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Summary: What is going on?
Review: All the avid fans of Cornwell's wait a year in-between books because of the wonderful story lines, great detail, and spine tingling thrills. This is the biggest disappointment of the year. Where is Scarpetta? This book is lame, boring, and drags on until you want to end up throwing the book out the window. From the remedial conversations between underwater sea life and idiotic police officers you will have a hard time getting through this one. Bring back Scarpetta and the quality of books we are use to.
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Summary: Waste of time/money
Review: I was so excited about the debut of this book and pounced on it the second it was available. I confidently shelled out the dough for the hardbook, knowing that I would love it as I do all of her books. I even bought my sister in law a copy for her birthday!What a disappointment! At page 146 I had given the book as much of a chance as I could and closed it for good. I thought it was supposed to be a glimpse at the comical side of Cornwell and I hope that is not so because I never once cracked a smile. The characters were weak and I did not really care about the plot in any way. Very boring storyline and zero action. I can't even say it was well thought out or particularly well written. I hope this is not an example of what is to come from one of my favorite authors. I had to take back the gift to my sister in law - it would have been an embarrassment to give her a bad book.
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Summary: What in the world?
Review: I am so dissapointed in Isle of Dogs. I felt like I entered a bad childrens novel. What in the world happened. I have every book by Patricia Cornwell, and have realy injoyed all of them. I am half way through this one and plan on not finishing it.I am so sorry I paid hard cover price for Isle of Dogs. I should have sat down at the book store and read the first 3 chapters before I bought it. I can only go as low as one star but it deserves no stars. Sad for a 6 Star Author.
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Summary: Isle of Dogs IS a Dog
Review: I have read all of Patricia Cornwells books with the exception of her cookbook. If this were the first book of hers that I read, it would also be the last. I don't understand why someone with a winning style of writing would go off on a tangent,with talking crabs,typing dogs and history lessons of various Virgina locations. This one is BAD.
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Summary: An atrocious experiment
Review: I am an avid reader, and I wait impatiently for my favorite authors. Patricia Cornwell used to be in that group. But, after reading this complete waste of money, I doubt I'll ever read another of her books. I struggled, literally, through about one third of this trash until I slammed it shut and threw it off the balcony. It is the most poorly written book I have ever had the misfortune to open. I don't know what she was thinking, but whatever it was, it sure didn't work. The writing is barely beyond a sixth grade level. The extreme use of dialect is barely understandable. The "Trooper Truth" rants are reminiscent of Dennis Miller. Save yourself the money. Don't even think of buying it. Go to the library and open any page. At least you won't be able to throw that one off the balcony.
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Summary: Ribald romp
Review: When the doddering governor of Virginia declares war on speeders, a miscommunication sends state workers to paint speed traps on the streets of tiny, eccentric Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, where most of the residents travel by golf cart. Tangier is an insular world unto itself and does not take kindly to interference from the outside world. Tangier's response to the governor's newfangled traffic crackdown is to declare war on the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first prisoner of war is the crooked dentist from the Mainland who has been "taking care of" the Islanders' teeth for years.Enter Judy Hammer, head of the Virginia State Police, and her right-hand man, Andy Brazil, a/k/a TrooperTruth.com, almost at wits' end trying to figure out who has bamboozled whom and where the traitor in the governor's mansion is and striving to keep them all from killing each other. To understand the peculiar, anachronistic English still spoken today by Tangier Islanders, it helps to have been there. But even if you aren't familiar with Tangier, you'll feel like you've been there after soaking up Ms. Cornwell's deft descriptions which capture the cadence and atmosphere of the Island. The reader will howl with laughter at the pratfalls of the bumbling governor and his bizarre family, the villainous aide, the tiny guide-horse, and all the other sundry and very colorful characters. Patricia Cornwell is not generally associated with black humor; I think she has found another calling. Look out, Scarpetta, to say nothing of Carl Hiaasen.
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Summary: Isle of Dogs
Review: I have read all of the Kay Scarpetta novels by Patricia Cornwell, and I like them. I have also read the Judy Hammer/Andy Brazil novels ("Hornet's Nest" and "Southern Cross") and thought they were below the standard Cornwell sets in the Scarpetta novels. "Isle of Dogs" features Hammer and Brazil again, but this novel is bad, really bad. It is an attempt by Cornwell to be comical, but comedy is certainly not her forte. Wait until the paperback comes out in the used bookstores to read this one.
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Summary: Where is the REAL Cornwell?
Review: I have been a fan of Patricia Cornwell for many years and have watched her writing decline in her most recent books, even the Scarpetta books. But I was not prepared for this book. Try as I might, I couldn't finish it. The intended humor wasn't even humorous to me; rather, it was tiresome. I didn't care for the characters nor for what happened to them. Thank heavens I got the book from the library and didn't waste a dime on it! Don't waste your time or money on this new Cornwell.
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Summary: For the dogs
Review: This book read as if Ms. Cornwell was mad at her publisher. That is the only reason I could think of for her to write such a horrible book. I have liked the other Judy Hammer books, but this one was so far-fetched with talking fish and a seeing eye horse, that I could barely finish reading this. The plot was disjointed and the book just ended. Normally Cornwell will wrap everything up in a nice package that makes sense. Here, she just ended the book and there were too many inconsistancies for the book to make sense. I urge to not waste your time on this book. I have read over 400 books in the last 3 years and this was the worst book I have ever read.
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Summary: DOG OF A BOOK
Review: This book isn't as bad as some of the reviews are saying, it is worse. Disjointed, illogical, and just a plain boring waste of time. This was a travesty. I gave it one star because zero stars wasn't an option. I have read most of Cornwell's other books, but I would never buy another without reading a review first.
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