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Body of Evidence #4
Meets the Eye
A violent crime spree in Somerset and Cambridge turns up suspects who have been dead and buried for a long time. Original.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 2000
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Christopher Golden
798 books2,960 followersCHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com
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March 20, 2019
I have no idea who this book was written for.
For the first fifty to a hundred pages I was looking at this as something similar to Nancy Drew: juvenile fiction staring an older teenage detective or, in this case, an 18-year-old medical-examiner-in-training. The writing style was extremely similar with college-aged characters talking and acting in believable, but child-appropriate ways. Then we got to the frat scene and that comparison flew out the window. It was jarring to have a narrative written like upper-elementary fiction suddenly start talking about keg stands and girls lifting up their shirts.
So, not juvenile fiction then, which means I have to review this for adult readers.
I can't recommend this to any adult reader. As previously mentioned, the writing style isn't one I think would appeal to most adults and the mystery is no where near good enough for any adult to buy. The supposed master mind behind everything is someone who could not have done what they were supposed to have done.
The basic plot of this thing is that men who are supposed to be dead and buried are suddenly committing crimes. When you interact with these men, they seem confused and brain-dead. So, zombies. When you have zombies, you get things like fake bodies in graves and bodies being sneaked out of morgues. You would, therefore, reasonably expect to learn how all that was done or to have the villain of the piece be someone who obviously could have done that with ease. It's not. It's who I didn't buy for a second. The book didn't even set this person up as a potential suspect with clues for us to look back on. The only reason I can give as to why I should believe this is the villain is because the book says so. It's an ending that fits the juvenile writing style, but not the adult themes or descriptions.
I feel bad giving this thing one star because I didn't struggle to get through this. I actually stayed up an extra fifteen minutes to finish it last night since I wanted to see what happened. However, since I cannot think of a single audience I'd recommend this to and because the villain was so poorly done, one star it is.
For the first fifty to a hundred pages I was looking at this as something similar to Nancy Drew: juvenile fiction staring an older teenage detective or, in this case, an 18-year-old medical-examiner-in-training. The writing style was extremely similar with college-aged characters talking and acting in believable, but child-appropriate ways. Then we got to the frat scene and that comparison flew out the window. It was jarring to have a narrative written like upper-elementary fiction suddenly start talking about keg stands and girls lifting up their shirts.
So, not juvenile fiction then, which means I have to review this for adult readers.
I can't recommend this to any adult reader. As previously mentioned, the writing style isn't one I think would appeal to most adults and the mystery is no where near good enough for any adult to buy. The supposed master mind behind everything is someone who could not have done what they were supposed to have done.
The basic plot of this thing is that men who are supposed to be dead and buried are suddenly committing crimes. When you interact with these men, they seem confused and brain-dead. So, zombies. When you have zombies, you get things like fake bodies in graves and bodies being sneaked out of morgues. You would, therefore, reasonably expect to learn how all that was done or to have the villain of the piece be someone who obviously could have done that with ease. It's not. It's who I didn't buy for a second. The book didn't even set this person up as a potential suspect with clues for us to look back on. The only reason I can give as to why I should believe this is the villain is because the book says so. It's an ending that fits the juvenile writing style, but not the adult themes or descriptions.
I feel bad giving this thing one star because I didn't struggle to get through this. I actually stayed up an extra fifteen minutes to finish it last night since I wanted to see what happened. However, since I cannot think of a single audience I'd recommend this to and because the villain was so poorly done, one star it is.
June 6, 2014
I enjoyed this one also, although I'm beginning to think it is a curse to know Jenna.
November 23, 2017
Love this series!
I first read these a decade ago when they came out and was thrilled to find them again on Kindle Unlimited. I love the mystery and am a die-hard fan of Jenna and Danny.
I first read these a decade ago when they came out and was thrilled to find them again on Kindle Unlimited. I love the mystery and am a die-hard fan of Jenna and Danny.
June 4, 2019
Love the 90's references!
December 23, 2025
My nostalgic journey continues with this series. Great? No. Worth reading? Yes.
November 11, 2012
Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com
Every time I start reading a book in the Body of Evidence Series, I'm immediately reminded of how much I enjoy the actual mysteries that abound in these stories. Sure, I love the characters, especially Jenna Blake, but the interesting story lines are what keep this series fresh, fun, exciting, and interesting.
After the last case that Jenna worked on in the Somerset Medical Examiner's office (SOUL SURVIVOR), she decided she'd had enough. She quit her job as a deiner for the M.E., even though she had become friends with both Dr. Slikowski and Al Dyson. She's spending more time with her best friends, Yoshiko and Hunter, and she's finally becoming an actual girlfriend to Damon. She hasn't done much looking back or wavering about quitting her job--well, maybe a little--since she made her decision, until two things change her mind: 1) during a frat party at DTD, a freshman drops dead at her feet and even her CPR attempts fail to revive him, and 2) Jenna sees with her own two eyes what appears to be someone bringing a dead person back to life--as a zombie.
Jenna knows that, scientifically, there is no room allowed for zombies or people who come back from the dead. But when a body comes alive and starts screaming during its autopsy, all of her previous beliefs fly out the window. Suddenly, Jenna is thrust into yet another mystery, this one of mind-bending proportions. Why are seemingly dead people coming back to life to commit crimes? How can a person be declared dead only to come back to life on a steel slab? Why are these "zombies" acting as if their brain power is gone, doing only violent, evil things instead of the normal, sane things they did before their "deaths"?
And when this time it's Dyson who gets a little too close to danger, Jenna and Slick must work together to put an end to this zombie business--before someone else ends up being one of the undead.
Once again, I read this installment in the life and times of Jenna in one sitting. Although I stayed up past midnight to do it (thanks, Mr. Golden!) I wasn't disappointed in the least. And, as always, I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
Every time I start reading a book in the Body of Evidence Series, I'm immediately reminded of how much I enjoy the actual mysteries that abound in these stories. Sure, I love the characters, especially Jenna Blake, but the interesting story lines are what keep this series fresh, fun, exciting, and interesting.
After the last case that Jenna worked on in the Somerset Medical Examiner's office (SOUL SURVIVOR), she decided she'd had enough. She quit her job as a deiner for the M.E., even though she had become friends with both Dr. Slikowski and Al Dyson. She's spending more time with her best friends, Yoshiko and Hunter, and she's finally becoming an actual girlfriend to Damon. She hasn't done much looking back or wavering about quitting her job--well, maybe a little--since she made her decision, until two things change her mind: 1) during a frat party at DTD, a freshman drops dead at her feet and even her CPR attempts fail to revive him, and 2) Jenna sees with her own two eyes what appears to be someone bringing a dead person back to life--as a zombie.
Jenna knows that, scientifically, there is no room allowed for zombies or people who come back from the dead. But when a body comes alive and starts screaming during its autopsy, all of her previous beliefs fly out the window. Suddenly, Jenna is thrust into yet another mystery, this one of mind-bending proportions. Why are seemingly dead people coming back to life to commit crimes? How can a person be declared dead only to come back to life on a steel slab? Why are these "zombies" acting as if their brain power is gone, doing only violent, evil things instead of the normal, sane things they did before their "deaths"?
And when this time it's Dyson who gets a little too close to danger, Jenna and Slick must work together to put an end to this zombie business--before someone else ends up being one of the undead.
Once again, I read this installment in the life and times of Jenna in one sitting. Although I stayed up past midnight to do it (thanks, Mr. Golden!) I wasn't disappointed in the least. And, as always, I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
August 4, 2015
Amazon Prime lend for August 2015.
Could not wait to read it.
Fast read and once again a great book in the series.
Comparing this to other books, I prefer this short read to the longer ones, where often the story drags, often in the middle, and a lot of added descriptions (places, plants, animals) is unnecessary and does add nothing to the story or suspense.
With Zombies and the real background, I was surprised, that no book by Wade Davis was mentioned, I read the The Serpent and the Rainbow (which was filmed as a Horror-Movie by Wes Craven). While film is questionable, but I really like it, the books is no fiction, but a real life account about a pharma-concern who sends a young doctor (Davis) on a strange journey to discover chemical substances for use in medicine - and one of them is the the combination of poison, mentioned in the Jenna Blake-book which is used to fake death and control people. The Davis-book is complete with pictures, and I highly recommend it.
Meets the eye is short, but well written, very bloody in places and again Jenna is in danger. As nearly always.
Did not really see the final twist coming with the Mastermind behind it all (ok, I have not really thought about it, being caught up in the suspense and action).
Highly recommended and could be read as a standalone, while there is continuity, most story-lines are explained and if you read the books in short time, as I did with the last one and this one, it may feel a bit repetitive. Still, I rate this one 5 stars and think it was even better, than the last one.
Could not wait to read it.
Fast read and once again a great book in the series.
Comparing this to other books, I prefer this short read to the longer ones, where often the story drags, often in the middle, and a lot of added descriptions (places, plants, animals) is unnecessary and does add nothing to the story or suspense.
With Zombies and the real background, I was surprised, that no book by Wade Davis was mentioned, I read the The Serpent and the Rainbow (which was filmed as a Horror-Movie by Wes Craven). While film is questionable, but I really like it, the books is no fiction, but a real life account about a pharma-concern who sends a young doctor (Davis) on a strange journey to discover chemical substances for use in medicine - and one of them is the the combination of poison, mentioned in the Jenna Blake-book which is used to fake death and control people. The Davis-book is complete with pictures, and I highly recommend it.
Meets the eye is short, but well written, very bloody in places and again Jenna is in danger. As nearly always.
Did not really see the final twist coming with the Mastermind behind it all (ok, I have not really thought about it, being caught up in the suspense and action).
Highly recommended and could be read as a standalone, while there is continuity, most story-lines are explained and if you read the books in short time, as I did with the last one and this one, it may feel a bit repetitive. Still, I rate this one 5 stars and think it was even better, than the last one.
July 29, 2019
One of my more favorite of the series. I like that its a mystery with a bit of the police procedural thing going on, but has the supernatural twist. He has written it in such a way that you wonder to yourself if it could really happen. I'm a sucker for a good zombie story, and here it is combined with down-to-earth sleuthing. On the character side, I like the vibe a lot more than the last book, which has a heavier tone. Everyone's growing, Jenna is exploring a new relationship, growing up a little and making hard choices about what she wants, and dealing with new problems. The whole team gets tied up in this case, and some in life-threatening ways. It's a good, suspenseful mystery.
February 22, 2025
Meets The Eye
Surprisingly, this one has nothing to do with eyes but instead some people who not only don't want to stay dead but are committing crimes in a seemingly zombified state..
In the last book, Jenna had quit her job to have a non murdery college experience but cannot resist the siren call of such weird cases.
Surprisingly, this one has nothing to do with eyes but instead some people who not only don't want to stay dead but are committing crimes in a seemingly zombified state..
In the last book, Jenna had quit her job to have a non murdery college experience but cannot resist the siren call of such weird cases.
October 10, 2015
I've read this book twice now, and can say that I thoroughly enjoyed it the second time as much as I did the first. This book is actually the reason I wanted to learn more about the voodoo side of the zombie legend. The idea that there is a scientific method to the voodoo aspect intrigues me to no end. This book opened me up to that pathway, and I've never looked back.
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January 21, 2014
I think this series is really for the Young Adult but I will try one more. Story is OK but based around college campus.
October 31, 2014
The police seem to have some contradiction in their efforts for an investigation. Fun read.
August 25, 2012
Awesome.
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