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Summary: Why those bad reviews?
Review: I'm not sure why there are so many bad reviews out there. I love Kay Scarpetta and her niece. We now have a wonderful story..you must realize that. I'm passing this story onto my Dad...he loves Kay. We have shared Cornwell books for so many years. OK, this is an "Origin" book. Let,s pass it on to an 82 year old man.
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Summary: Wonderful Story! I can not wait for Scarpetta#10
Review: This was the best book since From Potters Field. I loved the new and different side of the characters we saw. It is good to see Kay and Lucy at their weakest and to see how they go on. I loved it.
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Summary: Reader Tires of Cornwell's Lack of Inventiveness
Review: Although I have been an avid follower of Patsy Cornwell since her pre-Edgar award days, I am quickly loosing interest in the tiresome, repetitive story lines involving heroine Kay Scarpetta. Cornwell's formula, once inventive and new, is now old hat. It is time for new characters - especially the bad guys. Staying with proven foes for Cornwell has worked before - but she is not venturing into new territory here. Her plots have become too much like a James Bond novel - coincidence, luck, and improbability have overshadowed the important and pivitol role of realism that used to set Cornwell apart. I look forward to Cornwell's next work, but I do fervently hope that there is something new to be found for Scarpetta, Lucy, and Marino. I dislike the experience of deja vu that comes from this latest Cornwell effort. It's all been done before - and unfortunatly with better results.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: After having read all of Cornwells books except the biography of Ruth Graham I found this one puzzeling. As I read it I repeatedly asked myself if it was written by Cornwell or someone else. It simply doesn't have the level of sophistication in the writing, (not the technology) that her previous books have. In addition, there were several glaring typos. I agree with other reviews, it's time to do something totally fresh with Scarpetta.
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Summary: Not up to snuff!
Review: Disappointed - while still a "good" Scarpetta novel,this one seems not as well crafted as its' predecessors. Still wortha look, but I had hoped for better. Lets hope she gets back to her first 3 books quality level before the series becomes stale.
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Summary: This is the BEST book I've read in quite a while!
Review: I always look forward to a new Dr. Kay book, and wasn'tdisappointed by POINT OF ORIGIN. The plot was a total surprise, andPatricia Cornwell pulled it all together amazingly well, explaining everything and leaving no loose ends. I cried at the end and will definitely read this book again.
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Summary: Readable, but predictable Scarpetta
Review: Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth ofVirginia, is called in to help investigate a deadly fire which may ormay not have been planned by the apparent victim, or a villian from a previous novel. Joining Scarpetta in her investigation is her usual supporting cast: niece Lucy (now with the ABT), Captain Marino, and her paramour Benton Wesley. The plot is relatively straight forward, as the reader knows that sooner or later the spectre of Carrie Grethen will appear to play a role in the arson/murder cases. Readers should note that a helicopter appears in the author's back cover photograph, and will will play a major role in the plot. The series has lost some of its freshness, but the technical aspects continue to keep a reader's interest to the end.
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Summary: Disappointed - same old story line - tired characters
Review: The phenomenal success of Ms. Cornwell's earlier books waswell deserved. However, with her success, her recent novels haveshown an apparent disinterest in her characters and she has resorted to pounding out on her computer a predictable formula-type writing style.
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Summary: Her best so far
Review: I've read all of the Dr. Kay Scarpetta books, and this one isby far her best. The plot is good, although I was a littledisappointed in the ending -somehow it seemed a little anti-climactic and possibly unresolved. But overall, I would highly recommend this - it was good, entertaining reading and I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: No New Evil-Doer?
Review: This is the most depressing, grisly Kay Scarpetta book of all
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