I just finished Patricia Cornwell's most recent book, Book of the Dead (her 15th novel staring Kay Scarpetta) and I have to say, I wasn't impressed. This has been my least favorite of the series (a series I have loved in the past and have anticipated every new release with bated breath). Reading it I felt confused and lost. It was as if Cornwell was trying to reinvent her writing. Every time I picked the book up to read, I had to re-read a few pages just to remind myself what was going on. Also, the characters that I had grown to "care" about from previous books had turned hateful and unsympathetic causing me not to care about their welfare. I hope Cornwell gets back on track and stops trying to be so "profound" and "literary" in her writing and returns to what has worked for her in the past.
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