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 Annoying September 9, 2010
Kris Wenzel
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unlike most people here, I didn't find this book boring or tedious at all, but I was tremendously bothered by the narcissism of the main character. The author seems to think that everyone in the entire world worships medical examiners and wants to be them or have sex with them. How realistic is this? Gossip websites on celebrities are a big business, but sites talking about people who nobody knows (random medical examiners making guest appearances on CNN)is just plain stupid. You can hear the music swelling in the author's head as she places Benton on camera for the whole world to ooh and ahh as he tries to catch the predator. In what screwed up fantasy is CNN is treated as the pinnacle of success and "giving it up" for the sake of saving your marriage is the most selfless act on the planet? Another problem I had was the point of view of the narration. Every character in the story has a level of omniscience that they couldn't possibly know and they all pick up the thought process of the previous person even though they don't have the same information. Besides that, medical examiners don't run around in the field solving crimes (ok, on CSI they do) but not in real life.
Reading this book made me angry and I even announced it to my family that I was done reading it, but lo and behold, I picked it up again-much to their amusement. It's weirdly engrossing, annoying, and despite the convoluted plot, easy to figure out the killer because Cornwell keeps telling us to hate him for no specific reason. Plus the lesbian sideplot is sort of gross and a turn-off.
just pass it by August 27, 2010
Pastells (St. Petersburg, FL United States)
This was my first introduction to Patricia Cornwell, and it will be my last. Amateur, amateur effort; too much emphasis on sappy little back stories. All these characters should quit their whining already. Ugh. Thankfully, I bought this book on sale, it's going straight to the trash.
Worst I have read so far July 17, 2010
Patricia Broley
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I see favorable revues for so much detail, unfortunately the detail dances around the thin plot like the weavings of a May pole.
The detail became quite boring very fast. Lack of cohesion and abrupt random introduction or deletion of information made this novel difficult to enjoy.
I have read all of the Scarpetta series novels and this was by far the least rewarding.
 Disappointing July 6, 2010
Brenda W. Ayerdis (Anchorage, AK United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm an avid Scarpetta fan, barely able to put down each book in the series until it was finished, but this book was L-O-N-G and boring. It took me FOREVER to finish it and when I was done, I was truly disappointed in the writing. I hope the next in the series will bring back the Kay Scarpetta we all know and love.
 RESURRECTION June 8, 2010
W. Smith (Atlanta, GA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
A must read for Scarpetta fans! This is Scarpetta (and Cornwell) at her very best, and it has been a long time coming! I swore the last Scarpetta book I would read would be "Book of the Dead". It was full of bitterness and anger with the occasional bashing of America. I suppose Cornwell has found some happiness in her own life and it shows in Scarpetta. I could image myself walking beside Scarpetta carefully observing the crime scenes and trying to figure why, who and how. The forensic science is fascinating and very detailed. The bitterness that I felt in the characters in the past few books is completely gone. Scarpetta and Marino think back to what life was like for them over the past 20 years. It was sentimental and sweet. They both love each other and cherish Lucy despite everything they have done to each other. Lucy has grown into an adult and Marino is back to being a cop!
The best of Patricia Cornwell and Kay Scarpett - Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta Mysteries), Body of Evidence: A Scarpetta Novel (Kay Scarpetta), and The Body Farm (Scarpetta),
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