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A review by susana82
Predator by Patricia Cornwell
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I am aware there are a ton of these Scarpetta books, but I got this one from a reading book booth, and grabbed it to check it out. It was cool. Is is evident that there is a lot of things and events that happened, and helped shape the dynamics between some of the characters, like Scarpetta, Marino, or Lucy, but even without having read the previous books, I was able to enjoy this one.
Wasn't able to engage with the characters as much, perhaps for the reasons mentioned before, as I never picked up other prior books, so I felt the attrition between Marino and Scarpetta a bit annoying. Despite that, I was able to understand everyone's point of view of things.
Lots of deaths, violent, gory, sickening. Fun, on one side, to get to read so much disgusting details. Very sad on the other side, when you realize that things like this happen a lot. The level of violence, no empathy, that some people have. The tragedy for families left behind to deal with their losses of loved ones in such violent manner. Seriously, civilization is a failure.
Getting to follow the forensics and learn about methods used, bit by bit, the pieces of the puzzle come together is always quite interesting, and probably the reason why we read books such as these. Lots to learn from here, if you're into that.
I got a couple more books from the reading book booth from this Scrapetta series, so I guess one of those is my next fun read.
Wasn't able to engage with the characters as much, perhaps for the reasons mentioned before, as I never picked up other prior books, so I felt the attrition between Marino and Scarpetta a bit annoying. Despite that, I was able to understand everyone's point of view of things.
Lots of deaths, violent, gory, sickening. Fun, on one side, to get to read so much disgusting details. Very sad on the other side, when you realize that things like this happen a lot. The level of violence, no empathy, that some people have. The tragedy for families left behind to deal with their losses of loved ones in such violent manner. Seriously, civilization is a failure.
Getting to follow the forensics and learn about methods used, bit by bit, the pieces of the puzzle come together is always quite interesting, and probably the reason why we read books such as these. Lots to learn from here, if you're into that.
I got a couple more books from the reading book booth from this Scrapetta series, so I guess one of those is my next fun read.