dull garden

The Bone Garden / Tess Gerritsen is a stand alone novel with what is almost a cameo appearance of Maura Isles.

I didn't like this book. I couldn't even bring myself to finish it, although I did go and read the ending before I gave up on it completely in the off chance that it would improve at all by the end, it didn't.

Not too long ago I would have finished the book regardless, the hours of my life that I had already put in would seem wasted if I didn't finish that damned thing. Not so much anymore. Now I feel like I am getting back some of my life by stopping right now, before I waste anymore of my time on this.

What I found frustrating about The Bone Garden was the swapping between two time periods. The stories although interrelated were almost forced in the way they interacted, not quite running parallel and feeding the combined narrative enough.

My opinion is prejudiced by my dislike of historical fiction making it difficult for me to empathise with the characters in that period. I craved more story from the current day, and when this was not forthcoming I decided to skip ahead and see how things turned out.

Gerritsen provides quite wonderful imagery of both the modern day and historical aspects of the story. Although I did not enjoy this outing, fans will find her usual suspense and action are apparent and worthy of some attention. Even though I didn't find this story to my liking, I will continue to read Gerritsen's work in the future, and look forward to her next book.