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Cornwell the best and hope she writes more of Scarpetta. I hope Ms. I love her stories. I just finished the book today. I will be a Scarpetta fan forever.
However, I always liked in general the cast of characters of the Scarpetta series, so finally I agreed to read the Book of the Dead. Some people here complained about the 500 pages.
In general, this is a very good read and Cornwell seems to be back on track, regardless of what many of the reviewers think. Well, they were not boring at all and the book was finished, unfortunately, in one single afternoon.
Scarpetta is definitely not as bad as some of the reviewers here describe it; on the other hand, it is almost as good as some of the earlier novels of the series. Strangely enough, the character of Scarpetta has become more and more irritating.
After finishing Predator (which was a real nightmare) I thought I would never buy again one of Cornwell's novels; and after throwing away At Risk even before finishing it, that was it (so I never bothered with The Front).
And indeed, it was much better than the previous ones, although it was still written in that very irritating present tense - which really does not fit well with the crime genre.At least, Scarpetta is written in the traditional past historic and the plot follows earlier Cornwell's patterns, switching from one narrative to the next, and so on, so that you keep wondering what happened after the previous episode related - and yes, in that respect, the suspense is very well maintained.
This one is the worst yet, the storyline is constantly being interrupted by name-dropping and brand-dropping, I think just to add some interest to her hollow characters and weak story. This book was so long and so boring, took me forever to get through, and I regret wasting my time. She is laughing all the way to the bank, which is sad considering how many truly talented authors get so little exposure. If you have never read any of Cornwell's novels, the only ones worth your time are the first few, when she actually had a story to tell, and wasn't looking for quick money on her book deals like she is now. The book is really long, and the story and plot is so simplistic it could easily have been told in one third the space. I don't read every Cornwell novel that comes out because they have gotten steadily worse, but lately her stories are SO pretentious I find myself disgusted with the author as I'm reading.
It did not. I've been a fan of Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta novels since the beginning. Please don't waste your time or money on this awful book that is nothing more than an expensive paperweight. This book does not even "feel" like one that Patricia Cornwell wrote- perhaps she's capitalizing on her name recognition and subcontracting the actual writing out to subpar authors. After over 100 pages of Scarpetta talking with a suspected murderer, and nothing else happening, I just gave up on this book. I put it down a few times and kept trying, thinking that it HAD to get better.
It's all about the famed medical examiner who now resides in Massachusetts--she's on assignment in New York City via the request of Oscar Bane, a little person who's suspected of murdering his girlfriend, another little person. It's not fabulous, but it's not bad. Lucy, Benton and Marino are all back.It's a fast read, find the lounge and settle in.Judith Briles, author ofMoney Smarts for Turbulent Times The few books from Patricia Cornwell haven't been so hot. With reluctance, I decided to try one more before I tossed the author to the wolves.
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