- Paperback: 465 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown (Oct 13 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0316854743
- ISBN-13: 978-0316854740
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 14.6 x 4.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 599 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (534 customer reviews)
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DR. KAY SCARPETTA moves the tiny glass vial close to candlelight, illuminating a maggot drifting in a poisonous bath of ethanol. Read the first page
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DR. KAY SCARPETTA moves the tiny glass vial close to candlelight, illuminating a maggot drifting in a poisonous bath of ethanol. Read the first page
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Horribly dark and gruesome,
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This review is from: Blow Fly (Mass Market Paperback)
This was the first time reading this author, and I did not enjoy it one bit. None of the characters had any redeeming qualities, and I could not sympathise to any degree with any of them. I did not finish the novel, as it just seemed like a neverending stream of dark and grotesque characters, with not a glimmer of light. No real plot line, no interesting twists, just bleak and depressing throughout. Never again.
4.0 out of 5 stars
I guess I'm one of the few,
By "r_scott_lewis" (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blow Fly (Hardcover)
I enjoyed this novel very much. I enjoyed the different writing style she utilized in this book, the simultaneous time lines and different perspectives. It was an interesting departure from her normal style. I also liked that a number of long arching story lines were tied in and explained better. My only complaint is the ending, I wanted to keep going and read more, find out more, but the book ended like hitting a wall at high speed. And unfortunately, I'm very impatient and hate to wait for the next installment. I want to know what happens to Kay, Benton, Lucy, Nic...I don't like "To be continued."
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of paper,
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This review is from: Blow Fly (Mass Market Paperback)
The early Scarpetta novels were ground breaking. Since the appaearance of the WolfMan and his jolly family, this series has gone down hill and beyond. It is doubtful that had this been an unknown author's work, any publisher would have picked it up.The plot, such as it is, is nonsensical. We are supposed to believe that Benton Wesley's death was faked, for the benefit of Scarpetta, with the long term aim of using Kay to bring about the demise of the Chardonneau family by means of convoluted false messages, red herrings etc. At the end of the day, Welsey simpy goes to their home in Baton Rouge and kills some of them - why did he need to forge various pretexts to get Kay there etc, when all he had to do was burst in a la Rambo and shoot 'em up? Underneath this slapdash writing lurks some dodgy political views, namely that good people are justified in doing bad things to bad people if it removes the bad guys (the references to Iraq and 9/11 telegraph this unsavoury viewpoint several times). Clearly Cornwall has nothing more to say about Scarpetta, Marino, Lucy et al and should stop this series now. Sadly, the ludicrously unlikely escape of the Wolf Man means that more yawn inducing antics involving Wolfie going after Kay will ensue..
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