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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
I wish the library had #10 because there seems to be a good amount of things I was missing. Overall it was a good book!
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really enjoyed this book. Yes, Marino acts out like always and gets on everyone's nerves but he also shows a gentle side. Kay gets obsessed with Benton's file but that helps solve the murders in the end. Lucy seems less annoying in this book and helps out her aunt. A new character is introduced, a prosecuting attorney named Jaime. She's sharp, ambitious and very hard to read. She keeps telling Kay to trust her but as a reader I was screaming "don't". Jaime is a tough attorney and ends up being a huge help to Kay. I don't particularly care for the ending because the bad guys get away. I really hate that! I hope they catch them in the next book [b:Blow Fly|31623|Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, #12)|Patricia Cornwell|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1389270705s/31623.jpg|1454733].
Good not great in my opinion. Not one of my favorite books. Again, the amount of time the main character whines about not liking death is frustrating. Then do not become a coroner.
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I have read 3 Scarpetta books back to back. ( #3, 7 and 11) They get better as time passes.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
More like a continuation from the previous book, Black Order. Left some open ends for future books.
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
I keep reading this series out of curiosity more than anything. I’ve browsed blurbs of future books and I’m curious 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.
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how she intends to make it known that Benton isn’t actually dead and bring him back to lifeThere’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.