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Summary: Bravo! A Fun Summer Read
Review: Lots of fun and all new characters. Not a Kay Scarpetta novel, but that's OK. Niles the cat is a scream and Andy Brazil with all his baggage is a real guy. Loads of laughs and a couple of tears...you'll tear right through this. Give it a chance
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Summary: What a disappointment!
Review: Don't waste your time or money on this one. It is not what one expects from Patricia Cornwell. The characters are superficial, the overall tone is bitchy in the extreme, there is no plot - a complete flop
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Summary: Is this a "contract" book? It's awful -- NOT RECOMMENDED
Review: I'm a real Patricia Cornwell fan, and I opened "Hornet's Nest" with great expectations -- expecting more of Kay Scarpatta.
No Kay? That was disappointment number one.
Who are these people? Flat, improbable, cut from cardboard and dropped into the word processor with the hope that a plot will gel and a story emerge.It never did.
I kept reading, waiting for the magic, for the point where the book would take off. It never did, and the end was as laboured as the beginning.
This one's a dog -- I'm looking forward to more of KS, but please spare me the Charlotte Police Dept.
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Summary: Don't buy the audio-cassette version, either!
Review: From skimming the many reader comments, I see I am not alone in thinking that this P. Cornwell does not meet her usual standards. Bad, choppy writing, poor character development, wandering plot, all EXACERBATED by the dreadful narration of Chris Sarandon. His shrill and strident speech is grating, the bad southern accents are horrible, while the background music is discordant and poorly timed. I was really glad to be done with this recorded book. For an idea of how it should be done, rent or buy any George Guidall narration for RECORDED BOOKS, INC
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Summary: We Call Our Alarm System "Cornwell"
Review: Patricia Cornwell's first book cost me about $5,000! Took me less than a week to get a state of the art system installed, and not only am I glad to have it, I am particularly glad each time I break the binding of her latest book. To me, Cornwell IS Scarpetta. Lucy is a great character, and Marino....well, they should stick together -- and keep Wesley too! Hornet's Nest I enjoyed, but missed my Kay. Keep writing Ms. Cornwell, okay? And hey - thanks for the alarm system, it has come in handy
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Summary: Disappointed Scarpetta Fan
Review: I was very disappointed with Patricia Corwells last two stories including her last Dr Scarpetta book and "Hornet's Nest". It seems Ms Cornwell has run out of story ideas, which is a great disappointment for Scarpetta fans. I will continue though, even after this disappointment, to pick up a Cornwell novel as they reach my book store shelves
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Summary: A pleasant surprise.
Review: What I liked most about the book was the fast pace and all the points of view. I also got a chuckle at how incredibly moronic most of the men were in the book. That kind of thing is fun once in a while. I felt that PC's main characters had much more dimension than Kay Scarpetta. Kay's bland. Mostly, she's just reacting to situations. Hammer and West were more fleshed out, and I enjoyed that
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Summary: a fascinating departure from the gory world of K Scarpetta
Review: I found "Hornet's Nest" to be an interesting look at the heart of issues for women in position of authority, as well as an absorbing read. The characters had professional and personal depth; each personality realistically portrayed. There were no major mysteries requiring plot twists and surprise endings. It was simply a close and surprisingly accurate psychological treatment of females in traditionally male positions. The scrutiny, the resentment, the suspicion (and the reality) of sex on the job were "dead on". Ms Cornwell did a fine jnob on this one, proving that it isn't a bad thing if a writer departs from the familiar. I'm hoping to see more of this cast of charaters
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Summary: The Cat that ate the "Hornet's Nest"
Review: I have been reading Cornwell since her first book
was published and loved everyone of them. That was
until I read Hornet's Nest. What a waste of paper,
the only character I could identify with was the cat. The "Female" characters in the book were to
into themselves and the only really male character
"Brazil" was a moron...Could Cornwell be putting her own troubles with sexuality into her writing?
Didn't we get enough of that by her turning Lucy
into a lesbian? I ran out to get "Hornet's Nest"
the day it came out and paid full price for it.
I learned a great lesson, I am waiting for her next novel to hit the used bookstore before I purchase it this time. It's really too bad, She was one of the few female author's I really enjoyed and looked forward to reading. My suggestion to those who are looking for a great book, SKIP THIS ONE, AND DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.
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Summary: I only struggled through the first ten pages.
Review: I have read and enjoyed every other book of Cornwell's. I can't believe she wrote this drivel or that any editor would publish such an amatuerish piece of writing. It reads like a caricature of a 1950s detective novel. I kept waiting for Dirk Manly to appear
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