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Summary: Incredible!
Review: I must say this was my favorite of the Patricia Cornwell booksI've read. I've read all of them except for Black Notice and Southern Cross. I love them all. This book had my attention completely and I never wanted to put it down! I was shocked with every chapter and kept in total suspense. I thought the ending was exciting and I couldn't wait to get to the end to find out what happened. I was a little disappointed with the unexpected death, but that's probably one of the items which made the book so good. I can't wait to read Black Notice and I love Patricia Cornwell's books!
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Summary: Beyond Boring
Review: This is my second Patricia Cornwell book, also my last. Kay isa totally unlikeable character. She is self-involved, arrogant, humourless, and totally one dimensional. I could never understand why Benton (hate that name) would be interested in her.I agree with everyone else's reviews on the gigantic plot holes. Also I find it very hard to believe that a ME would get so involved in every case in the state. I have never heard of a criminal blaming the ME and then going after her. I kept reading just to finish it and was so disappointed I said never again.
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Summary: Beyond Boring
Review: This is my second Patricia Cornwell book, also my last. Kay is a totally unlikeable character. She is self-involved, arrogant, humourless, and totally one dimensional. I could never understand why Benton (hate that name) would be interested in her. I agree with everyone else's reviews on the gigantic plot holes. Also I find it very hard to believe that a ME would get so involved in every case in the state. I have never heard of a criminal blaming the ME and then going after her. I kept reading just to finish it and was so disappointed I said never again.
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Summary: Love and hate for Kay
Review: While I read this book I had a lot of different feelings forPatricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta. At last I just thought that I am sick of the dying of all of her friends. Mark, Benton...I couldn't believe his dead, I had to read the pages serveral times until I recognized that Patricia Cornwell is without any feelings for the readers who just liked the love between Kay and Benton, even if they had problems. That was one of the only points in Kays life that was happiness. It was not necessary to destroy it. It does not helpany furhter. The dark side of the books are now dominating, there is nothing left for loving. I am just waiting for the dead of Pete. Why has it to be so? the books are intense, thrilling and facinating but with the bad things and moods dominating they just get on my nerves. I will just stop reading these books. Faye Kellerman, Elizabeth George and other female writers are just more pleasant and as fascinating as Cornwell. good bye....
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Summary: Love and hate for Kay
Review: While I read this book I had a lot of different feelings for Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta. At last I just thought that I am sick of the dying of all of her friends. Mark, Benton...I couldn't believe his dead, I had to read the pages serveral times until I recognized that Patricia Cornwell is without any feelings for the readers who just liked the love between Kay and Benton, even if they had problems. That was one of the only points in Kays life that was happiness. It was not necessary to destroy it. It does not helpany furhter. The dark side of the books are now dominating, there is nothing left for loving. I am just waiting for the dead of Pete. Why has it to be so? the books are intense, thrilling and facinating but with the bad things and moods dominating they just get on my nerves. I will just stop reading these books. Faye Kellerman, Elizabeth George and other female writers are just more pleasant and as fascinating as Cornwell. good bye....
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Summary: Sanctimonious Scarpetta to the rescue, or maybe not.
Review: As a Professor of English literature at Victoria University, Irecommended my students read this book as an example of a standard potboiler bereft of real ideas and characterisation. The style is basic, the grammar poor and vocabulary range limited. The main variety comes in trying to spot all the references to brand names. The plot meanders along introducing pointless elements like Marino's christmas lights and the escaped foal which goes unexplained. The characters are surprisingly unappealing as Scarpetta rants most of the time and, as other readers have commented, Lucy is a bizarre character and I suspect the alter ego of the author. In spite of those comments, POO does succeed in being a page-turner, and that is all it needs to be, and it is a very easy read. Butany enjoyment is entirely negated at the end when the denouement is tied up in about 15 lines and leaves it open for an obvious sequel. Given that very little of the point of origin was in fact explained, having the book tied in such a mediocre fashion was disappointing. Nevertheless, it keeps her fans and her bank manager happy.
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Summary: Sanctimonious Scarpetta to the rescue, or maybe not.
Review: As a Professor of English literature at Victoria University, I recommended my students read this book as an example of a standard potboiler bereft of real ideas and characterisation. The style is basic, the grammar poor and vocabulary range limited. The main variety comes in trying to spot all the references to brand names. The plot meanders along introducing pointless elements like Marino's christmas lights and the escaped foal which goes unexplained. The characters are surprisingly unappealing as Scarpetta rants most of the time and, as other readers have commented, Lucy is a bizarre character and I suspect the alter ego of the author. In spite of those comments, POO does succeed in being a page-turner, and that is all it needs to be, and it is a very easy read. But any enjoyment is entirely negated at the end when the denouement is tied up in about 15 lines and leaves it open for an obvious sequel. Given that very little of the point of origin was in fact explained, having the book tied in such a mediocre fashion was disappointing. Nevertheless, it keeps her fans and her bank manager happy.
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Summary: Intriguing
Review: We found 'Point Of Origin' another one of Cornwell's excellentreading of and about Scarpetta's intriguing case load. Again once we got started we couldn't stop. We went from Hornest's Nest to Point of Origin so we know we are missing inbetween as some of the story didn't make sense and we had a feeling we had missed something. (Benton's & Scarpetta's affair and Benton's marriage breakup.) Hopefully this author will continue this story (no bodies found!) and now the 3 main characters will continue on with the struggle of trying to make a difference in their world. We won't give away the ending, but we all felt Kay's pain like we were right there at Hilton Head Island. Great reading 4 Christmas or 4 a gift.
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Summary: Intriguing
Review: We found 'Point Of Origin' another one of Cornwell's excellent reading of and about Scarpetta's intriguing case load. Again once we got started we couldn't stop. We went from Hornest's Nest to Point of Origin so we know we are missing inbetween as some of the story didn't make sense and we had a feeling we had missed something. (Benton's & Scarpetta's affair and Benton's marriage breakup.) Hopefully this author will continue this story (no bodies found!) and now the 3 main characters will continue on with the struggle of trying to make a difference in their world. We won't give away the ending, but we all felt Kay's pain like we were right there at Hilton Head Island. Great reading 4 Christmas or 4 a gift.
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Summary: Not what I expected
Review: Eventhough this was a page-turner which I didn't want to end,this was not as good as some of Cornwell's other novels. There is only a very thin story line, which could be told in much less than the 400 or so pages the book has now. It's just more of the same, and it seems like Cornwell's inspiration has run dry.
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