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Summary: Not Cornwell's best work
Review: I'll start with the positives. Once again, Patricia Cornwell does include lesbian characters who are prominent. I don't know how measureable it is, but her positive portrayal of gay characters has to help a bit with their treatment and acceptance in society. The book is classic Cornwell: nice relaxing reading, catchy plot and you will want to know what happens to everyone in the end.The negatives: Andy was my biggest issue. He's one of the main characters who has taken a year off work to make a website. (Hey, I want that job!) His boss covers for him and lets him put up any information that he wants with impunity. Even though his boss is supposed to be a hard-as-nails woman who is aggressive and likes to be in control. The relationship between him and the boss is never explained and I really don't think it could be unless they were lovers. Andy is supposed to be SO good looking and yet he's not married, just got out a bad relationship, is nice to everybody and has come up with all these brilliant ideas all on his own--I'm not buying it. He's been off for a year and suddenly there's this new website and NO ONE clues in that it's Andy. I didn't like the fact that Cornwell used Kay Scarpetta for a minor scene in this book. Kay Scarpetta is her bread and butter and she should either be her own book or not in this book. If you are a huge Cornwell fan, you gotta have this book. Otherwise, give it a pass.
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Summary: Winning the lottery 10 times is more plausible than the plot
Review: Nothing makes sense. I kept waiting for a plot, or even something interesting. The characters keep running into each other in ways not possible in real life. Of the over 500 titles I own, this is only the third I have wanted to throw away. I made it to the end only to have regretted it. I bought this because of how I have enjoyed her other titles. I will now avoid any further titles from Patricia Cornwell.
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Summary: Isle of Dogs
Review: Patricia Cornwell should'nt try to be funny. This book stinks. She should stick with what she does best - Kay Scarpetta. I tried to wade through Isle of Dogs and couldn't get past page 83.Yuck!
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Summary: Because the trip was long...
Review: I only finished listening to this stinker because the trip was LONG. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered. Other reviews have called it a dark comedy, and it certainly tried to be. A few times it succeeded-- I laughed out loud at the counseling center for gay Baptists-- but for the most part I was left thinking how stupid and implausible the whole thing was. I generally enjoy Cornwell's novels, and I understand that this was a departure from her usual style. But really, don't bother with this one-- wait for something else or check out one of her previous works.
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Summary: Isle of Dogs
Review: This has got to be the worst novel I have read for years. It is complete drivel. I used to be a Patricia Cornwall fan but not any more. It reads as if she contracted out her 14 year old nephew to write it for her. Has the author decided that one can never sufficiently under-estimate the intelligence of her readers? I threw this book in the garbage - the only fit place for it.
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Summary: Isle of Dogs
Review: Confusion is the name of the game in the Isle of Dogs by Patricia Cromwell. It's as if she has taken several manuscripts and tried to blend them into one long drawn out story. The characters that she introduced in "Southern Cross" are back along with several new uninteresting ones. These characters have no type of personality and some have no reason for being in the story. There was one character, Unique, who could have really been made interesting if she had been fleshed out more. Then she tries to tell a story within a story through a series of newsletters that are confusing. The book was wordy and it took me more than a week to read it because it was so uninteresting until the very end. This book really dropped the ball and I would recommend anyone to buy it.
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Summary: Not a "beach book"
Review: I agree with the review by "iqhope" but must say to those of you looking for a suspense, that this book has none of it. It's just basically a story, not a mystery. I will not discuss other points mentioned in other reviews but would like to mention a bizarre part of the story. Unique, one of the road dogs, is described as having a Purpose and a darkness inside of her. She commits a murder or two and although the reader knows this, the cops never figure this out and we never learn what the deal is with her Purpose. This was the only bit of mystery I was able to find. Maybe there is a sequel that will explain these loose ends. I'm not sure if I would read it though as I had to force myself to finish this one, and I am a huge fan of the Kay Scarpetta series.
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Summary: The emperor has No Clothes!
Review: I've learned a lot about tough women and forensic medicine from Patricia Cornwell. Then I read Isle of Dogs. From this book I learned that if an author makes the best-seller list enough times, the publishing house and the critics will not dare tell her when she's produced a real gosh-awful stinker. I'm afraid I smelled this "wonderfully sophisticated romp" from fifty feet away. Next time, Patricia, let me read it first. I promise to level with you.
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Summary: A Departure for Cornwell - A Disappointment for Her FANS!
Review: I have read all of the Scarpetta crime novels and have loved each and every one of them. Naturally, I snatched up "Isle of Dogs" expecting her usual 'psychological intrigue' but was SORELY DISAPPOINTED! I found her attempts at humor blatant, mediocre, lame and tasteless. Her writing style was immature and overly simplified. most importantly, there were too many characters, too many flashbacks/regressions/etc..and too many threads to follow. I was unable to relate to or identify with any of her characters. Despite detecting these faults early on in the novel, I still managed to finish it but was left with a bad taste in my mouth. I highly recommend that you read her SCARPETTA novels (they are AMAZING) but you should avoid this one. "Isle of Dogs" is an experiment gone wrong and was a waste of time (to write and to read).
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Summary: Isle of Potboiler
Review: It is difficult to convey my disappointment with Patricia Cornwell's latest effort Isle of Dogs. I listen to books on tape while travelling to work and back and this made me feel like I was putting in overtime. The book has thinking fish and crabs, but few thinking human characters. There is no forensic or other crime drama developed, the characters are the most unfunny and unbelievable the author has ever created. If this were her first published novel it would be her last.
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