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Summary: More gruesome than usual, but otherwise terrific!
Review: Naturally, a book dealing with a medical examiner's office will be gruesome to a degree, but some of the violent acts committed by the killers was on par with Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. While some may feel upset about a certain character's death, I felt that it added to the novel; gave a sense of reality that life doesn't always have a happy ending, and that people in crime novels aren't always invincible. Certain parts of this book were downright creepy, and kept me from getting to bed...I was too busy turning the pages. I feel it's one of her best.
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Summary: Not her best but pretty good
Review: My tastes run more to mainstream fiction like "Stones From the River" or "The Triumph and the Glory", but Cornwell's skill with this genre she pretty much invented herself establishes her books as must reads for anyone who loves great novels no matter what their focus. I found "Point of Origin" a little uneven, and the ending was off a bit, but all in all I was very entertained by it. It is not as good as her earlier novels but still a four star effort in my book.
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Summary: Cornwell has gone down the tubes
Review: Scarpetta's emotional roller coaster totally obscures the plot. It seems that she can't move forward on any evidence, or have any conversation without dragging out her concerns for Lucy or herself or Benton and on and on and on. She bores me. I skipped and skimmed through at least half of this book. 300 pages of dragging emotional baggage (through bad writing), and then WHAM! the last 100 pages has Scarpetta single-handedly solving EVERYTHING! Come on! The worst of the series (and considering the last few entries, that makes this one pretty bad).
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Summary: Dark and sad
Review: I have read all of the Kay Scarpetta books and have to say that this one was the most depressing blow to Kay. It was too much when Benton was killed off. Kay's entire existence seems to be based on her work and nothing of her personal life. She needs to have more to her character. Also, there were too many questions left unanswered in the end. It seems repetitive to keep having the same villains in the stories.
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Summary: A Mediocre Effort
Review: Not the best of her books, but definitely the most emotional of the books. Cornwell has become one of my favorite writers, but this novel fell short. The plot was good, but not well developed. The relationships between her characters seem strained. Dr. Scarpetta seems unusually overprotective and overbearing toward her niece, Lucy, and the exit of Benton was a poor choice especially since their relationship was just starting to take off. Hopefully the next book will pull her out of the rut of her last few bad efforts.
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Summary: PC has reached rock bottom
Review: I've read ALL her previous books, and just loved the first few. But the last few have gotten so trite and poorly-written that I'm tempted to think that she hired a ghostwriter in those early years.I had no problem with the gory technical details - in fact they were the best parts of the book, but I was dismayed by the relentless self-involvement of Scarpetta, the annoying and stale rebelliousness of Lucy, the constant use of brand names and acronyms as a band-aid for much-needed verisimulitude, the stupid plot, loose ends (the lone colt? how did the magnesium get into the wounds?), recycling of an uninteresting and old nemesis, and again the bad guy has this PERSONAL thing with Scarpetta. She's much more interesting when the cases she's working are NOT so directly related to her personal life. Marino was always a cardboard stock figure, but now Lucy and Benton are completely predictable too. This is the last of the series for me. My reading time is too precious to waste on swill. What a tragedy that PC has allowed this to happen.
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Summary: narration leaves a lot to be desired
Review: Whilst the story might have been very good, the narration was disappointing. Often it was monotone and difficult to follow.
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Summary: I could not put it down!
Review: I am totally hooked on the Scarpetta series. Point of Origin was the first book I have read. A page turner from start to finish, I highly reccomend it and I am eagerly awaiting the delivery of the rest of the series.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I literally could NOT put this down! I was reading at stoplights, in line at the DMV, EVERYWHERE I COULD! This is one of the best yet from Cornwell! I enjoy her relationships with the recurring characters. I think these relationships help humanize Scarpetta. We don't just see her as a doctor, but as a person, too. Cornwell does a great job integrating the stresses and difficulties of Scarpetta's professional life with the stresses and difficulties of her personal life. The elements of this story-line worked great combining information from previous books with the new crimes being committed, the crimes being original and fresh compared to the usual slaugherings.
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Summary: Excellent but disappointing
Review: I thought the book was excellent, however, after reading all the other Scarpetta mysteries, this one didn't keep my interest as well. So, instead of only taking 2 or 3 days to read, it took 5! She is an awesome writer! I was very disappointed that Benton died. He could have become a bigger part in her series. Surely even Dr. Scarpetta deserves some happiness! I have to say I have never been so engrossed by books like I have these! I love her and hope Kay Scarpetta books will keep coming for a long time!
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