if I ever read another Patricia Cornwell book. I've finished it, so now I can complain. The woman is nuts. Certifiably nuts - and she makes more money than God selling her overly technical, pedantic crime novels. This dumb book brought back the preposterous wolfman of the French crime family that for some unknown reason had targeted Benton in the past - to such a degree that he faked his own death and left Kay hanging for six years. Then the idiot married him anyway. Marino sexually assaulted Kay in one of the last books and they're still friends - and Lucy is still operating outside the law while having an affair with the ADA in charge of the New York Sex Crimes unit. I swear the plot was so convoluted - and I could just spit, it was so ridiculous. It was so far-fetched it wasn't even entertaining. There were so many peripheral characters that weren't remotely germane to the story - and maybe she intended them to be red herrings, but it sure didn't work out that way. Cornwell always says that Scarpetta isn't her alter ego, but after reading this, I think that Scarpetta is her other personality. Then I read this blurb that says Cornwell is encouraging her fans to go to Amazon.com and mark all negative reviews of her work as not helpful as she contends that these negative reviews are harming her sales.
Give me a break!
????? I think I have read this but now I don't know!!
ReplyDeleteI've never been "into" Corwell's books, but I really enjoyed your review. Don't hold back!
ReplyDeleteI picked this book up a while back at a used book sale. I haven't read it yet, except for a few pages. I don't know if I will bother now. I'm glad I read this.
ReplyDeleteIf you have two comments from me, post one and ignore the other. I wrote it and it disappleared after I hit post comments.
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