151 reviews for:

Identity Unknown

Patricia Cornwell

3.76 AVERAGE

j3mma83's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jmilberg's review

3.75

mysterious tense medium-paced

debbjo12's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

fuzzkins's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

arthur_pendrgn's review

4.0

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 The best part about this book is that everyone does their jobs with minimal interpersonal drama / trauma (even the ever-annoying Lucy). Perhaps the villain is somewhat tedious and just focusing on Luna's case would have been sufficient, BUT at least the focus is on the case and not on the myriad of unhealthy entanglements the team suffers from. 

b00kw0rms0fthew0rldunite's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is the 28th Kay Scarpetta book and of course the 28th for me by Patricia Cornwell. As this series has progressed, it has gone from a police/mortuary procedural to a science fiction crime fantasy genre. It has changed quite a lot and yet the style of writing is ever the same.

The whole book is so action packed that the story from go to whoa takes a little bit of time in the sense of days or weeks. Having said that, we open the story with a phone call to Dr Scarpetta informing her of the bad news of the death of her friend, she leaves to get to the scene straight away and it's at the 30% mark when she actually gets to the scene. So much back story and filling in of details.

As normal, there is nothing happy or delightful in the interactions of Kay and her family and the tragic and sordid tales of all of their history are a bit thick to wade through. The science element just leads me to believe that Lucy is a God and nothing else, because she can do everything and anything her mind can conjure up. A bit trying if you are in the mood for something lighthearted but as usual, Patricia Cornwell is the queen of the dramatic scenes. 

Thank you to Netgalley and the author and publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC

airforcesister's review

3.5

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-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: No

azebrareads's review

4.5

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adoringmsjo's review

4.0

tense medium-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

sinimini's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious 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: No