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Postmortem | Patricia Cornwell

so-so

I mean, for starters, this book is dated. Published in 1990, people were still skeptical of DNA and digitized record systems. Hacking a computer was as easy as ordering lunch on the MCDonald‘s app. One thing Cornwell can do is write well. Did I cringe a few times, sure. But I was engaged enough to continue. I didn‘t love this one, but I understand why she was so popular.

AshleyHoss820 By the way, just an observation…one thing white authors can‘t seem to get right without sounding racist is dialect. Why are you writing a woman saying, “Lordy, Lordy” in this day and age? Civil War-era type shit. 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures I have only read one of her books decades ago, I think it was about her ideas of who Jack the Ripper was. I just remember I didn't like how she talked about the working women and ever "fact" she gave was totally conjuring. 2mo

AshleyHoss820 @ChaoticMissAdventures I can absolutely see that. My daughter has that book, but hasn‘t read it yet. She had a little Jack the Ripper phase. If I remember right, a lot of her evidence that she used ended up being debunked. (My money is on H.H. Holmes 😂) Cornwall had a paragraph in this book talking about a transvestite prostitute and I, for the life of me, couldn‘t figure out why it was there…the paragraph added *nothing* to the story…🙄 (edited) 2mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @AshleyHoss820 HH Holmes! My therapist randomly brought him up today about how we should be thankful in advances if science since his time 😂 2mo

AshleyHoss820 @ChaoticMissAdventures Bahahaaha!!! Well, your therapist is not wrong, that‘s for sure. 😂 2mo

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Mshookquilts

Chaos: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell

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I was worried when I saw the bad reviews, but this is a decent read/listen. It just isn‘t up to the high tension levels a Kay Scarpetta can be. I‘d give it about 3.5 ⭐️. Tying in murders from teasers in the previous book, this story actually is about the return of one of the monsters after Kay and her loved ones.

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Roary47

Flesh and Blood | Patricia Cornwell

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2✨ I figured out that this was the 22nd book in the series after I started reading it. There is a lot of character development that I missed, and they mention a lot of different cases throughout. There was also a few murders and I don‘t think anything was really resolved by the end. I get that there is more books in the series after, but feel each individual story should have a set end with resolution. Unhauling this #roll100

PuddleJumper

Roary47 #CatsofLitsy “Catrat” 5mo

5feet.of.fury 😂I was going to say that I didn‘t know you were reading these and then I read your review lol I‘m up to book 20. the series as a whole is hit or miss and Scarpetta/Marino/Lucy have so much baggage and it‘s not always consistent. I wish she did the books more episodic/stand-alone too. 5mo

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Roary47 @5feet.of.fury That‘s good to know. I‘m going to try to start at the beginning. There were a lot of good scenes, but I was just so confused. Do you need this one? 5mo

5feet.of.fury @Roary47 I already own it, thanks tho! 5mo

Viola2012 Cool 😎 ( can someone follow me?🥺) 5mo

PuddleJumper That sounds very confusing! 5mo

Roary47 @Viola2012 Hey Viola! Welcome to Litsy! 💛 5mo

Viola2012 Thank you💜 5mo

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giu-world

Book of the Dead: Scarpetta | Patricia Cornwell

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giu-world

Livid: A Scarpetta Novel | Patricia Cornwell

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Kboltz

Identity Unknown | Patricia Cornwell

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Always a good quick read. We added some extra terrestrial science and I liked it. Good forensics and lost love. Kay Scarpetta is a good character still.

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Ladyval05

Body of Evidence | Patricia Cornwell

Cracking up because the Libby edition has the “this is the end of disc 1”, etc. announcements. 😂

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5feet.of.fury

The Bone Bed | Patricia Cornwell

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I enjoyed it. The Scarpetta 1st person POVs are the best ones (idk why this series has so many format changes) the set up for this one was neat, but it did seem drawn out in the beginning w/3 different scenarios demanding Kay‘s attention. & No idea why there had to be a connection with a victim & Scarpetta‘s team… the amount of times that has happened is silly. But ultimately the action was so good.

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DogMomIrene

The Bone Bed | Patricia Cornwell

so-so

Meh. Plot seemed slow. And stretched. Gives off too much “the world revolves around Kay” vibes. And then the character wonders why some people despise her.

Plus the audiobook narrator was not great. She did fine with the voice of Kay, but Lucy sounded like Eyore and I don‘t know what accent she thought she was afflicting Marino with, but it sure wasn‘t a Jersey one, and that‘s a critique from someone who grew up in Jersey.

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