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Summary: Did she run out of paper?
Review: I had heard so much about Cornwell that I'm sorry that I picked this book as the first to read. I thought it hard to follow and had to go back and reread passages a couple of times to figure out what was being done to whom and then the bottom just dropped out at the end. Should I risk another book by Cornwell or move on?
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Summary: Did I miss something?
Review: I looked forward to another Scarpetta novel, having read all the others, but this was a real disappointment. It didn't really seem to go anywhere, and jumped from one idea to another, so it was confusing. I kept wondering if I was missing something! I was hoping the Chandonne story line would come to an end in this book, but, it seems there's room for more, as seen by the ending, which happened way too fast with very little detail or explanation. I still feel like I missed something. This was a very disatisfying book, to say the least. The Kay Scarpetta I love reading about would not have put up with this!
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Summary: Well Corny
Review: It seems as though Patricia Cornwell has not spent the last three years creating credible new storylines for her best - loved character. Benton's re-emergence was explored previously and his role should have been laid to rest.
This novel was disappointing, lacking in the vivid characterisation deployed in the author's previous works and its denouement was hurried and unsatisfactory.
The horrific Jay Talley met his maker far too simply and the reader is left with the feeling that Cornwell has lost her conviction with regard to the superb plotlines and characters for which she is celebrated.
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Summary: Where is the suspense?
Review: I am a big fan of Patricia Cornwell's and have read every book in the Kay Scarpetta series. Blowfly was a christmas present. As I read it, I just kept waiting and waiting for it to get better. It never did. I was so puzzled by the ending, there was no suspense at all!
It seemed to me that this book's purpose was simply to set up the scenario for the next one.
Bad news, wolfman is on the loose and unfortunately that will require one more book to put him to rest.I also would favor a brand new case in the next book, with maybe only one paragraph devoted to wolfman, mentioning that Kay gets a phone call from a long time associate to let her know that a man covered with baby fine hair was found, bled to death, having mistakenly bit off his tongue while looking at a picture of Kay.
And that's it, bury him and move on!
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Summary: Mailing Book Back to Publisher
Review: I sure wish I had read these reviews before I bought the hardback just because I have loved the series! This is such crap that I am going to mail the book back to G. Putnam's Sons after I go to the web site of Penguin ( www.penguin.com) and ask for my money back. Also will go to Cornwell's web site to complain.
My husband, also a fan, had started to read it first and stopped after about five pages. He is a litle more squeamish than I so I just thought something was a little more gory than he could handle even tho he is a doctor. But he just had picked up bad vibes. So I sailed into it and what a dog. All we are left with is Benton has done this terrible thing to his family which gets one line and Kay, who is still shell shocked six years later? Lucy has met a young police officer to whom she may be attracted who is apparently a hetrosexual, and the Wolfman may have mystical powers and is on the loose. So what is next? Lucy eating her heart out for a hetro or trying to seduce one? Kay turning hot and cold whenever she thinks of Benton's desertion? Benton still hiding because Wolfman and his dad are still alive?
And Marino drinking himself to death still. What a constution!
He should have been dead fron the smoking, anger, drinking, and mooning over Kay years ago. He can't be that stuipd and still breathing. 0 Stars from me! And I am not buying another book. Kay and Patricia are dead to me.
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Summary: I am so disappointed!
Review: This book is terrible. It read as a cheap horror story and the ending fell flat. I hope that she starts Kay Scarpetta with a clean slate in her next novel. I can't believe that Patricia Cornwell didn't realize what a lousy book Blow Fly is. If the choice were possible I would give this book no stars!
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Summary: Manipulative and disgusting
Review: The villains of this piece, the Chandonnes, are as appalling as they are impossible to believe. I guess this shouldn't be a surprise, since the title is taken from a maggot. Cornwell is far more fascinated by the Chandonnes than I ever have been. The manipulative part was far more infuritating. These characters seem to come from a different series. Scarpetta is so remote she seems comatose. Lucy's sexuality slides up and down the continuum -- difficult to accept from such an out and proud lesbian. Marino is his old self, confronting his feelings for Kay (at least internally) with uncommon candor. He's the only one that feels familiar. And THE plot twist (I won't give it away) is so manipulative that I feel as though I've been played like a violin. In all, an unpleasant experience. I agree with the previous reviewer who encourages the talented Ms. Cornwell to just move on, get past the Chandonnes, and give us a credible story we will actually care about.
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Summary: Who wrote this book?
Review: I could have lived with the narrative switch to 3rd person for Cornwell's protagonist, Kay Scarpetta, and I could have lived with the resurrection of Benton Wesley if his actions in this book had been the least bit believable. But I can't find any redeeming value in the absolutely ridiculous "plot" that results in the escape of the Wolfman. There is nothing remotely believable in Blow Fly. This book makes me wonder if Patricia Cornwall died and some totally untalented writer tried to cash in by cobbling together a rehash of her previous novels. Don't waste your money or your time on this one.
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Summary: Please!!!
Review: This book is awful! I found myself wondering if it had been ghost written by someone who hadn't bothered reading the other books in the series. The characters are caricatures of themselves, and the story line and "ending" are ridiculous. I have never written a review before, but I was moved to do so by the sheer awfulness of this book. Patricia Cornwell can, and should, do better. She owes more to her readers.
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Summary: a big fan of the "Scarpetta" series.
Review: I give the new "Scarpetta" novel five stars just becuase i love the way that Patricia Cornwell writes. She writes with such depth that you actually become attached to the characters as if you know them in real life. I for one will never forget the first time I started reading these wonderful novels. My high school english teacher persuaded me to try them. I was not a big reader and decided that I would give the books a chance. After reading postmortem, It had such an impact on me and how she actually reached my attention and sucked me into the bottomless pit of reading. Now i'm a scarpetta junkie and can't wait till she comes out with the next novel. Im curious to see what happens with Scarpetta and her lover (if you have read the books before hand you know who im talking about) if you havn't read the books i suggest you do so. The book is spine chilling, and to think that Lucy is actually capable of doing something so malicious, oh well, good bye to rocco!! the book is awsome
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