Marc
posts on 10/30/2009 10:43:42 PM
Her writing has gotten so bad. There is no flow and no clear plot. Bad soap tv.Gotten to the point that I wish the old characters would start getting knocked off and replaced with new ones that hold my interest and can carry a plot. That assumes that those future books will once again have a plot.
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isabella
posts on 10/28/2009 6:10:57 PM
Corwell's writing is all over the place. I seriously do not get it.
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Jake
posts on 10/27/2009 6:39:18 PM
I agree that her first books were the best and her last few are the worst, but I actually like all of them, even the bad ones.
She switched publishers after the first few books, and the ones that followed that switch haven't been as good.
The early ones were all from Scarpetta's POV and tey wee also crisper. The later ones are from the third person POV and and they switch the POV around among numerous characters. It kills the intensity and focus that was there in the early ones.
Another reason for the drop off in quality is that I read her ex husband became her editor after she switched publishers. The switch was because she got mad at her first publisher because that publisher released another big book at the same time it released hers and that kept here book from debuting at #1 on the best seller list.
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kristip
posts on 10/27/2009 12:38:32 AM
Her newer stuff is impossible! See my post 3 down - very confusing stuff. I don't even know if I'll buy her newest book or not. Her earliest stuff was the best.
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Kathleen
posts on 10/21/2009 11:42:52 AM
I just got done laboring through "The Front". Up until about three books ago, I savored Cornwell's books, but lately they've been difficult to read because of confusing, choppy writing and shifting points of view where it sometimes take paragraphs for me to figure out who's "talking". Maybe she's bored and trying to shake things up to make it more fun for her? Anyone else have a problem with her new stuff? (Haven't read "Scarpetta" yet-I prefer paperbacks.)
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loislab
posts on 5/26/2009 1:30:36 PM
I don't understand the ending? Who is the mysterious author of the Gotham Gotcha column????
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kristip
posts on 3/26/2009 1:50:31 AM
does anyone understand the ending to Scarpetta? Terri, secret apt, Gotham Gotcha writer, European person running it, Isle of Man? Help!
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Martha
posts on 3/16/2009 6:01:36 PM
I have read two of the Jay Talley series--Blow Fly and Black Notice--but it appears there may be one in the middle I don't have. I can't figure out, what is the title?
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constance
posts on 3/9/2009 3:16:46 PM
loved the last one of patricia cornwell,characters much warmer,plot ok,she is and stays,one of the best.
i can hardly wait for the next one.
constance.
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Marc Hassell
posts on 3/2/2009 3:35:11 PM
Her writing have turned into very bad soap TV. I always got her book the first day I could.Today,after a glance inside,I did not even bother to read it.
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