Bonnie

The book begins with a flashback describing the last night shared between Eve and Bonnie. Then the book moves quickly to the chase. Joe, Eve, Catherine Ling and John Gallo resume their hunt. Eve is captured and taken away from the others and is forcibly led through a Georgia state park. It's quite a journey. During this trip she has moments of hope and anticipation. There are also moments of despair and disbelief. Through this treacherous journey Eve learns exactly what happened to Bonnie that last day in the park.

This was sheer determination or stupidy on my part but I had to finish this trilogy, just to see what happend to Bonnie. I have to say, the ending was lame...but as far as I was concerned so was the beginning back at book show more one. To go through 3 books, and find out that is how she died, was very dissapointing. If you read "Eve" and "Quinn" then you can skip the first 2 chapters of "Bonnie" because all it does it re-cap. This book is totally metaphysical and actually, quite boring. It examines all of the characters' feelings and history, but it doesn't endear them to us. I hope Iris Johansen, who has proven in the past to be an excellent writer, never does this to her fans again. show less

"We see a little bit, but not the entire story. And no matter how hard we try, we're not going to be able to finish it until she's ready for it to be finished" (pg 46).....

The above quote pretty much sums up how I felt through the first half of this book. I have followed the series for years and was very excited about finally finding out what happened to Bonnie. I was expecting a grand finale...something explosive! In reality, it was a review of everything we already new and the predictable chase that ensued. Disappointment.

The only interesting aspect of the book was the secondary character Ben Hudson, and one can only assume judging by Iris Johansen's previous patterns, that we will most likely see him in a spin off book. The mystery show more surrounding Father Barnabas had promise with the implanting of memories scenario, but that storyline was quickly abandoned in favour of a much shorter and uninteresting outcome.

The book did improve in the last half (thus why I gave it 2 stars) and I guess I finally know what happened to Bonnie. The bottom line is that I think I have outgrown this author and am tired of the same repeated plots. I can't say I will never read her books again, but I certainly won't be rushing to do so. show less

It was interesting reading this series of Eve, Quinn and Bonnie.
I read my first Eve Duncan book close to 20 years ago and was fascinated by the book, the author, the style.
Went back for more of the same on and off. No matter the mystery, no matter the characters , at the heart of it all is Bonnie. After a while the series was a bit repetitive so let it go for quite a while.
Now I started and finished this trilogy.
Here let me say that this is a trilogy. The books are not standalone and cannot be read that way.
Eve : This was interesting. Goes back to a different time. Eve's childhood, her past a totally different kind of storyline. An nice back to the roots book.
Quinn: Its a good progression of the trilogy. Keeping the suspense , thrill show more on.
Bonnie: Was a bit of an anticlimax to understand how and why it all happened and seemed quite pointless. show less

A convoluted mystery about a little girl who went missing decades ago and the link to a currently missing boy. Had to skim through some of this because I found it tedious.

There was more twist and man hunt for the suspects to taking Bonnie. But I realy did not thought about the person that taken bonnie was the one that did. I was a real shock to me.

"Fresh Meat" by Leigh Neely for Criminal Element

Bonnie is a book long anticipated by Iris Johansen readers. The beautiful daughter of longtime character, Eve Duncan, Bonnie was abducted at age seven and hasn’t been seen since except in her mother’s dreams. (Or is her ghostly presence real?) Trying to go on with her life after facing a parent’s worst nightmare is difficult for Eve. However, she pulls on her inner resources, finishes her schooling, and becomes a forensic sculptor in order to help other families locate their missing relatives.

Johansen has said in various interviews that one of the questions she is always asked is, “When we will know what happened to Bonnie?” She always told readers she didn’t know. A writer show more dedicated to letting her characters evolve on their own timeline, Johansen wrote seven books featuring Eve Duncan and other recurring characters before deciding it was time to answer that question.

(Read the rest at http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2011/10/fresh-meat-iris-johansens-bonnie ) show less

Not what i expected in the end at all... But im glad it turned out the way it did