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Couldn't stand the character of Lincoln Rhyme. Yes he's a suicidal quadrapeligic so he's not going to be the nicest person in the world but the way he didn't seem to care in the slightest about the victims (especially one who wasn't dead) really put me off. Maybe he actually developed a personality a caring nature later but I didn't fancy reading another two hundred pages to find out. Overly long explanations on forensic investigation wasn't the most exciting either but as this is quite an old book (at least in terms of crime novels) I can forgive it of that.
I guess Jeffery Deaver isn't an author for me.

I am always looking for a new mystery author. Just found one! I really enjoyed the format of the book and the play of the cast off of each other. It sure was a surprise ending!

First time reader of this author and now i am hooked. This was such a great, easy and creative series. i was hooked after the first page.

The characters were easy to fall in love with and follow, along with the story. the author made the mental visions so easy and vivid of the surroundings and the characters actions felt so real.

i would highly recommend this author and this series.

Buenísimo! He encontrado un nuevo autor favorito. Creo que terminaré este año con esta serie.

By far, Jeffery Deaver is the one author with that uncanny ability to develop plot twists and very complex characters that leave you stunned to the end. If you've seen the movie, trust me, the books are far more ingenious and developed as compared to what we were presented with on the silver screen. The Bone Collector is a series novel starring Lincoln Rhyme, our famous forensics expert bound to his bed and mobile wheelchair.

Reading this novel I am reminded to never commit a crime. The art of forensics as described by Deaver leaves one little doubt as to trace evidence left behind at a crime scene. Of course, this leaves Deaver no choice but to create such stunning criminal minds that they are indeed a match for our hero Lincoln Rhyme...that the possibility does exist to get away with it in spite of Mr. Rhyme's calculating mind.

But it's not just about the crime...primarily Deaver takes his time as he develops his cast of characters across a whole series of ingenious books...enveloping all of the primary human emotions within such characters: from romance, to jealousy, to hatred, to loyalty, betrayal, and so forth.

P.S. Same review for the whole series. If you've read this review of Lincoln Rhyme, you've read them all.

A murderer on the loose in New York City who leaves clues about his next crime. It is up to a criminalist Lincoln Rymes to figure out these clues and try to stop him. Rymes is paralyzed from the neck down. This is a thriller of a book and I enjoyed it very much. I thought the villian was very frightening and the characters in the book had depth. I had no idea who the murderer was and it totally caught me by surprise (which is a good thing when reading this type of book). I think the only reason I did not give this 5 stars is I saw the movie years ago and I had a notion of Denzel and Angelina as the main characters. I like going into a book with a blank slate. This is the first of a series and one which I will continue.

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Lincoln Rhyme is a quadriplegic criminalist who really wants to die. Following a horrific accident while investigating a crime scene, he is left with the ability to turn his head and has a tiny bit of movement in his left ring finger. He got a big settlement and has a full time caregiver and a nice apartment overlooking Central Park but life sucks for him (which I had no problem imagining).

A crime occurs while Amelia Sachs is on duty and she does a good job securing the crime scene despite the criticism she gets from higher ups. The crime committed is so obscure that Ryhme’s former partner asks him to review what’s been gathered so far. And the story flies from there.

I enjoyed the combination of the criminal investigation with all the medical details of the protagonist’s situation. I disliked all the acronyms used - I just could not remember them all, and then, Voila! - At the end of a book is an appendix with all the names and explanations for all those capital letters and abbreviations. I wish that would have been at the front of the book. A physical book, I’d have caught it, but I seldom scroll through to the end of a book on Kindle.

I will definitely be reading the next one in this series.


ATY Goodreads Challenge - 2022
#31 - a book published at least 10 years ago

Forensics was definitely the main plus-point of this book. Its graphic scenes of torture were definitely its biggest drawback. It was far too much, everyone in the book club felt the same way. The rat scene in particular was atrocious. I still baulk and shiver thinking about it now. Ugh.

It's a shame as the author clearly did a lot of research into forensics and some of that was interesting (although it still wasn't water-tight, there were some little mistakes). But there were other problems too, such as with characterisation; I know this is never usually a priority in these types of book but I feel like the author was trying to humanise his characters but failed, and I also thought a lot of the drama related to Lincoln and whether he would or wouldn't attempt assisted suicide was pointless when the book cover screams out to us that this is the first book in a whole series of Lincoln Rhyme.

I did really like the twist at the very end, but it was too little too late I'm afraid. The graphic descriptions of torture were just too much and, though I like a good mystery this has reinforced to me that I shall have to tread warily in this genre from now on. I have definitely been put off reading this particular author again.

Chuyện thám tử đi lòng vòng nghe ngóng lời khai, quan sát hiện trường, suy luận rồi đưa ra kết quả á, xưa như Trái Đất rồi. Thám tử bây giờ nằm một chỗ, nhìn dấu giày, phân tích các loại bụi, và hàng hà sa số các thể loại những điều bé tí xíu khác mà tưởng chừng như vô hại, lại có thể phá án. Thật là kì diệu mà huhu :(((

Đọc đi các bạn, mình thề là cuốn sách này hay lắm, hay tới nỗi mình không biết review cho nó thế nào, cứ chần chừ mãi, cuối cùng lại thành ra cái review ngắn cũn cỡn thế này :((( Nhưng mình THỀ là nó TUYỆT VỜI, thiệt luôn! Mình cũng có xem phim, nhưng phim hong bằng truyện đâu, với cả phim lâu rồi nên kiểu cũng hơi cũ cũ í.

An excellent book, written by a very clever person. The plot is attractive and twists in the final, the characters are strong, Deaver seems to know a lot about forensic and psychology.
only for stars for three reasons:
- the forensic is a little too morbid (Rhyme's suicidal story, the pattern of the assassin) and quite technical for the average reader
- the cops are fighting to avoid murders, only to concede forensic in the final pages
- Sachs escapes too narrowly from being buried, also the little girl from being eaten by the dogs.

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?

Having watched the movie before reading the book, it wasn't difficult to get through. However, the forensics as it is written can get pretty confusing. I kept thinking if the forensics were this easy we'd never have a problem solving a murder. I was given the impression by several readers that Rhyme was a 'whiner' and a 'disabled' asshole. Meh, no more than what was shown in the movie. Now having read what Rhyme was going through, I'd have seriously thought of assisted suicide myself. No human or animal should suffer needlessly, ever. No wonder he was such an ass. I suppose I did have a hard time not thinking of Denzel Washington while reading this novel and really wished some other actor played the part in the movie. I don't much care for Denzel. Never have.

I really enjoyed the plot, though it was confusing sometimes. It seems a little more clinical to me than other thrillers and with no way to get to know the victims or the killer in a simple way. The suspense is there, but when you have to concentrate on the in's and out's of forensics, you can lose some of the anticipation that is supposed to build. I found myself so wrapped up in trying to understand the forensics that I became frustrated with certain parts and had to skip them. The writer is certainly brilliant though and I would pick up the next in the series, if I can just remind myself to visualize a different actor.