Isle of Dogs

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Summary: What a total waste of money
Review: I bought this in an airport to read on a flight and with nothing else to read, STILL couldn't read past page 50. This book is truly awful. Cornwell may know forensics but a comic writer she is NOT...I wish no stars were possible in this review, but as it is, one HAS to give at least one star.

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Summary: Too Bad for the Trees
Review: It's too bad that all of those trees were cut to print this waste of time. I couldn't even finish it.

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Summary: Too Bad for the Trees
Review: It's a shame that all of those trees were cut to print this waste of time. I couldn't even finish it.

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Summary: What was she thinking
Review: I have enjoyed Patricia Cornwell's books for years. When I started reading Isle of Dogs I repeatedly flipped back to the cover double checking the author's name. This drivel could not have been written by the same Ms. Cornwell. Normally, I find sarcastic, negative opinions worse than worthless, but really, what was she thinking?

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Summary: unbearable
Review: sorry, but this book is too awful to even work as parody.

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Summary: Is this a joke?
Review: Isle of Dogs is simply one of the worst novels I have ever read. If it's supposed to be funny, it isn't. If it's supposed to be serious, it's just plain pitiful. Perhaps the author and the publisher are the only ones who find any of this funny, as they laugh all the way to the bank, having foisted a silly, contrived story full of idiotic characters and unlikely scenarios on unsuspecting Scarpetta and Hammer fans. I simply find it hard to believe that Patricia Cornwell wrote this drivel! The dialog is stilted and unnatural, the whole "Trooper Truth" thing is far-fetched and just plain boring, and any personality Judy Hammer and Andy Brazil may have had in previous outings is totally missing here. Worst of all, every citizen of Tangier Island, VA, is portrayed as some sort of backward yokel with a single-digit IQ.
If you're a Cornwell fan, avoid this book! If this is the first Cornwell book you've read, do yourself a favor and try one of her earlier works. You're bound to be pleasantly surprised after having been exposed to this debacle.

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Summary: Absolutely Terrible!
Review: To reiterate what many of the other reviewers stated, this is an absolutely terrible book! I found no humor in any of it, black or otherwise, and was very disturbed by the negative stereotypes of just about everyone. Please don't buy this book! How in the world did it become a NY Times bestseller. Undoubedtly people like me bought it just because we'd enjoyed previous books by Patricia Cornwall. I will never buy another book by this author because she subjected me to such absolute drivel.

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Summary: Wasted
Review: I wasted my time and money, and Cornwell has flipped her lid,
lidded her flip, or whatever.

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Summary: AWFUL
Review: One gets the feeling that Patricia Cornwell has totally lost it. I couldn't even finish the book! Don't waste your time.

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Summary: a kidnapping?
Review: This is a book about a kidnapping... many might assume I'm talking about the rotten dentist who is held on the island by his patients after they discover what dreadful things he has done to their teeth. But, I'm talking about the apparent kidnapping of one of my favorite authors, Patricia Cornwell. The Patricia Cornwell I'm talking about always drew praise for the reality of her work--the detail that took you into the story and made you believe you were there. I'm afraid that my kidnapping explanation is much more believable than the talking seafood and a dog that can read and type on a computer. If anyone hears of the safe return of my favorite author, please let me know and I will again feel compelled to read anything new that appears with her name. Until that time I just hope that she has not been harmed.