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Summary: BORING and predictable
Review: I don't plan to bother with any more books in this series. At least in this one, the reader was not subjected to as many detailed descriptions of Dr. Scarpetta's culinary prowess, but there was still a lot of self indulgence. Having killed off Benton, no doubt Lucy and Marino will go down the tubes before too long. Cornwell and Scarpetta have exhausted this theme.
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Summary: couldn't put it down
Review: Though the formula may be getting a bit tired. I thought it was a wonderful read, listen actually, audio book. It had all the characters I've come to know and care about and brought closure to several issues from previous books. I am addicted.
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Summary: Superb suspense mystery!
Review: This exciting page-turner will turn any reader into a Patricia Cornwell fan.
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Summary: Scarpetta, Snap Out of It!
Review: I can't believe this is the same person who wrote Post-Mortem. If there has ever been a more pathetically depressed character than Kay Scarpetta, I sure haven't read it. She used to be so interesting, and now she just cries and drags her tired self around, worrying about her neice to the point where I want to scream. I was truly hoping Lucy would turn the gun on her aunt and end the series. Everybody she writes about is tired, sick, depressed, paranoid, and a constant target. And what's with the helicopter chase? Why must Cornwell turn Scarpetta into an action hero? Can't we just have a good forensic mystery without terrorists, plagues, NY Times Front Page Headlines, and ridiculous action sequences to end the books? Read Post-Mortem again, if you've forgotten how good she used to be. Please Ms. Cornwell, give me a book that doesn't make me want to kill myself after I've read it.
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Summary: POO.....correct term for title and what I thought of it.
Review: This has to be one of the worst PC books I've read. The characters have become shallow and caught up in personal problems that weigh down the book. I am most disappointed in the way PC handled the whole plot of Wesley Benton. KS had lost her touch in this book....why so concerned with Lucy...why the lack of concern and care for Benton???? Please, PC, hear what Amazon readers are saying! Handle the characters with more care. Whatever personal problems you might be having....leave them out of KS lives. Find a way to undo the Benton plot....SMILE
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Summary: A very different P.Cornwell story ; not her usual genre.
Review: From the first couple of pages,this is not what P. Cornwell fans expect. She gets you in her story and graphically weeds you through the plot. I liked reading it, I can't say I enjoyed it as much as others. I couldn't put it down because I had to find out what happens next. Her familiar characters arrive and disappear.There's a thread that takes you from her previous novels and keeps you on the lookout for more.Again, this is not what readers expect from Ms.Cornwell.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK, BUT HER BEST
Review: I think that this book was very well writen. The direction that Kay is heading is a depressing one, but after all she's been through I don't blame her. I hope that in the next book, things will start to look up. I can't wait to read the new one. I am a die hard fan and will read every book even if might not be as good as some of the others.
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Summary: Too new to this author...
Review: I had never read a murder mystery in my life until "Point of Origin"...I heard about Ms. Cornwell in our mailroom one morning and did some investigating and questioned some co-workers. Boom!I bought the book, found it a refreshing change from the facts and figures of my usual business fare and now am finishing "Body Farm" which is moving along a little quicker for me...although I hate already knowing the future from "Point... If you like massive details and some pretty good believable realism, anyone not familiar with the author should be...
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Summary: Not up to the usual standards.......
Review: As a long-time fan of Patricia Cornwell and a woman who appreciates a wonderfully strong female character as Kay Scarpetta, I was severly disappointed in Ms. Cornwell's latest addition.I felt that there were some gaps in her solution of the crime and I felt that although Ms. Cornwell is once again supurb in her research,(I don't think anyone can top her there), there were certain items that I felt were lacking in explanation. I cannot but get the feeling that Mr. Cornwell may either be getting tired of her Scarpetta character or was pressured by her publishers to turn out a new "Scarpetta" for her fans. I, personally, would rather have waited for her usual excellence rather than this example of mediocrity. While I found the ending rather exciting, it did not make the drudgery preceding it worthwhile. I must be honest, usually it takes me two days TOPS to finish a Patricia Cornwell - this one seemed to drag on and on (it actually took me two weeks rather than two days to finish). Actually, as I think of it - the 3 stars which I gave this book was generous.
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Summary: What happened - why so depressing - I want Benton back!
Review: I very much enjoy KS and her very active and interesting world and work. I did not like the ending to POO. I thought maybe Benton and Kay would finelly make a go of their relationship. KS seemed cold, egotisical, and totally unconcerned with anyone except Lucy, who I think should GROW UP. Come on PC...KS isn't getting any younger. She is a bring and intellegent person. Certainly she must see that she needs an attitude adjustment before time runs out.
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