Spider Bones: A Novel

I have been a fan of the TV version of Bones for years, but this is the first novel I have read. In many ways, I found the book Temperance Brennan to be the person portrayed on TV and the character felt familiar. In this story she solves the puzzle of several bodies whose identities have been scrambled over a period of decades. She does not work with a 'team' as she does on the show but does collaborate with other antropologists. The 'Booth' character of the TV version is quite different in the book. If you are a fan of the TV series, you will likely enjoy this novel - which I recognize is backwards if you were first a long time fan of the novels.

I enjoyed listening to the book. It was fun to have a different setting (and learn a little Hawaiian instead of a little French!). To correct a previous reviewer, Linda Emond has narrated most of Ms. Reich's books. There have been a few other readers, but Barbara Rosenblat was not one of them.

As always, I really enjoyed this latest Tempe Brennan novel which sported a fast-paced plot and good, intriguing science. The ultimate ending was a bit overly convoluted but it was well supported by the rest of the plot. I especially enjoyed the depictions of CIL-HI operations.

Readers who enjoyed Thomas Holland's One Drop of Blood will likely enjoy this and vice versa.

I was expecting a thrilling page-turner, but was greatly disappointed as the plot continually got bogged down by constant explanations of dry minutiae. The narrator tried hard to keep one's interest, but fought a losing battle when pitted against endless expositions on such trivia as the chain of command on reporting naval deaths in the Pacific, battles fought by various ancient Hawaiian kings, and much more. To me, it was as if Ms. Reichs worked harder to impress us with her brilliance and research abilities rather than treat us to a breathtaking ride through the pages of her novel.

As a college student I did my share of padding a paper to make it long enough. As a teacher, I have read many padded papers. Apparently Reich's didn't have enough of a plot line, so she padded the story with a lot of unnecessary information--not the forensic technical stuff, but other extraneous information The story gets bogged down with minutia.

I have, in the past, really enjoyed Ms. Reichs books which have been narrated by Barbara Rosenblat. The current narrator is a disappointment which, in turn, makes the book dull and uninteresting.

Main two characters. Those two always make for interesting combo

The ending

Yes, not bad. Male voices are weak

When they go to save daughter on cliff

At first boring, moved slowly then it started picking up and was very good

Yup. I like the series

I like the whole series

I wasn't a fan of the narrator

Nope. I enjoy listening to it as I'm walking my dog

Skip this narrator. After lstening to an hour, I had to archive it as the best thing I can say about the narrator is that it's a great cure for incomnia. I'll never listen to her again.

Kathy Reich is a favorite of mine, too bad it was so poorly narrated. This is the first time I've not thoroughly enjoyed an Audible book until now.

Not listened before but have read many other novels by her.She

Whoever narrated "The Dove Keepers." She's excellent

Nope

Every narrator is entitled to a clunker once in awhile, but I doubt I'll try this narrator again.

I personally enjoy listening to books while I work so my option would not be valid about the print version. I prefer to listen since I do not have the time to enjoy sitting and reading that often in my daily like.

The end of the book when it all comes together in the last 2 chapters finally Temperance is not having to get rescued! This was a much better book than her others because it was not as predictable as the rest over her series.