Reviews

The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell

sinimini's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I have read 3 Scarpetta books back to back. ( #3, 7 and 11) They get better as time passes.

mirpallo's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

azaria74's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

tifflovesbooks80's review

4.0

More like a continuation from the previous book, Black Order. Left some open ends for future books.

taytay_milo's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alykat_reads's review against another edition

2.0

I keep reading this series out of curiosity more than anything. I’ve browsed blurbs of future books and I’m curious

Spoiler

how she intends to make it known that Benton isn’t actually dead and bring him back to life

but man, some of these make it soooooo difficult to keep going. I was very drawn into the previous book and finished it within a week, and this one took me about 6 to slog through. It was so slow and dull in many parts. This nearly 500 page book could have been condensed to 200-250 pages.

There’s many things I don’t understand.. Why is Kay offended about everything?? How does she find a prosecutor discussing a killers motive ‘personally offensive’?? And she wants to be the victim so bad - “why won’t anyone think of me” - and then the moment they show her sympathy she doesn’t want it and brushes them off. Patricia, please make Kay less annoying, pleeeeease. I’m begging. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; she’s supposedly this super smart ex-lawyer turned medical examiner but some of the things she says or things she does are just plain stupid. I know everyone is human and is allowed some grace, but it’s like an extreme stupidity, and it’s even more annoying. It makes her character so unlikeable.

juliethebookcat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bookaddicted's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.25

alexispitzer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

5feet_of_fury's review against another edition

4.5

More emotion and character development than in previous novels as we see the impact of the last few cases on the characters.