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Summary: Wasp's Nest
Review: This book appears to have stirred up a stinging nest of its own, based on reviews from other readers ... I haven't read Cornwell before, but I found this book very readable. I, too, thought her style was more forensics and was looking for that, but obviously the interaction of the characters was more the point of this book. I finished it this morning and was disappointed with the ending ... I'm on line now because it seems fairly obvious that Cornwell was setting the scene for more with these characters. Did someone say, "Southern Cross?"
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Summary: Dropped Without an Ending
Review: I thought it was difficult to get into. Then it was hard to follow where it was going with plot, and relationships. Finally when I thought I was following to the end, there was none. I turned the page for the ending and found I had just read the end. Horrible! Read the whole confusing book to be dropped with no ending!
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Summary: Welcome to the world of novelized soap operas.
Review: While there is nothing wrong with a well established mystery novelist writing two or more different serials concerning completely different sets of well established characters, Cornwell is obviously demonstrating at her fans expense the fact that she can't handle it. With this novel we have her rather sickly version of a soap opera in print. It plainly doen't work. First of all, a mystery novel is the wrong place for a soap opera. Secondly, Cornwell doesn't even clean up the soap opera's act well enough to make it worth the effort. And thirdly, who does Cornwell think she is insulting our intelligence with this nonsense?
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Summary: Not Enough Suspense & Lacking Scarpetta
Review: I have read several of Cornwall's Scarpetta books which I have enjoyed very much. Hornet's Nest lacks the suspense and focus of the others. It seems to drag on in too much detail without moving toward a conclusion very well. It was ok, but well below the quality or good read characteristics of the others.
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Summary: hornets nest
Review: i enjoyed this book it was full of suspense i have read most of patricia cornwells other books with dr scarpetta in them i think that this new series is going to be just as exciting as the last one but i was disapointed in the ending
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Summary: I loved it!
Review: I loved this book and look forward to reading more about Andy Brazil and Deputy Chief West... I see a romance coming up :)
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Summary: It's not even worth one star
Review: It's a good thing that Cornwell wrote other books before getting this one published ---- or she would have seen the rejection slips pile up. The characters were cardboard stereotypes, the dialogue unbelievable, and the plot boring. What a waste of my time. It's an incredibly bad book.
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Summary: Don't Bother
Review: This was the first Patricia Cornwell book I read, and it made me decide to never read another one of her books (thankfully I changed my mind later). It is confusing, has too many dead ends and unanswered questions. The Andy Brazil character must be schizophrenic he has so many conflicting personality traits. The relationships between the characters goes hot and cold at the drop of a hat. The search for the killer is haphazard and slow. He might as well have jumped out in front of them and said "I'm the killer" at the end. Essentially the plot was stupid and the book frustrating to read.
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Summary: Please don't stray from Scarpetta again!
Review: Hornet's Nest is a complete disappointment.As an avid reader of Cornwall's books, I had to keep glancing at the jacket to be sure this was written by Patricia Cornwall and not someone else. The book seems to have been written to meet a deadline - the story is flat, the characters are flat and the editing is nonexistant! Either this was ghost written or Cornwall has a multiple personality disorder and this personality never took an English or Composition class. Cornwall seems to have forgotten everything she learned about run-on sentences, syntax and punctuation. Don't bother.
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Summary: The first...and I liked it.
Review: Let me start by saying I hadn't read any of Patricia Cornwell's other books. (The Scarpetta Series) I will, however, pick the first up and begin to read it immediately. I've been reading the other reviews of this book, and I think the issue is that it isn't the same format of all the other ones. This one isn't about forensics. It's about police procedures itself. There is a HUGE difference. I quite enjoyed this book. The characters were great, the plot was great, everything was GREAT! I sat at home imagining a guy like Andy Brazil. I thought I knew a woman exactly like Virginia West. The author did a fantastic job of describing every detail, playing out every scene. I was glued to my seat and didn't get up once until the book was finished! I look forward to reading Southern Cross. I give this book FOUR stars! Keep 'em coming!
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