Point of Origin (Unabridged)

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Summary: Great comeback!!!
Review: I have been a KS fan since the beginning. Your latest book was great. Just do me a favor???? Next time you want to go on a tangent, " Hornet's Nest" please think about all of your fans. We want more KS. Keep up the good work.

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Summary: THIS CAN'T BE THE END OF BENTON!!!
Review: WHILE READING THE BOOK I FOUND MYSELF ENGROSSED FOR HOURS, UNTIL I REACHED THE PART OF BENTONS DEATH, THEN IT TOOK ME THREE DAYS TO FINISH WHAT I FEARED MOST, THE END OF ANOTHER GOOD RELATIONSHIP.IF THIS IS THE END OF BENTON, IT'S THE END OF CORNWELL FOR ME.

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Summary: One of her very best.
Review: Anyone who has read any of Patricia Cornwellbooks will not be disappointed with Point of Orgin. It's has a few tissues points. But I myself cried at the ending.

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Summary: exciting, a real page-turner
Review: This was the first Patricia Cornwell book I have read, but I will now read more. My friends have told me that if I liked this one, I will love the others. Every page is full of action and suspense. I couldn't put it down. The way Scarpetta put everything together at the end of the book had me on the edge of my seat.

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Summary: Captured the essence of Life! The way a Thriller should be!
Review: This year's Christmas presents have been the best yet, and the element of Patricia Cornwell's "magic" made it possible. Let me describe to you the scenerio: "gotta study for exam, but what about P.C.? Well, maybe I'll just take a little peek , 5 mins & no more! ..(5 HRS. passed) GOSH! It's 3 am! But I can't put this book down! Let me finish!!" Hey, who can say no to this book? :) I have read (and loved) earlier works of hers and therefore understood this sequel-like series with this last satisfying big bang. However, for someone who has never read other Kay Scarpetta books might be confused. Other than that, I would say this book is SUPBERB! It is very realistic to make one wonder if it could really happen. It makes my blood crawl with excitement. The way a thriller should be!

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Summary: not as exciting and well written as I had hoped
Review: This is my first PC book and Ihad heard positive review of her writings from friends. I was not impressed. Although it kept my interest, the ending was a little unbelievable, and came out of left field. It was like "I have to end this now, so I'll make some wild thing happen to bring it to closure" I am going to try to read another of her books. This one "Unnatural Exposure". If it does not get any better it will be my last.

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Summary: Disappointing story, too much focus on Kay Scarpetta
Review: Another story where the main character becomes the focus of a killer. What has Patrica done to Kay?. She has changed from a professional to whining and insecure person absorbed in her own feelings. Her attitude to her niece Lucy is hard to understand seeing Lucy is a professional in her own right. Kay thinks of her as a child. It would be so refreshing to read a Kay Scarpetta book in the old style where she solved the crime rather than being the target of it.Time for Kay to take the reins back and get out of the personal. You can do better, Patricia

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Summary: Cornwell's Surprise!
Review: I had to have this book the first day and, as usual, I finished it in one day. It keeps you turning pages as PC has in her series. I only wonder how PC will continue. I only found this series a year and half ago and so I was able to read the books in order and one after the other. I enjoyed my reading during this time and have waited for her books to be released each time. I was so disappointed with the ending in this book because the ending is so sad. I wonder how PC will write the next book. It surely will not be the same without one of its best characters.I was so sad when she lost her first true love and now this. I hope she does not continue the Hornet's Nest line and drop this one. We are ready for another PC book with Kay Scarpetta and a "just kidding" in the past book.

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Summary: Irritating. . . frustrating. . . barely tolerable
Review: Indeed the weakest of the Kay Scarpetta novels -- when did Kay become such a whiner? Predictable story line -- I've figured out the plot by chapter two of each of the last four books; where's the plot twist? the red herring? the surprise? the thrill? I threw the book across the room when I read "she was stealing their beauty" in aggrevation. Cornwell's writing used to be edgy and gritty. Now it seems she is more concerned with churning out a book a year rather than being a writer with a good story to tell. Her editor also fails to rise to ocassion -- it's "ensure" not "insure." As usual, the ending is rushed. The best writing is the goodbye to Benton scene. I want the "Postmortem" and "All That Remains" caliber back. . . PLEASE!

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Summary: Another Great Scarpetta Adventure!
Review: Point of Origin was just as thrilling and suspenceful as the other Scarpetta novels. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down -- something I can always rely on when reading Cornwell's Scarpetta series. A couple of constructive comments: There was a sad and depressing undertone to this novel, so I hope the next one will be a little more uplifting; and, a new character was introduced, another woman. It seemed in Point of Origin that the majority of characters were women - I hope this doesn't become a trend because it is not realistic and something I don't want to read. The ending was very sad and I sensed closure from the author. I sincerely hope this is not the last we'll see of our character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta.