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Summary: I wish you had a negative star..
Review: I love Patricia Cornwell, own everything she has written...until now. I was somewhat disappointed in Southern Cross, but I still liked it. This Isle of Dogs is one of the most stupid things I have ever read, bar none. I am insulted that she would think her fans are this stupid.
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Summary: What was she thinking?
Review: This is one of the worst books I have ever attempted to read. It seems as if Ms Cornwall had prepared outlines for 3-4 books and then ran out of time so just amalgamated them all together to produce a total mess. In some parts it is a history of Jamestown and surrounding islands. In others the characters are poor attempts at the Carl Hiassen genre of weirdos. Then we have a bit of Stephen King type supernatural influence. Surrounding this are the previously enjoyable characters of Hammer and Brazil. I have been a fan of Ms Cornwall since the beginning but this time I think I should ask for a refund. This is not a book that is worth buying.
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Summary: Don't waste your time or money
Review: There are precious few books that I can't finish and this is one - I simply could not make it to the end. It wasn't worth my time and it was quite painful to read. I was thankful that I got it from the library and didn't waste a penny on this horrendous book. I love Carl Hiassen's books so I thought this book would appeal to me (more than the latest Kay Scarpetta books which were pretty bad as well). It isn't in the same league. If not for the famous name behind this book, it probably would not have passed muster in any publishing house. The humor is forced, the characters are unappealing, and the plot (such as it is) is ridiculous.
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Summary: A very clever serio-comic parody
Review: Although ISLE OF DOGS is nothing like the Kay Scarpetta medical thrillers, it is a fine work that deserves equal praise, as the author's more renowned tales receive. Ms. Cornwell has written a satirical police procedural that allows the audience an insider's look at the workings of the police department. Andy is wonderful as an Internet writer ferreting out corruption in high places and some really low ones too. There are actually moments that readers will laugh out loud at a dark criminal scene. Read this superb book to understand how this is possible. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Less Than 1 star
Review: I assume this book was meant to be humorous, however it is no joke. If it were possible to rate lower than 1 star.....the plot is nonsense, and the dialogue banal. There is nothing "funny" here except the irony of paying good money for one horrible book.
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Summary: Stupid. I'm sorry, there's just no other word.
Review: It's hard to believe that the creator of Kay Scarpetta wrote this. The humor is lowbrow, the situations and characters are crass and unbelievable, the plot is weak. Cornwell's created a universe where everyone is on the decline, or never got high enough to have a decline. They are ugly, stupid and rotten except for the shrinking Hammer and the irritating Brazil. It's tough to read a book where literally every piece of action requires someone to be incredibly stupid. It's beyond farce, it's even beyond slapstick. It's just stupid. If this book were written by anyone other than Cornwell it would never have been published.
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Summary: A Very Bad Book
Review: I really love Patricia Cornwell's novels, and am SO disappointed in this one. It's a highly unbelievable plot with unrealistic caricatures of people...I didn't "like" any of the characters. The most frustrating aspect is being forced to decipher the language of the Island people. A little dialogue? OK. Pages and pages of mumbo-jumbo that forces the reader to read slowly to decipher is mean!
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Summary: icky poo
Review: Until this book, Patricia Cornwell was one of my favorite authors. I am just so disappointed her. This book attempts to be funny but fails miserably. The conversations are stilted and stupid. Picture this: two crabs talking to each other. I kid you not.
Don't bother with this one. Simply hope Cornwell comes up with an other Scarpetta book soon.
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Summary: A mild disappointment but let me give a recommendation
Review: This book was a mild disappointment. Patricia stretched a bit TOO far on this one but I'll give her credit for trying. The class book this season for Cornwell readers, IMHO, is Hickam's Sky of Stone. A great, magnificent book that Cornwell fans will absolutely adore. It has a wonderful heroine, one of the first female mining engineers who is bound and determined to show she can get underground against the superstitions of the day. A great love story, too. Mr. Hickam, best known for October Sky, is definitely "mining" for Cornwell readers.
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Summary: No Kay Scarpetta in this Howler of a Comic Mystery
Review: As a mystery author with my debut novel in its initial release, I read a wide range of mysteries hoping to discover why certain books succeed while others fail. Patricia Cornwell's ISLE OF DOGS succeeds masterfully. If you are expecting a Kay Scarpetta novel, look elsewhere. Check out Ms. Cornwell's backlist. ISLE OF DOGS is best described as a comic mystery. Cornwell's humor here is dark and black. Police Chief Judy Hammer and former-journalist-now-cop Andy Brazil find themselves entangled in a bizarre story that takes place in Virginia while it seems like it would easily fit into the Florida school of odd and humorous crime fiction. The governor orders speed traps all over Tangier Island. In retaliation, Tangier Island's residents decide to withdraw their piece of paradise from the commonwealth. Street thugs go after our cops who are going after a serial killer and also a dognapper. ISLE OF DOGS is a funny book. It is a terrific change of pace for Ms. Cornwell.
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