pickAt first I found this really daunting because there was YET ANOTHER format/POV shift… and Kay had yet another job in another location… but the POV back to strictly Kay was welcome, as circular & obsessive as her thoughts are.
All the familiar faces are there, along with a character from Kay‘s past. She comes “home” to Cambridge after a fellowship & finds that she has lost her grip on the day to day operations & no one had the guts to tell her.
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pickI am liking that the series is heading now back into the crime investigation as the focus. Ending seemed like a bit of a rush job, but it was good.
so-soKay Scarpetta #15
It was more intriguing than the last couple, they have yet again randomly switched locales, things get more serious in Kay‘s relationship &Marino hits rock bottom.
The murder was in the backseat to the continuing Dr Self drama & Marino‘s meltdown, I wish it would get back to more of the investigation vs character interactions.
so-so(1991) Second in Cornwell's series featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. The mystery is okay, but Kay's police partner is a homophobic bigot with a heart of gold, which I guess you could get away with in 1991 but is now just .... no. I understand the author herself came out in the 2000s, so I'm curious about her motivation for writing such a character as a hero, but not curious enough to read another.
pickScarpetta almost seems likeable. Don‘t get me wrong, I love the character but she is trying.
so-soI was still excited to read this one, even tho the past couple were lackluster. after some meaningful Scarpetta/Marino interactions in the last book, their behavior distant &weird again. Lucy was a recovering alcoholic in the last 1, that storyline was abandoned &she had a random health scare that didn‘t get resolved & didn‘t make any sense out of her character arc. The crime itself was interesting but all the perspectives made the reveal slow AF
so-soIn most Kay books the crime solving tech &villains are the focus. This had meaningful character interactions (❤️sometimes there are 0) but she consistently leaves huge emotional conflicts off the page &there‘s a big 1 here.
I cannot believe she named the villain Edgar Allen Pogue. He has a (fake) history with the characters as if we would not remember an Edgar Allen Pogue. PC, you have to leave these breadcrumbs. TLP/Lucy‘s plot becomes asinine.
pickScarpetta is just so annoying….but I have a soft spot for her
