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Summary: Enjoyable, Entertaining!
Review: I found this third volume (except for the absence of Deputy Chief West) the best of the three Hammer novels. Rarely have I found myself laughing out loud during the reading of a book, but did so often with this one. A departure from Ms. Cornwell's Kay
Scarpetta books, Isle of Dogs is a great read for its obvious historic foundation, its absurdist humor, and Ms. Cornwell's evocative prose. Hooray for Patricia Cornwell!
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Summary: I wish I'd have read the reviews before buying this book....
Review: Like someone else mentioned, this book was like a train wreck...horrid, but I kept reading. I kept thinking that it would somehow get better, but it didn't. Don't waste your time on this one.
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Summary: What in the world was Patricia Cornwell thinking?!
Review: Patricia Cornwell has been one of my favorite authors for years, but this book was just terrible. I actually didn't have much of a problem with the talking crabs (or trout, or dog.) The crabs aren't this book's problem. This book's problem is the book itself. It's BORING, and the plot is so incredibly stupid. The people in this book were so unbelievable and unlikable - all of them - that it was really hard to finish this book at all. I also don't understand what it was about the Trooper Truth website that got everyone all riled up. I also couldn't stand the way people spoke. I kept hoping it would get better, but it never did! Honestly, if this was the first Patricia Cornwell book I had bought, I wouldn't have ever read her books again.
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Summary: Simply incredible
Review: I have to say that this is possibly the worst book I've ever read, and I've read many books in my lifetime. What's funny (or Fonny) about that is that Patricia Cornwell is one of my favorite authors, and has probably written some of the best books I've ever read, at least of this genre. How can one writer accomplish both? I'm simply at a loss... After I finished the book I came to this site to view the reviews...possibly I had missed something??? I couldn't believe it was that bad, but when I saw over 650 reviews and most of them agreed with me, I knew I wasn't crazy. My husband asked why I had finished the book if it was so bad and I replied "it's like a train wreck - it's awful, but you just can't look away". I was so annoyed with the characters, the names, the language, and the fact that nobody in the entire state of Virginia could figure out that Andy was Trooper Truth - I mean, even our beloved Kay Scarpetta, who had just finished giving Andy detailed info about a case only to have that exact same info posted on his website the following day - couldn't she figure out what was going on? How hard is it to figure out who Trooper Truth is when you read in his essays that he's a state trooper and a helicopter pilot, and they keep beating it over your head that there are only 2 state trooper helicopter pilots left - and even the other pilot can't seem to noodle through that one!!!! (For those of you who are planning to read it - and I can't imagine there are many left after you read through these reviews - I'm not giving away anything here. We find out Andy is Trooper Truth in the first chapter.) I also failed to see what was so explosive and controversial about those essays themselves. Why was everyone so glued to their computer waiting for the next day's posting? To me, it read like most other inane drivel you see on the internet, written by some bored historian with no literary talent and nothing better to do than post his ramblings in the hopes that someone someday might accidentally happen upon them in a random google search. I could go on, but why bother? Please don't waste your money. If you're a Patricia Cornwell fan, go back and re-read some of the Scarpetta novels if it makes you feel better...I know that's what I'm going to do. I know I didn't imagine it...she really is a good writer...right?
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Summary: Toss It
Review: This book 'Isle of Dogs' is perhaps the worst book I have read in a very long time. If it was intended to be funny, the author missed by a wide mile. Perhaps she had just watched a 'Dukes of Hazzard" marathon. Forget this book. I'm sure Cornwall wishes she had.
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Summary: Absolute Rubbish
Review: Quite possibly one of the worst novels to cross my path. (The only book that tops it for boredom is Isle of the Swans and that is REALLY saying something!) Entirely unworthy of someone who created Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Everyone from the south, beware! This book is derrogatory and lacks cohesion. Talking backwards? Give me a break. I know I am a bad speller but that doesn't make me stupid enough to buy how ignorant these people are supposed to be. Nearly put me off Cornwell forever. If it weren't for Kay, and my relos' giving me books for Christmas, Corwell would be off my list. She gets back to Kay with Blowfly so hang out for that and give Isle of Dogs a miss.
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Summary: 2 stars, my charitable contribution to Ms Cornwell
Review: I have read and enjoyed all of the Patricia Cornwell books, but let me tell fellow fans, DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS BOOK, from the needlessly inane plot twists, and the characters that frankly I couldnt give a damn about <I ended up hoping the dog would get killed just so I wouldnt have to read about it any more> This has to be the worst book she has written to date, and makes me view any future books by her with extreme suspicion and mistrust. If this was the first book of hers that I read, I would never have read any others thats for sure....
Here's hoping that she gets back on track (or at least on the train) with the next one!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I have read all of Cornwell's books but found this very disappointing. There is little continuity. She goes off on too many tangents while not explaining. I felt like the next chapter would resolve questions but it left me more in the dark. READERS ARE LEFT HANGING AS SHE FLITS FROM ONE SCENE TO ANOTHER WITH MAKING NO SENSE> GO BACK TO SCARPETTA>
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Summary: There was a time when Cornwell's books were interesting...
Review: but it seems now she has run out of interesting ideas. This book like all the books about Chief Hammer is boring. As I read the book it occurred to me that Ms. Cornwell might be trying to be humorous or satiric. If that was her idea she failed. Absurdity is not the same as humor or satire. Midway through the book she describes her Governor's policies as idiotic. She should have used that word to describe the whole book.
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Summary: Unbelievable
Review: A few pages into this book and I had the sensation of turning into Alice and slipping into Wonderland! The inhabitants of a small island off the coast of Virginia are purported to be the descendants of immigrants from the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London, way back in the 17th century, and have intermarried to such an extent that they virtually have their own language (backwards speak) and the kinds of problems that accompany inbreeding.One can only assume that M/s Cornwall was imbibing some kind of strange substance while writing this book..don't touch it !
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