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Summary: Dull
Review: How about no stars? Not sure which is worse, this one or Faye Kellerman's latest, Moon Music. Two of my favorite authors have written boring, dull books. Why not try something different- I did love Michael Lee West's, She Flew the Coop, for instance.
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Summary: I can't finish it........wasted too much time already
Review: I'm 30 pages from the end....still waiting for a plot. I don't care for the southern characters. I thought I would always buy her books the minute they were released, but now....after Hornet's Nest and this one.....I will wait, read reviews first. She's lost her standing with me............
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Summary: I was totally disappointed in this one....
Review: I have waited and waited for this book and I can tell you I thought it was just me, but after reading the rest of the reviews I know I'm not nuts. I hope she goes back to writing Kay Scarpetta stories, because this one does nothing for me. Half the time, I figured I was missing something with the story.Hardly any kind of investigation of any semblance. Come on now, painting a statue with poster paint ohh I am so scared.Anyway,don't waste your time or money. Thank God I got this out of the library. I am stopping trying to read this at page 253. I always try to finish whatever I start, but there are too many good books to waste my time with this one. I just finished an excellent book called CLOUD NINE. You will cry your eyes out with that one.
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Summary: Don't bother with this one...
Review: I can sum this book up in one word.Yuck. Having read early Cornwell works like "Postmortem" and "From Potter's Field", I can't help but be trememdously disappointed by this book. Now, I'll make it very clear that I'm no fan of Kay Scarpetta as of late--"Winter Table" was about the best portrayal of her I've seen in a long time, and that was in a half-hearted cookbook--but this kind of tripe makes me wish for a nice John Doe in a lonely alley, or anything to have Richmond's Chief ME back. Say anything you will about her, at least she had some substance. The plot in "Southern Cross" could have been thought up by a fourth-grader, the characters were flatter than fillo dough, and I have absolutely no respect for any writer who can straightfacedly give a main character a name as sophomoric as Butner Fluck. Where I come from, that kind of bathroom humor went out of style when they let us out of Young Readers and into the "big kids'" section of the library. Satire or not, this book was an unqualified disaster. I'd like to think that this latest foray of Cornwell's was just an accident, but unfortunately everything she's written in the past three years, from "Cause of Death" on, has been of the same low caliber. I've been hoping that she will at some point effect a turnaround, but it seems I've also been sadly mistaken. "Southern Cross" will be the last Cornwell book I buy, until this star-crossed author can show that she still has the talent to write a story worthy of my $18.17.
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Summary: STRONG CHARACTERS, EVEN STRONGER STORY
Review: THIS BOOK WAS WELL WORTH THE TIME SPENT. THE CHARACTERS ARE VERY EMOTIONAL AND I FELT AS IF I COULD TOUCH THEM. NOT ONLY WAS THIS A MYSTERY, BUT ALSO A LESSON ON HUMAN EMOTIONS WE ALL FEEL ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. FOCUS NOT JUST ON THE PLOT, BUT ALSO THE EMOTIONS OF THE CHARACTERS, THE PREJUDICES, WEAKNESS AND THEIR STRENGTH. IN THE END THIS IS A BOOK STATING THAT IF WE GET BEYOND WHAT IS SO DIFFERENT ABOUT US AND STARR FOCUSING ON WHAT WE EACH HAVE IN COMMON IT IS THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF EVERY DAY LIVING. RICH OF POOR, BLACK OR WHITE WE ALL STRUGGLE TO LIVE OUR LIVES
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Summary: Entertaining but lacks the suspense of her previous books.
Review: I couldn not believe I was reading a book by Patricia Cornwell! This book did not contain the mystery and suspense I enjoyed in her previous books. While the book was entertaining it was more light fiction than her usual murder mysteries. The author did depict the Richmond area quite accurately and she may hear about her "Yankee viewpoint" regarding her description of an old southern community. This viewpoint was what I enjoyed most about the book as I live 60 miles from Richmond and was not born in the south! I admit I found her descriptions to be very truthful and similiar to how I've perceived this area. The "confederate cross" is unfortunately still alive,well and very visible in this state.
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Summary: not usual patricia cornwell,what a disappointment
Review: wanted to be the first to read this book and very disappointed. was written more tongue in cheek-not a serious mystery. i feel too much fun was made of richmond and the people who live there. i do not live there but would resent this story. ms cornwell should go back to her other style of writing, please.
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Summary: FORCED MY WAY THROUGH 50 PAGES...
Review: I'VE READ THEM ALL WITH GREAT ENJOYMENT, BUT THIS ONE JUST WOULDN'T FLY. SCARPETTA CHARACTERS HAVE SUBSTANCE. THIS BOOK'S CHARACTERS GAVE YOU NOTHING TO BUILD ON. ABSOLUTELY LACKS INTEREST. A VERY LAME EFFORT FOR CORNWELL THAT WILL SADLY ADD TO HER WEALTH.
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Summary: Bring Back Kay Scarpetta!
Review: I am a long time fan of Cornwell, but I didn't like Hornet's Nest and Southern Cross is just as bad. Characters are un-memorable, I don't care about them, and plot just drags on and on. Cornwell should go back to Kay Scarpetta. She does much better with a character who has been well developed and whom readers care about. Give it up, Patricia! Your deviant books don't make it! Someone gave me the book as a gift; I would never have bought it. I too question whether Cornwell's fame is having a negative effect on her quality.
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Summary: BORING!! CHARCTERS YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT.
Review: THIS IS TO SAY THE LEAST THE WORST BOOK PATRICIA CORNWELL HAS WRITTEN. THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT INTERESTING NOR IS TH PLOT. THE WORDING IS HORRIBLE. FOR ABOUT 250 PAGES I THOUGHT MY BOOK HAD TYPEGRAPHICAL ERRORS UNTIL I FIGURED OUT ONE OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS COULD NOT TALK RIGHT. I HOPE THE LAST 50 PAGES IS MORE INTERESTING THAN YHE FIRST 300. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT KAY SCARPETTA NOVEL BUT PUT JUDY HAMMER TO SLEEP.
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