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Summary: The smellest corpse of the bunch
Review: In the past I have enjoyed how Cornwell mixed the technical with the mystery of why a death occurred. This kept my interest from page one, but this time it took me until around page 200 to care about this book and then I didn't care that much. Usually with a KS book I want to do nothing else but read. With this edition I had to force myself to continue. From Cornwell's overdone descriptive to set a scene , "the antique French oak breakfast table."(pg2), "stainless steel Breitling Aerospace watch"(pg2), to the incorrect descriptions "flapping" blades of the helicopter (pg21),& "My beer bottle was limp"(pg63), to her cliched vision of Lucy as Carrie's "supple, hungry lover" (pg58). I didn't get all the anger Kay was feeling toward .Lucy's lifestyle, Benton's love, McGovern's connections with Lucy? What is Cornwell telling us, that Kay is coming out of the closet and is in love with Lucy? I figured Cornwell was going through some major personal stuff during the writing of this book and vented on the page. I think her editor should have helped her out and revised the relentless whining and anger about every character KS has in her life. She use to be more faceted. Hopefully Scarpetta's Winter Table, will be back on track. Cornwell books have always been a must buy for me, but at this moment I have one more book in me, before I start waiting for reviews or maybe paperback or maybe James Lee Burke.
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Summary: YUK!!!
Review: Some of the other reviewers have grown tired of Lucy. I have grown tired of Gault and the aftermath of killing him. We may need for Lucy to grow up, but what we need much much more is for PC to find a new villan. I think this was a poor execution of what could have been a good story. PC can write a good book. This is not one, and she hasn't managed it in her last couple or three. I am going to quit reading PC for the same reason I quit reading Ludlum. PC is hung up on Gault as Ludlum got hung up on Bourne. NOW if you want to read a GOOD author READ NEVADA BARR!!!
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Summary: Pretty Bad
Review: Patricia Cornwell is not a good writer. She has succeeded in the past because she's developed a couple of interesting characters and has been able to parlay her knowledge of forensics into some fascinating plot situations. But, she's done all she can do and this book is stale and boring.
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Summary: A page-turning thriller, I couldn't put this book down.
Review: As a resident of Virginia and a fervent Patricia Cornwell fan, I believe that Point of Origin is her best addition yet to the Kay Scarpetta series. Moving portrayals of Lucy, Benton and Lucy kept me reading until the last page. The unlikely ending was both a surprise and a cliffhanger. Feelings, more than pure science dictated this novel. Kay Scarpetta was at not only her sharpest, but also at her most vulnerable. I am eager to read the next in this riveting series.
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Summary: What is next for Kay?
Review: I keep waiting for Kay to decide the lifestyle Lucy leads is the one for her....and it seems the plot is heading that way. This was her worst book and I am not glad to say I read it...just that it is my last to read.
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Summary: Way Too Much Introspection & Not Enough Substance
Review: An average, yet thin storyline gets lost in characters, particulary KS and Lucy, spending far too much time feeling sorry for themselves and their inabilities to cope with life as a whole. With emotional instability such as Lucy's, it's not surprising she got the punt from the Fed's. A helicopter shootout as a climax - get real. Cornwell, put some serious effort into the next book and stop conning us.
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Summary: When is Kay going to come out of the closet?
Review: Seems like the author is setting up a "coming out" book. She promotes homosexuality more than the plot of the story. This book was definitely not her best and the ending was a letdown.
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Summary: Lose Lucy.
Review: The book was a real page turner, in the sense that I couldn't turn pages fast enough in a scan for a break in the tedium. Where was the story? Exquisite villianess Carrie could have saved this book, and yet I don't think she was given a full paragraph. What once was fascinating narrative has become interminable forensic techno-babble. Marino remains the only halfway interesting character, and now, horrifyingly, his inner child seems poised to emerge. And PC, if you need to get rid of somebody, next time how about the insufferable, ever sullen, tortured Lucy.
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Summary: Best Novel Yet
Review: This was definately the best book of the series yet. Although many people have complained how dark and depressing this book is I beg to differ. When you pick up a book about Kay Scarpetta you HAVE to expect dark and depressing. All of these books deal with death. I can't wait for the next novel..."Bring on the dark and depressing"
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Summary: Another fabulous book
Review: I thought this book was geat and could not put it down.Granted it was not one of her better books but I have read worse. there were a few loose ends that I thought should have been tied up but this did not spoil my enjoyment for this book. I liked finding out more about her personal life and Lucy's. Look forward to her next book.
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