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Summary: excellant, as are all of Ms Cornwells books
Review: Black Notice was another great story about Dr. Kaye Scarperta. I cant wait for more of these. However the ending did leave the reader/listner hanging. I do hope there will be another in this series. We get the audio books and really love the big 12 hour tapes. Point of orgin is the other title that is in this series and it also is excellant.
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Summary: Lazy but still Brilliant!
Review: Compared to Post-Mortem, Black Notice is hurried and lazy. I gave it 4 stars because it is still excellent writing, nevertheless, and in my opinion even a bad Scarpetta novel is better than no novel at all. Of course I'll be reading the next...
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Summary: what hidden evidence? What dangerous mission kay pulls off?
Review: i was reading the inside flaps of the summary of the book, and the words, "retreive hidden evidence" and "carry out a mission" made the book sound pretty exciting. but i am so wrong. the book rushed at the ending , was slow, and was pretty bad. although i think unnatural exposures was the worst book, this was pretty bad too.
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Summary: Started off good then went down from there
Review: I've heard so much about this author's work, but it seems I started off with the wrong novel. Way too many subplots that weren't completed and the ending has to be one of the worst, I've come across. But despite all of these flaws, it still wasn't the worst book I've read this year.I'll try another one of her books and just hope this was a fluke.
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Summary: Perfectly awful
Review: I have been a big fan of this series, but this book reads like a high school student trying to write a term paper due the next day. The backbiting and soap opera behavior of the characters and the plodding plots make this book extrememly tedious. The only enjoyable parts of the book were the ones dealing with the technical aspects of forensic work. Other descriptive words that come to mind are: depressing, sophmoric, lurching, disjointed and melodramatic. I do hope that this book was just a temporary lapse on the part of Ms. Cornwell and that she will produce something more palatable next time.
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Summary: Better than I expected
Review: I have read all of the Scarpetta books. Granted, it is hard to come up with new stuff after so many great books. But, this was better than I expected. The characters were developed thoughtfully, althought I agree with reviewers who felt that the story came to a screeching conclusion with many unanswered questions. I am not repulsed by vulgarity, but I did feel that the gratuitous use of profanity went well beyond what was required to establish character identity. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the read and will look forward to the next installment.
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Summary: TOTAL WASTE OF TIME, MONEY AND TREES
Review: Don't bother wasting your time with this book. Would have rated this a ZERO if possible and unless Patricia Cornwell dramatically improves this is certainly the last book I will be be purchasing written by this author.
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Summary: Where is the story?
Review: This is my first Patricia Cornwell book, and I'm disappointed. The dialog is sharp and not convincing. The book reads more like a made-for-TV mini-series than of a novel. There is an excessive number of subplots, none of which deal with catching the "werewolf". I'll give her one more shot to impress me.
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Summary: plot got lost in a rushed ending
Review: i thought i had misunderstood previous reviews and that this was going to be one of the better books. what a confusing plot; then to end the book as quickly and as incompletely totally irritated me. i don't think i've ever walked away from a cornwell thinking that it was a waste of time and money but this time, as much as i hate to admit it, i did. for a beter read, plick of james patterson's new: pop goes the weasal
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Summary: Absolutely Dreadful
Review: OK, so the "Black Notice" of the title is a dead body that shows up in the first couple of chapters. By page 150 they still haven't even finished the autopsy. The plot is buried in layers of irrelevant and tedious detail presented with a tortured writing style. If that weren't bad enough, the majority of the first half of the book is dedicated not to this intruiging story line, but - and I'm not kidding here - to a burocratic power struggle amongst egotistical civil servants. I cannot remember every having read a more tedious, uninspiring, lengthy and pointless subplot (although I haven't read anything by Tom Clancy recently). And this whole subplot is based on the premise of a computer security breach that even the most novice user of AOL would find laughable. Throw in a cast of annoying, unsympathetic characters (not even Kay or Mariano are even the least bit endearing), most of whom are unbelievable to boot, and you get a read that is tiresome and pointless. Worst book I've read in quite some time.
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