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Summary: Not Cornwell's best Scarpetta book...
Review: ...but I'm glad that I read it. I enjoy Cornwell's Scarpetta series because it is thrilling and interesting. I am a big forensics fan. However, I felt as though Point of Origin was more like a technical manual than a story. I feel that From Potter's Field was her best book.
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Summary: What a book...
Review: Cornwell's Kay Scapetta series is wonderful. This book was definitely up to par with the others. In this book Kay is trying to solve various murders that are masked by arson. She and her niece Lucy work together on trying to unravel the mystery. For those who follow the series, Carrie Grethen is back and badder than ever. The final chapters of the book are quick paced and exciting - the ending is unexpected!!!Once again, PC has done a wonderful job of bringing Kay to life and bringing the reader into the story. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: Patricia Cornwell has once again dazzled me with her inspirational heroine Kay Scarpetta. She captured every feeling imaginable for every character(Kay, Lucy, Marino, and Benton).She explains all the details so that you can get a real vivid picture in your mind, between the forensics and crime scenes. Absolutely outstanding. The only thing that disappoints me is one of the beloved characters will no longer entertain us. I am looking forward to her next book that I am going to purchase as soon as I can find a copy. Thank you Patricia, KEEP UP TO GOOD WORK!
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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: Patricia Cornwell has once again dazzled me with her inspirational heroin Kay Scarpetta. She captured every feeling imaginable for every character(Kay, Lucy, Marino, and Benton).She explains all the details so that you can get a real vivid picture in your mind, between the forensics and crime scenes. Absolutely outstanding. The only thing that disappoints me is one of the beloved characters will no longer entertain us. I am looking forward to her next book that I am going to purchase as soon as I can find a copy. Thank you Patricia, KEEP UP TO GOOD WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: After a promising beginning, the plot quickly becomes cluttered and unfocused. There are too many unanswered questions -- the lone surviving horse for example -- or its owner's involvement -- the final denouement is simply not satisfying after taking the plot in so many possible directions. I am always intrigued by the author's thorough research, and I have enjoyed her other books, but in this case she tried too hard to cram every ounce of information into the developing storyline. I felt that the author simply ran the plot into the ground in its complexity and couldn't come up with an ending that pulled it all together.
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Summary: Extremely annoying...........
Review: This is my first Patricia Cornwell book. Her character development was fine, but her insistence on delving totally into the depths of fire investigation and forensic testing was for me extremely tiresome. I think a little examination of fire investigation and forensic testing is fine, but the degree that she goes into it is sort of like asking someone what time it is and they tell you how to build a watch. Finally, the demise of Carrie and her boyfriend was just too easy.
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Summary: Lukewarm, not hot.
Review: There is a guideline among play/screenwriters that says if a gun is on the table in the first act, it must be fired by act three. So when the villain's threatening letter appears on the first page of the book, a reader can reasonably expect a person-to-person confrontation by the end of the book. Don't hold your breath, it never happens. The ending clearly points to a continuation of Carrie the Villain in another Kay Scarpetta book, but disappointed fans may not pick up the next installment. Kay Scarpetta fans will have to be devoted and loyal to love this book. The quality if a far cry from the tensely plotted, intriguingly detailed books that Cornwell wrote at the beginning of the series. The result is a main character who has shed all her flaws, leaving an unsympathetic, driven, workaholic superhero in her place. Kay's niece, in this plot installment, is fast following the character of her aunt. In other books this young woman was brittle, smart, sympathetic, and on the brink of self-understanding. Now she is just another lesbian computer genius, athlete, and expert helicopter pilot who comes complete with incredible intuition and brilliant firefighting skills and who regularly falls in love with her supervisors. Oh, and she was the villain's former lover, too. But it wasn't her fault. She was young. And dumb. Her character just doesn't add up. Readers can't sympathize with someone they don't understand, let alone identify with. A good book editor would have made sure to create a character transition for those who have not read every Kay Scarpetta book in order. And that's the major problem with the book--it's not badly written, it has a lot of potential to be another stay-up-all-night-and-read-Cornwell book, but it is badly damaged by sloppy work that could have been easily fixed by a shrewd book editor. An editor would have also made sure the escaped colt that received a big buildup was explained instead of forgotten; that Mr. Sparks either had a name change or at least a more finished role in the second half of the book; that people vital to the plot line would have been introduced before the plot line is exhausted; that the dialogue flows less awkwardly; that the non-word "ironical" never appeared at all; and that the ending explained better why no chemical ingniter was found in the tests when it suddenly becomes an important factor in the book. Let's hope plot details get fixed by the next installment, or it won't be a mystery that Kay Scarpetta fans begin to vanish.
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Summary: Point Of Origin
Review: I have read and enjoyed a few Patricia Cornwell novels.Point Of Origin seemed rather flat in comparison. I never really got pulled into this story and the ending fizzled. The reason I jumped onto Amazon today was to look up her earlier works I may have missed. I wanted to get back to the "good stuff".
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Summary: Horrific and riveting
Review: This outing of Dr. Kay and her unfortunate niece has some genuinely shocking plot twists that are both saddening and unforgettable. Faced with the ongoing battle with crazy lady Carrie Grethen, the feminine duo face hostile attorneys, judges,fires, and career hurdles as they match wits with cold and deadly killers. From riveting beginning to heartbreaking end, this horrific page turner is totally compelling.
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Summary: Chilling and Emotional
Review: Wow, a mix of suspense, romance, and TONS OF EMOTION. I have read most of the Kay Scarpetta books, and by the end of the book i was in tears. I have not been dissapointed by Patricia Cornwell. A must-read for Kay Scarpetta fans, and readers world-wide.
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