Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell

5 reviews

essie101's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

askhualrak's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Medical content, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Child death, Bullying, and Animal death

lyn_g's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Sexual content

kaii's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

maybe I've just grown out of crime fiction, but I didn't really like this that much. I'm a fan of forensics so that part was interesting, but this book is flawed - the ending feels rushed, the plot threads feel flappy, and I don't like how the sex is written at all. to be honest, I don't like how most of the characters were written. it fails to be a crime thriller you can follow, because the whole twist seems to come straight out of left field. but, it'd quick and engaging, even though there's definitely better crime fiction out there

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Addiction, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death and Infidelity

outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Dr Kay Scarpetta & Captain Marino head to Black Mountain, North Carolina to investigate a possible murder by Temple Gault. Eleven-year-old Emily Steiner was abducted from her bed & found murdered in a similar way to Eddie Heath, a previous Gault victim. When Benton Wesley joins Scarpetta & Marino in Black Mountain, simmering tensions between the three of them make it an uncomfortable case. Added to this, Scarpetta's niece, Lucy, is on an internship with the FBI but is accused of breaking into their secure system & sent home in disgrace. In both cases, Scarpetta realises that she is up against two remarkably clever & ruthless characters.

I amended my rating for this one down to 4 stars, as it is not as fast-paced as the previous books, & I didn't enjoy re-reading as much. The title is odd too, as the Body Farm actually plays only a very small role in the entire book, with the majority of the action taking place elsewhere. It was still an engrossing read, & the changing relationship between Scarpetta/Wesley, & Scarpetta/Marino is brought to a head.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Animal death