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Summary: Poor writing
Review: It seems like a completely different person wrote this book. I literally had to check if the author was Cornwell. It was poorly written and just constructed.
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Summary: Kay Scarpetta, R.I.P.
Review: I don't know how long I can keep on buying Cornwell's follies. First there was Isle of Dogs -- perhaps the worst book EVER. Now there's this Kay Scarpetta book with almost no Kay Scarpetta, and even the meager appearances don't ring true. Here's a frightening thought: Cornwell has lost touch with her own main character. Lucy commits cold-blooded murder in this book, and Kay is OK with that. My old pals Kay and Marino used to go to any length to catch the bad guys. Now I can't tell them apart.So not only is the main character MIA, but there's nothing to like. The plot is nonsense, Lucy's secret agent antics are pointless, Benton's resurrection just means we're in for more bad relationship scenes, and it's like Kay suddenly drank Love Potion No. 9: everyone loves or admires or lusts after her. The longer you dwell on this book, the worse you feel. Nothing adds up, nothing makes sense.
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Summary: Cornwell Paranoia
Review: If anyone is familiar with the excellent Vanity Fair article about Patricia Cornwell from a few years ago, you can see what has been going wrong with her recent books - particularly the terrible Blow Fly. Cornwell is pretentious, paranoid and egotistical. The Vanity Fair article goes on about Cornwell having bodyguards (a book author!), the suspicions about her involvement in the plot to kill someone, trying to buy the author off with a Mont Blanc pen (in order to obtain a favorable article), and on and on. If one is to believe the Vanity Fair article, she is crazy as a loon. In Blow Fly, she continues with her name dropping, as she has done in previous books (how much do we have to hear about Scarpetta having the best of everything?), plots revolving around everyone out to get Scarpetta....please, she is the medical examiner and now she has a beast and his gorgeous twin brother pining away and wanting to murder her? The only thing that got me through this book is the fact that I love these characters. I hope she returns to the basics and more plausible plot lines. And talk about Cornwell taking herself too seriously....just because she is a mystery author, what gives her the qualifications to write books on true life crime? Taking on Jack the Riper and Princess Diana's death? Give me a break! This woman needs a dose of reality before she loses all her fans.
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Summary: Not the usual Scarpetta novel
Review: This book is written in third person, which is different from her other books. This takes a little getting used to, but was an interesting change of pace. I enjoyed reading it, but it did not flow as well as her other books. The ending was way to rushed. I am left with a lot of questions that should have been answered at the end of the book. Let's move on from the Chandonnes already.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I kept waiting for the plot to thicken...and waiting...and waiting. It never happened. Ms. Cornwell sets up the plot, then doesn't tell the story. She hurriedly brings all the storylines together in the last few pages for an extremely clumsy finish. We aren't even given the courtesy of "seeing" what happens to the villains. I won't be spending money on another Patricia Cornwell novel until she decides that her readers are worth a bit more effort.
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Summary: Not what I expected......
Review: Being an avid fan of Patricia Cornwell, I was looking forward to curling up with this book for an exciting read. Unfortunately, so much of the book was reminding me of all the happenings in the books I've already read, that I was surprised to be almost to the end without ever having gotten to the juicy mystery I was expecting. I'm hoping the next book gets us back into the forensic science and mystery solving I've come to enjoy from the Kay Scarpetta novels.
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Summary: Blow Blow Blow
Review: Uffda, I've been an ardent follower of Ms. Patsy Cornwell, and I believe this book has fallen short of her standard. I began believing that this was a book about Kay Scarpetta, ace forensic pathologist, but it isn't. It is about a bunch of unfinished business. Unfortunately the loose ends aren't tied-up all that convincingly.
I guess I have learned to expect more from Ms. Cornwell. I still look forward to her next book, but please let's not have another stinker like Blow Fly?!
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Summary: Fly away!!
Review: This was a waste of money and a waste of precious trees!!! I awaited this book with great anticipation, only to be unbeliveably disappointed! The first 150 pp are a (poor) synopsis of Cornwell's previous 2 Scarpetta novels. The writing is in the 3rd person and we never hear Kay Scarpetta's voice (as in all previous books). The dialogue is so poor, it is hard to believe that Patricia Cornwell actually wrote it!! I was also offended by the trivial way Cornwell tried to bring in recent events such as 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. I hate to say this, but this is the last Cornwell book I will spend my hard-earned money on.
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Summary: Bad, Bad Blow Fly
Review: I have read every Cornwell book written and was looking forward to reading Blow Fly. This book was a huge disappointment. Thankfully I got it from my library and didn't waste any money on it. It was written in the first person, which didn't work well. Each chapter was a different character - so it jumped around constantly. The plot was very weak. And the ending was so anti-climactic that she wrapped it up in the last 15 pages. It felt like she got sick of writing the book and just came up with whatever she could to end it. Maybe she was too busy researching Princess Diana's death for her TV appearance to spend much time on this book. It was definitely a half-hearted effort. If you're a staunch Cornwell fan, you'll read it - but don't waste your money on buying it - go to your library.
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Summary: not worth the hardcover price
Review: very long and tedious book,i was thrilled to hear Kay coming back but utterly dissapointed when i read it... the entire book seems to be leading to an incredible ending, then just stops... the ending is about 3 pages long.... very very dissapointing book... the more i think about it, the more i believe that i would probably not spend the money on a paperback either... perhaps if someone gave it to you for free, it would be worth the read..
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