Isle of Dogs

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Summary: Yuck!
Review: I like the Kay Scarpetta novels - I have read every one. I promised to give this a chance as I started reading it but I didn't make it through the first 100 pages! It is AWFUL! The characters are disgusting and the dialog is so labored it is PAINFUL!
I'll be checking books out at the library first from now on before plunking down my hard earned bucks - until I KNOW it's the quality PC is capable of - And while I am at it, don't you think some of her latest Kay S books have been a little overly (violently) graphic? I am normally not bothered by it, but recently... oh well.

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Summary: Unfortunately, I cannot rate any lower than 1 star!
Review: Since I spend 2-3 hours a day driving, I've become an avid audio book listener. I love Ms. Cornwell and have actually read all of her books (just a couple on audio). This is just such drivil that I am beside myself. Thank goodness I did not buy this, I was able to borrow it from a friend who got it for Christmas. I'm half way through it, and am seriously considering taking the tapes and soaking them in a bowl of soapy water to spare my friend from the torture of listening to it (as of yet, he has not).

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Summary: Disappointing Book
Review: I loved the early Patrica Cornwell books. I looked forward to each new one. Perhaps she is running out of steam. Perhaps she was under pressure to produce. Regardless of the circumstances, the Isle of DoGs is disappointing. Save your money and go to the libary if you feel compelled to read it. It appears that Cornwell tried a "light hearted" approach to this book. The humor is heavy handed and produces more grimaces than smiles. If the author was not Patricia Cornwell, this book would not have been published. Let's hope her next book returns to her earlier high stnadards.

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Summary: Going to the Dogs?
Review: Thanks for your reviews, guys, I won't waste any more time on this one. I wondered if PC's latest offering was subtle beyond my understanding, but no, it's just garbage. That's the trouble with being a formula writer, step outside your formula and you're lost. Isle of Dogs is a load of self-indulgent rubbish, so bad it's almost unreadable. So I'll flick quickly to the last pages and save myself the agony of reading the rest. Sorry you're in a rut, Patricia, hope things get better soon.

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Summary: Not worth the time
Review: I bought this book thinking it would continue in the same vein with Judy Hammer and Andy Brazil, already established characters (although nowhere near as interesting as Kay Scarpetta). There were 2 or maybe 3 isolated incidents in this book which were amusing, but the book overall is so uneven it was a chore to read. Perhaps if the author hadn't used characters already known to readers? But then again, it's hard to consider something as a "light-hearted romp" when people get slashed to pieces. This book didn't know what it wanted to be or do.

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Summary: Cornwell needs a good editor
Review: To tell her when to not submit such garbage. Her Kay Scarpetta books are excellent and I often recommend them to people. This book, which I'm embarrassed to acknowledge reading, somehow got past the editors. An example of why she needed a good editor would be the "Trooper Truth" Website that presents dull essays and somehow alarms people. I know Ms. Cornwell uses the Web, but doesn't she know that if a Web page is boring, most readers will leave the site? I wonder if Cornwell is too powerful because of her bestsellers to listen to editorial advice or if some publisher said, "What the hell" and wondered if they could make money by publishing garbage. Maybe this is an experiment in consumer gullibility. If so, I'm eager to read the results.

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Summary: If you thought Buttner Fluckner was bad....
Review: then Windy Brees and Unique First will leave you whimpering. I have to admit I approached this book hoping it would be a good old fashioned Cornwell instead of another deposit left behind on her speed of light talent skid, but alas it was not to be. I for one have crossed Cornwell off my list of possible reads. I just don't understand how a writer can change, her dialogue has gone from gripping to inane.

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Summary: Talking Crabs?
Review: I agree with the other reviewers. This is an awful book. It's nice to see P. Cornwell lighten up and try to use humor, but a dog that can type on a keyboard is just bizarre.

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Summary: The Worst Piece of Trash
Review: I can't even believe that Patricia Cornwell even wrote this. ... I feel like I really wasted alot of time trying to struggle through it to get to the end. Which was also very disappointing. Animals had conversions with each other in the horrible book. I don't even know what the point of the book was even after finishing! Do yourself a favor and Don't read this [stuff]!

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Summary: Isle of Dogs -- quite possibly the worst book I've ever read
Review: Absolutely disappointing. At one point the really thin plot devolves to a conversation between a crab and a trout...this one is definitely an author churning sales for the publisher.