Deja Dead Proof (Temperance Brennan, #1)

by Kathy Reichs

• ISBN10: 0434881562
• ISBN13: 9780434881567
• Publish Date: 17 July 1997
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 10 January 2005
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Cornerstone
• Imprint: William Heinemann Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

This was my second attempt at reading this book, the first time I only made it a few chapters. I'm glad I stuck with it this time, it turned into a darn good story. I think it could benefit from a little bit of editing; the book felt like it was way too long and there were some parts that didn't add to the story. But overall, I liked the characters (for some reason, I kept picturing Claudel as Clouseau) and although I'm not familiar with Montreal, the descriptions were vivid.

I picked this book up because I really like the Bones TV show and I was expecting something different than what I got. Even though it was different, I still enjoyed this book. If you take it away from the Bones series and think of it as a different entity the book is pretty good.

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

I was surprised by how much this booked sucked me in. After reading the reviews on Good Reads, I was prepared to be disappointed since I love the show Bones. The story was well written with just the right amount of information and reveal for a solid mystery. I didn't feel duped or disappointed at the end. I'm not sure if I'll read the other novels in the series as the character growth was a little weak, but perhaps has the series goes on, there will be more of that.

[ibeforem]

I’m a fan of the tv show Bones, and have had this series recommended to me numerous times, so I was looking forward to this book! I already knew that the tv show was only loosely based on the books, so I wasn’t surprised when I found out the book Tempe was older than the tv one, and that there is no Booth. Still, my knowledge of the show created a sort of disconnect for me, and I found myself reading this as though the book Tempe was an older version of the tv Tempe.

All of that aside, I did enjoy this, though I didn’t fall in love with it. It took me a while to warm up to Tempe, though I enjoyed the emotion she showed that the tv Tempe is often missing. There’s a lot of detail in this book so it’s not for the squeamish, but the plot is solid and keeps you guessing right up to the very end. It’s definitely a series I will read more of.