Reichs, and often unappreciated in reviews, is not the informative detail that she brings to Tempe's forensic sleuthing, though that's certainly engrossing. It's the same well-observed detail and incisive analysis applied to other aspects of the story. Tempe deconstructs Ryan's every evasive gesture and casual comment and describes an ominously darkened room, the glow from a UV light and an armada of snow plows with vivid precision. Here, as previously, readers will be as invested in Tempe's life as in her case.
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The latest novel by Kathy Reichs again features Tempe Brennan, forensic anthropologist for North Carolina and Quebec--the same role Reichs occupies in real life. While the geography is unusual, Reichs's stories are interesting, educational, well-written, and fun. In this title, Brennan discovers the skeletons of three women in the basement of a pizzeria. Of course, it's Brennan's further "digging" that eventually uncovers the murderer. Michelle Pawk has a soft but strong voice, which she uses effectively, changing her style as Brennan's emotions ebb and flow. Pawk is especially effective when Brennan reveals her feelings about chauvinist detective Luc Claudel and Detective Andrew Ryan, whom Brennan adores, but whose actions leave her wondering if his feelings are reciprocal. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gruesome and Page-Turning, Oct 17 2007

By	N. Manning (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Monday Mourning: A Tempe Brennan Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

This seventh entry in the Temperance Brennan series is just as good as expected. I won't give anything away, but this case quite made my heart pound as it somewhat resembled a true case which happened very close to where I live and that very same case was even mentioned in the text! Truly gruesome and page-turning, especially the last 50 pages, just as I expect when I read Kathy Reichs.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Please finish writing BEFORE sending book to printer, Oct 21 2004

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I quite liked Kathy Reichs' other books--the plots are usually nicely complex, and she is absolutely at her best when she has Tempe unravel the mysteries using forensic anthropology. This time, things have really gone downhill:

(1) The characterization is just silly--the mysterious goings-on of Andrew Ryan puzzle, anger and hurt Tempe, but this highly intelligent woman doesn't simply ASK him what's going on? Are we supposed to believe that suddenly she has the self-confidence and/or petulance of an infatuated early teenager? And someone of her intelligence is supposed to go charging ALONE, of her own volition, into...well, you can read this part for yourself. But I warn you, it's utterly implausible.

(2) We know that short sentence fragments and lots of brief dialogue can quicken the pace of a story, but Reichs WAY overuses this device--it goes on for pages and pages, numerous times in the book. The result looks as though she published her notes for the novel instead of finishing the novel itself.

(3) About the use of French for "local colour": I'm a bilingual anglophone originally from Montreal, and I was actually offended at the number of misspellings and syntactical errors that were not proofread out. Gille? Contra? Did someone say Reichs is fluent in French? Not on your life. If you're going to sprinkle the book with French phrases, PLEASE do it right--at the very least, get a proofreader to help you.

I would like to think that it's deadline pressure from the publisher, rather than Reichs herself, that is responsible for this piece of sloppy workmanship. I MUCH prefer Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta books these days--fascinating forensic medicine and FAR better and more subtle characterization, dialogue, and plotting. I'm eagerly awaiting the next Kathy Reichs book and hoping it will be done with more time, effort and attention to detail--like her other books.

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2.0 out of 5 stars No forgiveness..., Oct 18 2004

By	Marc (Montr�al, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monday Mourning: A Novel (Hardcover)

I am from Montr�al. I've read all Ms. Reichs' books in English and enjoyed most of them for plots, characters, etc... except for one thing that I now find VERY anoying:

By placing the action of her books in Montr�al, which is a French-speaking city with specific French characteristics, one would expect the author to be careful to the the use of numerous French expressions and the spelling of existing places you find in Montr�al... and that you also find in her books.

Unfortunately, that part of her work is so neglected I could not enjoy that latest book. So many spelling mistakes, French idioms that don't exist, unrealistic phrasing of dialogues in French.

I am somewhat deceived by Ms Reichs' attitude, especially since reviews of her previous books by local newspapers specifically mentionned that. There's also the fact that the author spends time in Montr�al for her work as an anthropologist. She should know the city, the language, or at least have the decency of having her work double-checked by local editors or writers... who are also her readers.

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