Point of Origin (Unabridged)

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Summary: If you like Dr. Kay, you'll love Point of Origin!
Review: Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell is another of herbrilliant, and technically well-researched novels. For me, it was goodto be back with Dr. Kay, Marino, Benton and Lucy. This book, for me, was a welcome return to Richmond, after Hornet's Nest -- which was good but not as much fun to read because I missed Cornwell's well-developed characters from Virginia's capital city. There's definitely a surprise in this novel -- if you've read the others, which I have. Cornwell has done her usual extraordinary job of building on characters which are well known and liked -- and this won't disappoint you. Point of Origin is scary, but anchored in reality -- right down to the hair-raising helicopter scene at the climax. I will give you one hint -- I bet Kenneth Sparkes (the media guy) will appear in future novels -- at least, I hope so. Let me know what you think! Hey, I have no financial interest in my recommendations, but I'll tell you one thing. amazon.com's got it, so get it! I did!

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Summary: not cornwell's best, but still way above average
Review: i just finished reading point of origin for the secondtime. like all patricia cornwell's novels, i read it feverishly, inone sitting, to the very end and then went back to savor it... cornwell doesn't get wrapped up with planting false clues to mislead the reader; rather, she concentrates on beautifully-written, descriptive imagery and too real, complex emotions of her heroine. Scarpetta is growing world-weary, Lucy is facing some hard personal truths and Marino is living with the irony of abusing his body with junk food and nicotine and still outliving his health-conscious friend. Carrie seems less psychotic than vindictive, but i think it makes her more believable. i found the book to be really enjoyable, not as full of technical information as her previous works, but streaked with humanity and emotion. i care about her characters and her stories stay with me long after i close the book. i do recommend reading them in order, especially to get the background on carrie-lucy and carrie-temple, but even if you haven't read her other books, this one is good on its' own.

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Summary: Read the jacket cover then skip to chapter 16.
Review: PC novels have been a favorite read over the last few years. But with each release of a new KS novel, the tension is less and less and it comes further and further into the story. This one is no exception.

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Summary: Where is the real Patrica Cornwell?
Review: Patrica Cornwell has come and gone and unfortunately we are left with yet another book that fails to deliver the goods. Lacking in the fundamental teeth nashing, nail biting suspense of a good thriller, Point of Origin might well have been Point of No Return.

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Summary: i am ready for some new villians from ms cornwell.
Review: i enjoyed "point of origin". i have read all of her books, however, i am getting tired of temple and carrie and lucy. i don't mind some connections to other characters but i think that it is time to bury temple gault and carrie grethen once and for all and give us some new, fresh villians. also, i would have liked a better explanation of how the fires started and how they became so intense so quickly. maybe i read too fast, but i still have some questions about the way the fires happened. and what is with the mcgovern character? to me she was not a very attractive character at all.

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Summary: Nothing special - typical Kay Scarpetta
Review: After Hornets Nest tanked with readers and reviewers, Cornwell obviously needed to bring back Kay Scarpetta in a blockbuster to justify her $24 million two-book advance. This book doesn't make the grade. It's a typical Scarpetta in every sense. The more of these books Cornwell writes, the worse they become. The early ones were at least entertaining, if often unintentionally amusing for their blatant technical errors. The later ones have become fomulaic. Cornwell fans will like this book, but it's obvious that Ms. Cornwell is fresh out of ideas.

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Summary: DISAPPOINTMENT......
Review: I couldn't wait for Patricia Cornwell's new book "Pointof Origin" to be released so as soon as it was released I wentout and bought it. Her book was not I expected...I was highly disappointed. Also, the ending...it just did not live up to my expectations. I hope somebody out there enjoys the book more than I did.

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Summary: Time to lighten up
Review: Ms Cornwall seems to be in trouble. Each book is getting more depressing and more unbelievable. Is she just churning them out (waiting for a film script perhaps?) or is there no life left in Scarpetta? Point of Origin was more readable then the terrible Hornet's Nest but was no where near as good as the earlier books. Scarpetta needs to find a new case, a new villian and get on with what she does best

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Summary: As always her technical knowledge is brilliant
Review: Just finished Point of Origin, will probably re-read veryshortly just to absorb the technical details with which itabounds. POO is dark to Hornets Nest's light and PC is a woman on a mission .. she absolutely must warn us about the danger out there. While not quite as suspenseful as From Potters Field, I still enjoyed it more than her last two Scarpetta novels...What is apparent is that there are apparently problems between the various agencies in the US and the Ms Cornwell feels very deeply about this...A brilliantly written novel ... my only complaint, that it's a little too depressing, life is a little too real with in these covers, the mission too urgent ... banter is lacking, the fun of Hornets Nest, except for one brief paragraph is missing.

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Summary: Kay and her boyfriend hunt down the truth.
Review: It was very good.....left me wanting more. It was very suspenseful.