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Summary: Dumb, Dumber,& Dumbest
Review: This was awful -- the stretch for humor was rediculous. I was grossly disappointed with Ms. Cornwell's work. It was a tremendous disappointment. Ms. Cornwell tried to combine her murder mystery style into a ludicrous scenario & ruined both the comedy & the mystery. This was so bad that it was one of the very few books I didn't bother to finish -- just put it in the 'resale' bin for the next yard sale!
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Summary: Gone Wrong
Review: I have always enjoyed Patricia Cornwell, however I though Black Notice was bad, this book is awful. Don't waste your money. Patricia really disappointed me with this writing. The characters names alone were confusing and the backward talk made the book very hard to follow. Could not even finish this one.
Sorry Patricia, maybe a vacation is due.
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Summary: The worst book I have read in a long time.
Review: I guess I should have read the reviews here (on Amazon) before starting this stinker. I "read" the audio book version, which comes on 10 cassettes. I finished it against my better judgement, as I should have stopped after the first or second cassette. But I was on a trip and didn't have a replacement book to listen to, so I plodded through it. And I foolishly kept thinking that it had to get better. It didn't.The characters are cartoonish and the plots - if you can call them that - are mind-numbingly unbelievable. More than once, I thought to myself "this is just plain stupid". I've never read a Patricia Cornwell book before. Perhaps I'll give her another try, as this book seems to be an aberration according to Cornwell fans.
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Summary: Who Wrote This?
Review: When "Southern Cross" was published it was so ghastly I swore I'd never shell out the cash for another Cornwell novel again, and would patiently wait my turn on the library list instead.
The only reason I forced myself to finish "Isle of Dogs" was because I'd received a hardcover copy as a gift and felt obligated to the well-meaning person who gave it to me.
I won't rehash the *ahem* plot here, but I do feel compelled to note that, if Ms. Cornwell did, indeed, author the Scarpetta books, then who the hell wrote "Southern Cross" and "Isle of Dogs"? Surely there isn't really anyone out there - that's read all her novels - that thinks the same person wrote the Scarpetta tales AND those two criminal wastes of trees!
I'm unsure who's at fault here for this insulting deception: Cornwell or her publishing company. Of what I'm NOT unsure, however, is that I don't like being made a fool (especially when money's involved).
It's highly unlikely I'll be doing any more searches to find out if Patricia Cornwell has a new book coming out. A shame, really.
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Summary: appalling
Review: I couldn't believe this was written by Patricia Cornwell, one of my favorite authors. What was she thinking??? <shuddering with disgust> STAY AWAY from this book.
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Summary: What a great novel!
Review: Gosh...I guess I suffer from first time thrills. See, I have never read a Cornwell novel until I bought Isles of Dogs at the gift shop at a resort in Hawaii. I had already read books by Patterson and Meltzer while bronzing on the beach (both were bad) and I picked out Patricia's book by pure happinstance. Her photo on the back cover was a selling point, by the way. In any event, I found the book funny, charming and entertaining.
I'm a 53 year old trial lawyer from Southern CA and never heard of Tangier Island. Sure, the book is fantasy and fun, but this is mixed with dark humor in a very cool way. I am now a fan of Ms. Cornwell. Be careful out there!
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Summary: Left the Book on the Plane
Review: At least I bought the paperback version. After 43 pages, I could stand no more. The book was simply foolish....not funny! I left the book in the plane's seat pocket but I felt guilty afterwards. What if some Cromwell fan found it and wasted their time reading the whole thing? Do yourself a big favor and pass on this one.
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Summary: This Dog needs to be put down.
Review: I, like many of the reviewers on this site, am a Cornwell fan, but I did not like this book at all. I know she was trying for a new genre, but either she missed completely or I didn't get it. I read many different authors in many genres and enjoy any book that is well written. I kept reading Isle of Dogs hoping it would get better or that I would get whatever it was I was missing. Neither occurred.
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Summary: Disappointment
Review: What a major deviation from Cromwell's usual good work. Where was/is her thinking? Or did someone else actually do the writing this time? If so, then Cromwell should sue for defamation of her normally great character in the world of writing. This book was beyond silly and disappointing, it was a "dupe" to those loyal readers who have supported her work by (automatically) buying her latest book. I certainly will no longer buy as soon as one of her works comes hot off the press; instead, I will wait and see what others are saying, first, in their reviews.
Come on Cromwell, get back in the groove please.
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Summary: Patricia Cornwell is no Carl Hiaasen
Review: I saw no humor in Isle of Dogs whatsoever. Her characters are not at all funny but fit into the cagetory of: Lame-brained, stale, banal, inane, slow-witted, etc., etc. What happened to "witty" humor. The typical reader has a better IQ than 3. Carl Hiaasen must be insulted. Audrey Smith
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