Fährte Des Todes - Ein Fall Für Tempe Brennan (2014) - Plot & Excerpts
I do not have an issue with short stories. I write them as a matter of fact. That being said, I do not feel that this series lends itself to short stories. There are aspects of Reich's stories that I have come to expect and short stories just do not give her time to address these aspects. While I enjoy the Brennan novels, they can be rather formulaic. What makes me not care about their formulaic nature are the relationships and banter which are very much apart of her novels. Her characterization is great. This short story applied her typical formula without including that interaction with the characters and I sorely missed it. That being said, the premise was interesting and, as always, well researched. Overall, I did enjoy the story, I just felt it was missing something. It is no secret that I like the Bones series by Kathy Reichs. This was her first all digital book. It was short and uncomplicated. I think if it had been a printed book, the second set of bones would have yielded another story. As it was, the second set alluded to a story that was not investigated. The murder mystery was pretty uneventful as Bones mysteries go, but it had a couple twists and turns. The message of the book came at the end, which seemed a bit contrived. The message was a good one, but I would have preferred it to be more central to the plot. The one thing that irritated me more than anything was the sentence structure. There were way too many fragments, very careless writing. Maybe she is too busy these days producing the TV series, co-writing with her son, and trying to continue her own writing career. Maybe it is just a digital way of writing, but I did not like it. I like sentences to be like plots, complete.
What do You think about Fährte Des Todes - Ein Fall Für Tempe Brennan (2014)?
Very good short story. Nice twists and message. Reichs should write more short stories.
—deepti
wish this would have been a full book instead of a short story
—Conjohn20
To much technical information and not enough story.
—ann
