Isle of Dogs

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Summary: This REALLY stinks
Review: I have never read such a pathetic book. "Trooper Truth"? Talking fish and dog? Crabs capable of sentient thought? Give me a break..this book really stinks. It is the biggest waste of money I can imagine. This author used to be decent. I don't know what happened, but I will NEVER buy another book from her, and will STRONGLY encourage everyone I know to avoid her like a plague.

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Summary: Disappointed, again
Review: with an author that I counted as one of my favorites. I'd become less enchanted with her writings over the years, but thought the books were at least worth the paperback price. I kept reading and turning the pages on this text hoping to find some redeaming feature. Alas, at the last page, I was still turning pages, and wistfully wondering where that well crafted story I used to get from Ms. Cornwell has gone.

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Summary: I give up!
Review: OK -- I tried. I've read all the others, and this is the first time I've ever been motivated to write a review. This book does not rate of "review"; it's definitely a "pan"! I got to page 121 and said "enough!" Patricia Cornwell had us all entranced for book after book, and then she decided to do something else. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone, even someone who's never read Cornwell. Satire is one thing; spoof is another; silly doesn't follow either. (I haven't read any of the other reviews on this site. Now I'm going to read them. I presume they'll 90% agree with me. If not, maybe I should give up reading.)

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Summary: Don't buy this book!!
Review: I have read EVERY Patricia Cornwell book, and this is absolutely the WORST of the bunch. She must have a contract to produce a certain number of books per year, because there is no way a publisher would ever print this book for a first-time author. A sophomore in high school would write something like this. It is horrid. It is garbage. I can't figure how I even finished reading it - I was hoping there would be something good about it. But no! It is a genuine stinker. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
And my wife didn't like it either. She gave up on page 48.

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Summary: How the Mighty Have Fallen
Review: I have read most of Patricia Cornwell's books and I found them to be well written,entertaining and most enjoyable.In contrast I found"Isle of Dogs" to be a schizoid rambling without any merit and in stark contrast to Ms. Cornwell's previous work.It is not worth either reading or further comment.

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Summary: One of the worst pieces of tripe I've ever read.
Review: I normally enjoy novels by Patricia Cornwell, however, either this book was written by someone other than Patricia Cornwell as a grade school essay, or the author has discoverd hallucinogenics since her last novel. The dialog was horrid and did nothing to develop the characters, which were one dimensional. The plot was not only thin and disjointed, but I believe the author forgot what her plot was supposed to have been in several places judging from its unexplained changes in direction. There seemed to be some hope of all the unrelated and irrelevant characters coming together at the conclusion of this novel in some coherent manner; however, the author missed her one opportunity of redeeming this hopeless waste of a novel. I would call the ending anti-climactic had there been any building of plot, but the novel was just one flat embarrassing stumble through a miasma of mediocrity.

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Summary: Surprisingly awful attempt at humour
Review: I love reading Cornwell's books but I was shocked at Isle of Dogs. It was terrible. I was so surprised that Cornwell would write such an awful, unsuccessful book attempting to be funny. All it was ---was stupid and a bit trite. What a waste of exceptional writing talent !

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Summary: Leave it to Carl Hiaasen
Review: In the past, it's taken me maybe two pages to get fully immersed in a Patricia Cornwell book. I admit I'm a techie; her forensics-based novels have delighted me for many years.
I had no idea what I was getting when I bought Isle of Dogs.
It took me two starts - separated by two different books - and over 100 pages to get into Isle of Dogs.
Yes (or, Yas!) I eventually finished this book and yes, it did get better, farther into it.
But with all due respect, as Andy Brazil might say to Chief Hammer, Ms. Cornwell really should leave this kind of thing to Carl Hiaasen.
Please, bring back Kay Scarpetta!
-a.

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Summary: Where was Cornwell ??
Review: If this book was written by Cornwell I'd be very surprised. In her non-Scarpetta books at least she was developing the Hammer and Brazil characters but the people by that name in this book don't even resemble them. No plot, no humor, no character, no Cornwell. If readers like Scarpetta, stay away from this one!

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Summary: Awful
Review: Awful. I picked up the book because I've loved Patrica Cornwell's other books and to say I'm disappointed is an understatement. First time I've felt an author should refund my money.

Virginians should be insulted with the way they are portrayed in this book.