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Summary: Unexpected, by far...
Review: AS a dedicated P.Cornwell reader, I must say this was not one of her better novels. She unexpectedly leads one of her main characters onto a course that leaves the reader dumbstruck. She portrays Scarpetta and the crew as a bunch of "has-beens" with the courage of scared dogs. The story seems choppy and not as well put together as her other Scarpetta novels, although it keeps the reader's interest. I was disappointed in the specific storyline in this book, as other Patrica Cornwell readers will understand once they have read it. Although my opinion of this book is not as high as it is with all the others, I would still recommend fans read this book...but be aware of the unexpected...
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Summary: very disappointing
Review: Having read all of Ms. Cornwell's books, I found this one very disappointing. Some of the plot is really stretching things, I am getting tired of all these psychos reappearing in subsequent novels, and am getting to dislike Kay Scarpetta more with each novel.
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Summary: I enjoy the story line and the characters
Review: The story of Dr Kay Scarpella is realistic due in part to the authors actual work history. I enjoyed this book as I have all the other books about Kay, Lucy, Benton and of course Mariono. I expected at some point a changed in the characters, I hope this isn't the end of a good mystery series.I think anyone one of these novels would make an excellent movie. I also enjoy author, James Patterson same story line fast and with a surprise. I would like to know what Patricia Cornwell is planning on doing for future novels. Thank you
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Summary: PC is getting back on track!!
Review: This book got me right from the start! A favorite author of mine, but she fell into a slump for a while. This book does have some areas that drag; there are some characters that you wish she would have developed more; there is sadness concerning a main character with whom we have been involved through several book,but all in all it is a page turner and has you hanging on til the very end! As is usual with PC, I hated for this book to end and now can hardly wait for the next one to come out!!
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Summary: Get A GRIP!
Review: Would someone tell Patricia Cornwell to get a grip or at least RELAX! Jeeze! This author has some of the absolute best research TOTALLY destroyed by Kay's constant breast beating and whining. Did I say WHINING? Want some cheese with that? Listen, the book is good, not as good as some of the eariler novels, but I, a FAN, an getting really tired of Patricia venting her own life through Kay Scarpetta. Kay needs to become a WHOLE lot less icebergish. She wasn't in earlier novels. What happened? C'mon, Pat, ease up. Kay was a pretty good heroine who has become entangled in the morass of your personal life. Let HER breathe again.
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Summary: Not her best but better then Hornet's Nest
Review: I really enjoyed the book, but I was a little disapointed that it was a pretty slow in the begining. The twists that she put into it were a little risky to do, but I think that over all it was a good book to read, esp. if you fallow her books. Definatly recomend.
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Summary: bad
Review: the story is slow and the narrorator is absolutley horrible
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Summary: Still a great author
Review: I found PC's latest not as dark and foreboding as the others in the series, but I certainly enjoyed it as much as any of the other Scarpetta books. Perhaps Carrie could have entered into the plot more than she did. I eagerly await the next Scarpetta book.
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Summary: Reads as if went straight from computer to printer,no editor
Review: Cornwell has been increasingly sloppy in her recent novels, but POINT OF ORIGIN takes the cake. Where was her editor?? In addition to a plot that is way too dependent upon an earlier novel, there are numerous inaccuracies and untied loose ends. Examples: A character is an international mogul with a stable full of 12 horses, yet we are to believe that he takes care of them HIMSELF, with no on-site stablehands, grooms, etc. We are to believe that the farrier cuts away a horse's frog, and that 14 hands is a big horse. We are to believe that someone could mistake a foal for a yearling. Cornwell should have called Rita Mae Brown, fellow mystery writer and an equestrian who lives in the area Cornwell is writing about. The trouble with this sort of sloppy inaccuracy is that the reader finds it difficult to believe ANYTHING in the novel. If Cornwell gets it so wrong with horses, why should we believe she knows her way around arson sites or stryker saws? Equally troubling, th! ere are numerous loose ends (including that yearling) that are never tied up or explained, including a BIG problem with explaining the facts behind the "point of origin" of the arson of the title. All in all, disappointing. Her novels have been showing an increasing dependence upon deus ex machina endings, as well as increasing lack of care about details, and this is the culmination.
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Summary: best cromwell novel since potters field
Review: having read every novel she's written , I find this one is back up to her high standards.This is another"page turner". Don't read this if you want to go to sleep quickly .
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