Elisha's Bones

Pros: definitely a page turner. It'll keep your attention if you're looking for a fairly easy escape read. Plenty happens and the writing is good. Cons: some aspects of the book stretch believability. If you look at it too closely you'll probably find holes. Approach it as a fun little read on a boring Saturday afternoon, and I'd say it's worth it.


Just curious though? Could bones that old even stand to be handled like that? Wouldn't they crumble easily and require professional equipment to move them?

I enjoyed this. Yes, there was the odd slow spot or two but other than that, the pace was good and fairly typical for this type of adventure story. It was interesting to see the changes in the main character's drive and what influenced those changes. The only issue I had, being an Australian, was making it sound like it was cold, winter like when it's actually our summer. Other than that, good all round.

I can't resist books that look like religious thrillers. I don't know why, since I have yet to find one that's satisfying in any way. Elisha's Bones has an interesting enough premise. The bones of the biblical prophet Elisha have the power to bring back the dead, so an old, rich, and terminally ill man hires our protagonist (an skeptic archaeologist with a tragic past, natch) to find them and retrieve them. What follows is a bunch of globe trotting, whizzing bullets, and exploding cars, all leading to an extremely unsatisfying ending. Unfortunately there are no real surprises in this book and no real twists. You see what the author is about to do long before he does it and are left with a sense of disappointment.

I'm reading this at the same time I'm reading two other books, but so far I'm loving it. Wow. Definitely a great adventure story. Well written. Can't put it down. I'll be updating this review as soon as I'm finished!