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Summary: What a disapppointment!!!
Review: Have editors abrogated their duties? How did this book get published? There is nothing good about it. The characters are cardboard and contrived. The names are contrived and silly. Cornwell has Skarpetta down pat. Judy Hammer lacks a fleshed-out character and is only in this book minimally. I hope I am not reading Cornwell's mind and that she has not placed Hammer in Richmond so that she can bump into Skarpetta and share a book with her. Please NO! Ms. Cornwell, stick with what you do well and that is Dr. Skarpetta.
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Summary: I loved everything about it!
Review: It was funny and touching. I loved the insights from the pets. I wanted the losers to finally win. The characters names were hysterical. I couldn't put it down. I wish that Scarpetta had just a touch of humor.
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Summary: Whining characters have invaded Richmond.
Review: I have read all of Patricia Cornwell's novels. For some reason, through the last several Dr. Kay stories, whining seems to have become the force majeure of the characters. I thought, when I read "Hornet's Nest", an excellent story with great characters, that maybe Ms. Cornwell had finally gotten beyond the whining. Well, I guess not. "Southern Cross" hadn't even gotten rolling good when the characters start whining. Crying the blues about this and that. Where's the story? Where's the plot?I don't earn a lot of money and my book buying is basically a tight luxury. I don't like wasting money and will waste not another cent OR library time reading any more of Patricia Cornwell's books. Sorry, Pat, but this constant whining of your characters has become more a distraction than character building. My recommendation: David Baldacci.
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Summary: Worst book she ever wrote.
Review: If this book did not have the name"Patricia Cornwell" it wouldn't have been published. It was bad!
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Summary: didn't hit a hundred
Review: I usually give every book 100 pages before I put it down. I had to stop at 93.
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Summary: Where is Kay Scarpetta?
Review: Why not stick with what we like? Please bring back Kay Scarpetta and her crew!! Although this book was entertaining, I couldn't help wishing Dr. Scarpetta would suddenly appear.
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Summary: The best roller-coaster ride ever! Excellent!
Review: The greatest emotional ride of all her books. This one really made me laugh, cry, and fume with anger. I loved it. The spin with the characters were fun-loving, serious, and somewhat real. The pets were given life as one speaks through their own. A real find in this one!
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Summary: Don't bother, you will be so disappointed!!
Review: I have ready every book Patricia Cornwell has written, and there were some better than others. This book, however, is by far the most muddled, pointless, boring piece of garbage I have ever struggled to complete. She introduces characters that have nothing to do with the central plot, leaves some matters hanging, and generally writes as though she were a month past deadline. I think it's time to take a long break, Ms. Cornwell. Can anyone recommend another good female suspense writer?
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Summary: It Wasn't THAT Bad!
Review: I love the Kay Scarpetta novels, but it was fun seeing PC do something else for a change. Just as with actors, your work becomes "type cast" and you need to break free occasionally. I laughed a lot in this book from the sarcasm and situations, but I was glad to have it end. I wouldn't buy it again if I knew what I was getting.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I am very sorry that I bought this book for a long plane trip from Sydney to Singapore. This book is inane. There is more character development done for the pets than the main characters - and the pet angle is ridiculous. Even the most formulaic Kay Scarpetta book ( and the last few have been increasingly disappointing) looks like Dickens next to this poor excuse for a novel. Don't waste your time on this book. This product is shocking from an author who has previously produced such compelling characters and stories.
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