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lit_stacks's Reviews (579)
This book was completely jarring in the way it was written. The niece is completely off. She's ten and drinks wine several times in the book, curses her head off, but then is completely enthralled when a man pretends he's an ambulance. Come on. Also how often does the niece visit that Scarpetta has a babysitter on retainer who comes all hours of the night?
Scarpetta also kept zoning out during conversations which didn't make any sense. Maybe she was tired or something but there was no real reason for it and it just made her seem arrogant because she would always consider her thoughts more important than whatever the other person was saying.
The time that was not spent on character development was instead (unwisely) spent on incredibly in-depth description of forensics and computer work. I know they were accurate since the author actually worked in an ME's office, but this kind of thing just doesn't translate to print.
And then you find out the forensics were just a side show the entire time. That's right, forensics doesn't even solve the case. A ten page primer on DNA identification and it's useless. The killer is caught the old-fashioned way, in the act. And they don't even need the forensics to convict. At least they use the forensics in CSI. Oh and this is all wrapped up hastily in the last few pages. Not to mention the introduction and abandonment of a whole other storyline. I guess it's supposed to hook me into reading the next book, but this book just wasn't good enough to keep reading.
Scarpetta also kept zoning out during conversations which didn't make any sense. Maybe she was tired or something but there was no real reason for it and it just made her seem arrogant because she would always consider her thoughts more important than whatever the other person was saying.
The time that was not spent on character development was instead (unwisely) spent on incredibly in-depth description of forensics and computer work. I know they were accurate since the author actually worked in an ME's office, but this kind of thing just doesn't translate to print.
And then you find out the forensics were just a side show the entire time. That's right, forensics doesn't even solve the case. A ten page primer on DNA identification and it's useless. The killer is caught the old-fashioned way, in the act. And they don't even need the forensics to convict. At least they use the forensics in CSI. Oh and this is all wrapped up hastily in the last few pages. Not to mention the introduction and abandonment of a whole other storyline. I guess it's supposed to hook me into reading the next book, but this book just wasn't good enough to keep reading.
