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'A thrilling read (Best )
Long, terse and brilliant...Cornwell, who has already won more prizes than you can shake a stick at, seems to be getting better and better (City AM )
A gripping read made more chilling by Cornwell's note that the sci-fi technology she's describing actually exists (Metro )
A bountiful offering from one of crime fiction's most celebrated authors...arguably her most accessible book in more than a decade (Hartford Books Examiner )
Long, terse and brilliant...Cornwell, who has already won more prizes than you can shake a stick at, seems to be getting better and better (City AM )
A gripping read made more chilling by Cornwell's note that the sci-fi technology she's describing actually exists (Metro )
A bountiful offering from one of crime fiction's most celebrated authors...arguably her most accessible book in more than a decade (Hartford Books Examiner )
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Told for the first time in many years from the perspective of Kay Scarpetta herself - and unveiling secrets from her past that have never been revealed - this is the latest thrilling Kay Scarpetta novel
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52 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Patricia Cornwell's earlier Scarpetta books really got me hooked on crime novels and I always looked forward to her next Scarpetta novel. However something has gone horribly wrong with the last few efforts and this is by far the worst yet.
The story is non existent, the narrative is dull and the characters seems just as bored of themselves as I was. By the end of chapter 2 I'd given up trying to remember what all the acronyms stood for and just found them down right irritating (to be fair though Cornwell is not the only writer who seems to think that more acronyms is a good thing - recent Kathy Reichs also suffers from the same thing).
I finished the book but was tempted on more than one occasion just to give up... not sure I'll be buying any more Scarpetta novels unless they improve dramatically... such a shame.
The story is non existent, the narrative is dull and the characters seems just as bored of themselves as I was. By the end of chapter 2 I'd given up trying to remember what all the acronyms stood for and just found them down right irritating (to be fair though Cornwell is not the only writer who seems to think that more acronyms is a good thing - recent Kathy Reichs also suffers from the same thing).
I finished the book but was tempted on more than one occasion just to give up... not sure I'll be buying any more Scarpetta novels unless they improve dramatically... such a shame.
44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the worst of Cornwell. What happened to her? She has turned Scarpetta into a hand wringing, self indulgent, introspective irritating woman. Why oh why? I used to love Kay, Benton, Lucy and even the boorish Marino. In this book, all characters have gone to pot! There is no plot either.
I only kept reading page after page because they hinted at some trauma in South Africa which was never mentioned in her previous book. You can imagine my dissapointment when the promised episode turned to nothing! I don't know about anyone else but what was the big deal about South Africa?, I probably didn't understand the whole story because I kept skipping on, hoping to reach the punch line which never materialised.
Please Cornwell, go back to where you started, think about the storyline you used to weave! Resurrect Kay to her former glory!
I only kept reading page after page because they hinted at some trauma in South Africa which was never mentioned in her previous book. You can imagine my dissapointment when the promised episode turned to nothing! I don't know about anyone else but what was the big deal about South Africa?, I probably didn't understand the whole story because I kept skipping on, hoping to reach the punch line which never materialised.
Please Cornwell, go back to where you started, think about the storyline you used to weave! Resurrect Kay to her former glory!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As many others have said I was also a massive fan of the early Scarpetta books but it all started to go wrong around Black Notice and this book really is the final straw for me.
The return to the third person and the fact that Lucy is not in the story much is welcome but the book has no plot and what little story there is jumps around completely incomprehensibly and left me completely befuddled and bored. As someone who works in the area of nanotechnology that part of the story was completely inaccurate and I'm left wondering if she researched it at all or just read a few issues of the Fortean Times.
I don't intend to read any more of her books after this effort, there are far superior authors out there and hence fortunately no need to waste valuable reading time on drivel like this.
The return to the third person and the fact that Lucy is not in the story much is welcome but the book has no plot and what little story there is jumps around completely incomprehensibly and left me completely befuddled and bored. As someone who works in the area of nanotechnology that part of the story was completely inaccurate and I'm left wondering if she researched it at all or just read a few issues of the Fortean Times.
I don't intend to read any more of her books after this effort, there are far superior authors out there and hence fortunately no need to waste valuable reading time on drivel like this.
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Angsty, slow paced, but good story
Here's the thing. I had to skip pages of this because Kay Scarpetta is in a reflective mood, trusts noone and acts in a very paranoid fashion, which goes on for pages and pages and... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Happyface
Worse and worse
Having read a couple of Kay Scarpetta books I read this hoping for more of the same but, oh dear..... the book meanders aimlessly with the characters totally unbelievable. Read more
Published 23 days ago by m1ke
Port Mortuary
I found this story spent too much time disecting the psychology of the characters rather than weaving it into the actual plot. So, not as good as others by this author. Read more
Published 23 days ago by magviv
Yawn........
I haven't read a Patricia Cornwell novel for a while and this was definitely not the one to choose to go back to. Read more
Published 1 month ago by helenp
Lame
I'm afraid that Patricia Cornwell seems to be phoning in her efforts lately. I hoped initially that this would be a return to form, as she shifted her style back to her original... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JH
POOOP
I have to agree that Port Mortuary is an extremely disappointing book which has no plot, has completely transformed well loved characters into irritating side shows, prattles on... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Meg
Truly Awful
One of the, deeply deeply suspect, professional reviews of this book described it as 'One of her most accessible books in more than a decade' - what were the rest of them written... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Julie K
Very entertaining reading
I've read some less-than-enthusiastic reports about this book, which I really enjoyed. I guess everybody reacts according to what s/he feels strongly about... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Laura Castelletto
Port Mortuary
Excellent read,a must for all Patricia cornwall fans. Moves along at a fast pace and really draws you in. Lots of twists and turns,from start to finish.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. J. E. James
Never again
Every time I read a Scarpetta book I vow never again, but I mean it this time! I find books written in the present tense distinctly irritating, but worse, this one didn't even... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Constance
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