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Summary: Not up to the last books
Review: This book left me a little disappointed...it was not up to the standards Cornwell has set with her other books in the Scarpetta series. The plot was a bit unbelievable and flat.
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Summary: Scarpetta vs. Gault!!! The one you've been waiting for!
Review: I was heavily anticipating reading this book after finishing The Body Farm i pick this one up straight away and started reading it. Right from the prologue i was hooked i couldnt put it down. I read through this book quicker than any of the other Scarpetta novels.It is interesting to see how Kay started off owning just one gun in the first novel, a Ruger .38. And now she has an entire arsenal in her garage. Temple Gault is definatly the most well known of the Scarpetta villans, he is a pure evil killing machine. Although he never actually appears in the book for long periods of time there is always that sence of danger, that he might be around soemwhere, and that he is capable of everything. That is what's so intimidating about him. Overall Scarpetta has created a classic here, itll keep you hooked right up until the climax when Scapetta finally goes head to head with Gault in a deadly battle of wills that will have you on the edge of your seat in excitment. Well doen Miss Cornwell!!!
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Summary: Why Patricia Why?????
Review: I again gave this a four rating. I enjoyed most of the book. It will hold your attention and you wonder what is going to happen next. Temple Brooks Gault comes to the surface again, this time in New York. But, he shows up many different places. You expect him to walk into Dr. Scarpetta's office at any moment. As usual Captain Pete Marino is in rare form. My only problem is the adulty Dr. Scarpetta continues to commit with FBI Agent Wesley. I still think it cheapens the character of Scarpetta. I think of her as honest and upright. In fact,on page 281 she even had this to say," I will do more than threaten if people don't do the right thing." Then she goes to bed with a married man with children. Go figure.
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Summary: This will hook you in!
Review: This was the first Scarpetta Novel I read. I was half way through the first chapter when I went back to the store and bought all the books in the series that came before. This is the best there has been. This book delves into the mind of a sadistic killer, Temple Gault. It can not get more terrifying than starring into his dead ice blue eyes. If you are into thrillers this is one that will keep you up all night and not just reading. Guaranteed to make you jump at any sound.
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Summary: Riveting!
Review: Don't let the first quarter of this book discourage you. I thought it was slow, cliched and I almost ditched it, and would leave it in my handbag to read on the train to work if I was really bored. But as I kept reading it on train, I realized eventually, I could not put it down; I had to know what would happen next, as with all good mysteries. I ended up reading it not only on the train but through the night at home, I just had to know what happended! Great mystery and the main character, the Medical Examiner, Scapetta, (which is very important when I read a book) is someone with credibility and that you care about what happens to.
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Summary: Disappointment at it's extreme
Review: I had never read this author, but knew of many who did. When I read that this book was being made into a movie, it seemed a good opportunity to read her, before seeing the screen mess up her work. Now, I pray that the screen does so. I was extremely disappointed with this work. It is unrealistic, fails to capture the reader, and at points when I should have been completely engrossed, left me struggling with whether I wanted to pick it up. I hope she has written better than this, or else, there are a lot of people who have not bothered reading some of the strong authors available. Her characters are not sympathetic, they do not draw the reader's attention, and they are dull in overall scope. I have too many other good books to read before I pick up another book from this author.
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Summary: My first and last Patricia Cornwell book
Review: I actually tried another PC book a few months ago (don't remember which one) but gave up in disgust with all of the advertising I found in it - references to AOL, Reebok and The Body shop. But I saw this book in the library and seeing as she is so popular decided to give her another chance. Big mistake. The characters in this book were wooden and the main character, Kay Scarpetta is laughable. When it is discovered that the killer on the scene knows where she lives, she blubbers about having to leave her house and car. Now here's a heroine we can get behind!! I read about 200 pages before giving up. I decided I had wasted enough of my life on this drivel. I had read in other reviews that there was one good scene in this book. I didn't get that far because I didn't find one in those 200 pages. I followed this book with "Denial" by Peter James and saw the difference between the insipid rubbish that Cornwell passes off as a thriller and the real thing."Denial" kept me turning the pages until the end.
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Summary: It just keeps getting better!
Review: "With each book, her scalpel is getting sharper," the praise from Newsweek on the inside cover claims. After reading "From Potter's Field", as well as six other novels by Patricia Cornwell, I must agree with the reviewer's statement. Cornwell has yet to write a book that disappoints me--so far, each book I have read has been more thrilling and stimulating than the last! This book was no exception. In "From Potter's Field", Kay Scarpetta, Lucy, Marino, and Benton Wesley return to once again match forces with Temple Gault, a notorious serial killer who first surfaced in "Cruel and Unusual", the fourth book in the Scarpetta series. As usual, Cornwell's elements of obvious research, superb characterization, and plot developement were present, making the story seem very realistic. Everytime something new is introduced into the plot, it all builds up until everything comes together at the end. It was fun to reread parts of the book and figure out how it fit into the picture. Overall, just another great Cornwell book. I don't know what else I can say about it that has not already been said.
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Summary: great book,Cornwell is an enigmatic writer!
Review: I've read her novel,body of evidence,some years ago and when i saw this novel at a local bookstore i immediately bought it and began reading it page after page after page, you simply cannot put it down!
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Summary: This book is BAD!
Review: I read "Postmortem"a few years ago and remember enjoying it, so I figured I'd give another Cornwell book a chance. It was a mistake. Cornwell's prose is about as sophisticated as a 40-ounce bottle of Colt 45. I know one doesn't read this kind of novel for its beautiful language, but prose on a higher level than sixth grade composition class shouldn't be out of the question either. I can count the number of metaphors used in this book on one hand, without extending any of my fingers. And the plot is...well...lame. Had it been anything other than boring, senseless tripe I would be able to overlook the complete lack of artistic craft in the book. But it wasn't. The antagonist is a drug addict, who is "decompensating," yet he still manages to break into a high-security computer system in the FBI building, all the while committing murders in public places while eluding scores of policeman like the invisible man. This book would be better classified as science fiction than crime fiction. What a stinker!
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