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Summary: Scarpetta!
Review: This was a great book! Kay Scarpetta is so intense and really knows what she's after. I look forward to reading the next Scarpetta adventure.
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Summary: Scarpetta!
Review: This was a great book! Kay Scarpetta is so intense and reallyknows what she's after. I look forward to reading the next Scarpetta adventure.
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Summary: So Good!
Review: I have read all of Patricia Cornwell's books and love the KayScarpetta series. I cannot wait to read " Black Notice " and her new novel "The Last Precinct" due to be published in November 2000. I was saddened by Benton's death and just hope the great Marino does not meet an untimely death. I love his character and I love Lucy, which will shock some people out there as you all seem to hate her! I can identify to her being a young, moody and lesbian girl. The forensic detail is mind-blowing and I believe Patricia Cornwell goes to great lengths to research her locations and details. Buy this book but start with the first Kay Scarpetta novel - "Post-Mortem" before you read "Point of origin".
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Summary: So Good!
Review: I have read all of Patricia Cornwell's books and love the Kay Scarpetta series. I cannot wait to read " Black Notice " and her new novel "The Last Precinct" due to be published in November 2000. I was saddened by Benton's death and just hope the great Marino does not meet an untimely death. I love his character and I love Lucy, which will shock some people out there as you all seem to hate her! I can identify to her being a young, moody and lesbian girl. The forensic detail is mind-blowing and I believe Patricia Cornwell goes to great lengths to research her locations and details. Buy this book but start with the first Kay Scarpetta novel - "Post-Mortem" before you read "Point of origin".
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Summary: Too much
Review: I've read all of the Kay Scarpetta books and maybe I've just gotten tired of them. Granted the series is about a forensic pathologist, but this one was just too twisted and too morbid for my tastes. No more tormented Lucy, no more persecuted righteous protagonist, no more buying Patricia Cornwell novels.
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Summary: Too much
Review: I've read all of the Kay Scarpetta books and maybe I've justgotten tired of them. Granted the series is about a forensic pathologist, but this one was just too twisted and too morbid for my tastes. No more tormented Lucy, no more persecuted righteous protagonist, no more buying Patricia Cornwell novels.
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Summary: Not her best, but enjoyable
Review: I was waiting for it, and I wasn't disapointed ; even if it'snot the best, it's a good one, dark, and with good atmosphere. I just regret to see Lucy go down so much ...
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Summary: Not her best, but enjoyable
Review: I was waiting for it, and I wasn't disapointed ; even if it's not the best, it's a good one, dark, and with good atmosphere. I just regret to see Lucy go down so much ...
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Summary: Savored Moments
Review: I've read all of Cornwell's books up to this one, and I foundthis sad, sad, sad -- as well as wonderfully done. As usual, Cornwell's characters are so real the reader feels like we know them personally. In Point of Origin, Cornwell gives the morbidly curious her usual dose of the gross but very real aspect of death. Most people don't think of the cutting open of bodies as part of murder investigations, but as a writer and reporter, I have come across medical investigators and crime myself. I have grown so fond of her character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, that I can see her with my own eyes. (In fact, I picture her as looking exactly like Cornwell, from her descriptions of Scarpetta and Cornwell's own photographs and Cornwell's experience). Scarpetta and myself savored the last moments of a dying relationship through this book. Cornwell never gives you an ending you'd expect. In fact, this one shocked me, and I'm pretty unshockable. Putting emotion aside, it was the best possible ending she could have done. I think Scarpetta would agree, although in an ironic, unhappy sense. The book serves up horrendous death and a lesson readers can take with them in their own lives -- not to take anything for granted. Bravo, Cornwell!
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Summary: I'm Glad I Didn't Buy It
Review: Thank goodness I only borrowed this stinker from a friend. Iagree with other reviewers - Cornwell is not up to form. There hasbeen a steady decline of quality since 'From Potters Field'. Herdevelopment of Scarpetta has become tiresome. Kay is a whiny, self-important, annoying shrew who has no chance of connecting with human beings on any level. And Lucy, well, the less said the better. She's beyond intolerable. My main problem with the book, besides the obvious plot holes, was the text that was dedicated to absolutely unrelated events. When Kay and Marino eat at the Old Ebbitt Grill in DC, the author spends at least two pages reviewing conversations being held by various patrons at the restaurant. And I need to read about this because....? Cornwell employed this abysmal style in the unreadable Hornet's Nest. Another annoyance is the shameless brand name dropping. Do I care that Rose wears an Armani suit? Not really. Also, why does Cornwell need to specify that Kay uses and ergonomically correct chair? These are all useless details that only seem to take up extra text. If she wants to return to the business of writing taut, suspenseful novels, then it is time for Cornwell to perform an attitude adjustment on her main characters, and FIND A BETTER EDITOR!
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