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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Although I like KS novels--this one is much too dark and depressing. I'm sick to death of Lucy and her problems. The biggest source of my dissapointment with this novel, is her treatment of Kay's personal life and her relationship with Wesley and Marino.
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Summary: Please get back to the basics
Review: I was disappointed in this book, but not as much as the last one. (KS was so arrogant-she completely turned me off!) This is really dark and depressing. I've read every book in the KS series and my favorites remain Postmortem and Body of Evidence. PC seems to have lost that ability to make us do double-takes over seemingly everyday, innocuous people and events. Get back to your old style of writing, PC. I miss those suspenseful, sleepless nights.
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Summary: too many loose ends
Review: I am a huge Scarpetta fan and count down to the next book's release. This book made me feel so sad that these characters I have grown to care about are completely downhearted and negative about life. Even though Kay cheerleads about why they do it, it is hard to believe anyone with their attitudes would stay in law enforcement. I was very disgusted with the treatment of Benton in this book. I can't believe their relationship--two brilliant people-- was reduced to such a low level. He was one of Cornwell's best characters and I cared for him, unlike Lucy who needs a major attitude adjustment. Cornwell writes so well, but this plot had its problems. I am glad I read it, but still wonder why it ended the way it did with so many unanswered questions about the fires. And, how exactly did Carrie team up with her accomplice? That was a stretch with blame put on the internet once again. Please let this be the last of Carrie.
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Summary: slow and disappointing
Review: The pace is slow and when the mystery is solved, the result not very original. There was not much motivation for the actions of the bad guys in this book. Maybe I should have read the earlier Kay Scarpetti books.
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Summary: NOT ONE OF HER BEST!!!!
Review: This book was okay, but it moved very, very slow. I didn't like the ending at all. I hope she goes back to her original writing skills (Body Farm, From Potter's Field), because the new way stinks!
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Summary: A SHOCKING DISAPPOINTMENT
Review: I LIKE TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS WITH A FEW OF THE READERS ABOUTPOINT OF ORIGIN, I TO AM A SCARPETTA FAN AND ALWAY HAVE ENJOYED PC'SBOOKS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PURCHASE MORE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN I READ ABOUT BENTON, I THOUGHT FOR SURE HIM AND KS WILL SOON DEVELOP A REAL ROMANCE!? ALTHOUGH THE BOOK KEPT BE GOING AND I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN, I WAS HURT AND SURPRISE ABOUT BENTON. TRY NOT TO GET RID OF ALL YOUR GOOD CHARACTERS.
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Summary: When will PC go back to what she's good at?
Review: Since "Body Farm", I was always full of hope when I picked up a new book by PC. But yet again, I got disappointed. What really makes PC's book interesting is how she made use of her professional knowledge in pathology in dramatic plot. It seems that now she has turned her attention to politics and romance, which she is definitely not good at. If she doesn't go back to basic ASAP, her name will vanish in the best seller list very soon.
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Summary: Cornwell's latest novel proves to a a well-written mystery
Review: Patricia Cornwell's latest book Point of Origin contains all the aspects of a well-written mystery. Suspense, foreshadowing, and a well developed, twisting plot are all techniques Cornwell has mastered in her latest novel. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, the consulting forensic pathologist for the federal government, teams up with ex-FBI agent Benton Wesley to recapture psycopath Carrie Grethen. Scarpetta and Wesley are lovers and, along with Grethen, are characters adopted from Cornwell's previous novels. At the same time of Grethen's escape from a mental institution in New York, a fire kills twenty thoroughbred horses that belong to multi-millionare Kenneth Sparkes. The fire also destroys Sparkes's million-dollar mansion. Dr. Scarpetta is assisted by her niece Lucy, an FBI agent with a bad past, in the investigation of the fire's origin. The involved plot takes the reader through the distressed life of Kay Scarpetta. The connection readers are able to make with Dr. Scarpetta is perhaps the strongest aspect of the book. Being able to experience the sorrow, apprehension, anger, and insecurity that Dr. Scarpetta faces in her daily life makes the novel much more interesting. I looked forward to reading ahead in the book just to see what situation Dr. Scarpetta might have to deal with next. Furthermore, Ms. Cornwell's extensive technical vocabulary makes the story much more realistic and believable. For example, the explicit jargon used to describe the chemical aspects of the fire, the condition of corpses recovered from the fire, and other such scientific prodedures was truly impressive. This, in addition with the interesting characters and well-developed plot, has enabled Ms. Cornwell's most recent novel to fare well among the critics and readers. However, the weakest aspect of this book is Ms. Cornwell's lack of expanded language. The language, excluding the technical and chemical descriptions, seems to be underdeveloped. Also, I am rather unimpressed with the author's use of the English language. I feel as though she sticks in metaphors, similes, and other literary characteristics just to show the readers that possesses some form of literary aptitude. Futhermore, the literary techniques she does use are awkward and inappropriate. Nevertheless, the plot's complexity enables this book to be one of Patricia Cornwell's best. I personally thought the book was very enigmatic and entertaining.
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Summary: Glad I got it at the library for free...
Review: Well, at least I wasn't TOO disappointed. Since the last few Scarpetta novels left much to be desired, I was not expecting much out of this one. But - I loved her first three so much, I kept thinking maybe she's pulled it back together. No such luck. I cannot imagine that a reader could understand this book without having read the others before it. I am so sick of Lucy and her chronic problems, and the rest of them, too. I didn't care if she killed a major character off. The book was empty. Give me a break. I enjoyed the ealier books because they were exciting, and scary, and you never knew what would happen next. The last few are just tired, like Cornwell har run out of ideas - or maybe she is exorcising demons of her own. I am bored with the series. END
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Summary: Not Cornwall's Best
Review: While I'm a big Kay Scarpetta fan, I was disapointed in this latest book because of the death of one of the major characters and the overall lack of depth. for example, we never learn what the mystery accelerant was that was capable of creating such devastating fires with such a small fuel load. The ending was too neat, and because of all the unanswered questions about "how" the crimes were commited (which to me was always the best part) it's just too obvious that Grethen will return in a future Scarpetta adventure (yawn).
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