Rated of 5
by LJ
Giver her a break! I finished the book about an hour ago and am in a state of semi-post shock. I agree this isn't her best book, as the characters are all so defensive & angry and there is no humanity in it, but it is still a good read. The path is paved for a humane book next time that should be more satisfying. The only character I believe is becoming more & more unbelievable is Lucy - where has her personality gone?!?!?! In any case, give it a read.
Rated of 5
by Bob Miller
I have never read a work of fiction where the principal characters were so over blown with their own super egos. I have read all the Cornwall novels and have always enjoyed the stories while at the same time finding Dr. Scarpetta an over bearing and egocentric persona. In this novel the entire cast of Scarpetta, Lucy, Benton and Marino all seem to be trying to out do each other in looking down their noses with their own superiority complexes. In Blow Fly it seems to take most of the pages before finally kicking into action. Much of what could have been interesting sequences between the good and the bad are just simply referred to as a happening rather than giving us any details. All in all, a very disappointing read.
Rated of 5
by PhyllisC
I think a computer must have written this book. How many times can these characters return? How long can this book's ending be milked? How many loose ends can a once-enthralling author leave us with? I listened to the book on tape and through the reader's interpretation, it was impossible to relate to any of the characters. When you listen to this book, you realize how ridiculously stupid and simplic the dialog is and how spiteful and egotistical all of the characters are. This book is a big fat disappointment and I'm glad the expense of this book belongs to my library and not to me.
Rated of 5
by Angie
What a horrible piece of writing from Cornwell. I loved all of her other Scarpetta novels - especially the early ones because they did an incredible job of leading you through the process of solving a crime from the forensic and detective point of view...Blow Fly has very little of this. Scarpetta has turned into a truely unbelieveable character, one that I have learned to dislike. I can't believe she brought back a character that died in the last novel -- so soap opera-ish -- and of course 'super' Lucy is always right there, guns-a-blazen'. Cornwell should stick to the stuff that made her earlier books good, the details of the crime. Except for the blood, gore, and phyco babble -- I thought I was reading a really bad Danielle Steel novel. This is not even worth the time reading, even for die-hard Cornwall fans. Just ask someone what happens, and save yourself the agony of reading it. I hope a ghost writer was responsible for this waste of time, and Cornwell will write the next one with the fire of her first few Scarpetta novels.
Rated of 5
by Irene Cannon
Since Benton Wesley appears at the beginning of the book, it would not be giving away the information that--a miracle! Benton Wesley has been resurrected and is alive and in hiding. I own all of Cornwell's books and am a loyal reader, to say the least! Can Ms. Cornwell believe that we forgot that Carrie Gretham was the one to do the deed on Benton, and how truly upset Lucy and Marino were? And can she think that we would believe that a man of his integrity would hide out like a scared rabbit for all those years? (I am not giving away who did the cover up.) You see, the thing is that we readers are so into the characters that it sure seems to me that Ms. Cornwell could drum up other new believable characters and not treat Benton Wesley, the girls, and us this way. Still, there is much to enjoy about any and all of Cornwell's books. I bought the hardback of Blow Fly and liked the details a lot!
Oh P.S. I wonder if Cornwell could possibly have Scarpetta generate up a little more energy, she does get to be a drag sometimes!
Rated of 5
by JuleeS
Overwrought...I'm afraid Patricia Cornwall has fallen into the literary version of the soap opera genre with this one! Disappointing to say the least.
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