I'm going to be the outlier on this one. I just did not care for it. The writing was fine, although for me, there were just too many forensic details. I didn't connect with the characters at all. The book was boring to me. It was a real chore to read. So much so, I gave up and DNF at 80% after mostly skimming through because I just didn't care. I was not even curious to find out who the bone collector was; I was that disinterested in this story. I am, however, in the minority.

Locard's Exchange Principle: Whenever two human beings come in contact, something from one is exchanged to the other and vice versa.

Oh to be in a room with Rhyme, Sachs, Sellito, Banks, Cooper, Dobyns and Thom...

The Bone Collector, I think, is my first swing at the mind boggling world of forensics investigation and I couldn't have asked for a better introduction. I don't want to get ahead of myself but I am fairly certain this wont ever be topped (Open to suggestions though.)
Kudos Jeffery Deaver for creating a compelling, stimulating, twisted, intricate(fucking intricate!!), intriguing, grotesque and thoroughly satisfying story.

Although I wanted to dock half a star for some unwanted sidesteps and those unbearable bits of "americanness" but it did make me cry at the end so yeah it gets a straight 5.
Also, why tf am I crying after reading "these" books, notice a pattern here?

Whatever you do, DO NOT listen to the audiobook. It brings the reading experience down several notches. So robotic. Monotone. Siri would do a better job at narrating it.


Otherwise, a great start to what I’m going to assume is a great crime thriller series.

I read this some time ago. And before the movie with similar name with I believe started Denzel. It was intriguing, frightening too, and could be a sort of a trigger to some.
Deaver's style is a mind, throat grabber when he deals with touching a dark side. Don't overlook him if you're just "thinkin' on" pickin a book he's penned.--P/