|
 Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell
 Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell ... at her wits' end trying to protect the public from the politicians and vice versa. Amid the mayhem, an island off the coast declares UDI - claiming its independence lies with its first settlers - from London's Isle of Dogs.Newest Review: ... to see if I was missing something. Found your execellent review and was glad to find someone who agreed with me. Cornwell ... more ... should go back to her area of expertise and leave comedy to Woody Allen. The characters are contrived, situations unreal and dialog wooden. The plot wonders aimlessly. The historical references defy description. I usually read Cornwell's books in one sitting. I have been trying for three days and doubt that I will ever finish.
...more |
||
Read Reviews for Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwe...
Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwell: Go back to Scarpetta (92 words)
by - written on 31/07/02 (Somewhat useful, 63 readings)
Rating:
Struggled to read half of the book. Was so disappointed I went to the internet to see if I was missing something. Found your execellent review and was glad to find someone who agreed with me. Cornwell should go back to her area of expertise and leave comedy to Woody Allen. The characters are contrived, situations unreal and dialog wooden. The plot wonders aimlessly. The historical references defy description. I usually read Cornwell's books in one sitting. I have been trying for three days and doubt that I will ever finish. ... Read the complete review
Gone To The Dogs!!! (921 words)
by - written on 19/12/01 (Very useful, 144 readings)
Rating:
Patricia Cornwell is best known for her crime fiction featuring Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. These medical thrillers, for want of a better term, turned her into one of the world’s top selling fiction writers and guaranteed a place for her on the top of the best sellers list which each new novel. However, for reasons best known to herself, Cornwell has opted to turn her back on the Scarpetta novels and follow a different set of stories instead...far, far weaker ones. Isle of Dogs marks the third of the newer novels and frankly its by far the worst book I have read in many a year. I have no clue what Cornwell thinks she is doing by releasing ... Read the complete review
Products similar to Isle of Dogs - Patricia Cornwe...
Superb novel, high pace, tense, lots of action 
None, well lots if you don't like the genre! a page turner, a great read, strong characters difficult subject matter Last section actually gets quite interesting (shame about the rest!) Sooooo slow to get intolack of depth to charactesIt's all been done before Clever plot, incredible denouement Weak characterisation Fast pace, good characters, great central relationship Now cliche, just like the filmA Series of Unfortunate Events No. 4: The Miserable Mill - Lemony Snicket
Action Packed Follows a similar plot of the preceeding books
Up Till Now: The Autobiography - William Shatner
The experience is over Tedious man
A Kiss Goodnight - Claire Freedman
Good self-contained paragraphs about going to bed Not a story as such
The Archaeology of Britain
Descripitive book, good for an interest in archaeology or for someone doing a degree in archaeology! Need to be properly awake to read it!
Pocoyo & The Camera
Great fun for fans of the show. none`
Eyewitness Auschwitz - Filip Muller
Informative, educational, moving first-hand account of the Holocaust Would have liked a follow-up section, some apparent innacuracies
The Punisher Vol. 4: Up Is Down And Black Is White - Garth Ennis
The Bear with Sticky Paws Goes to School - Clara Vulliamy
great story for small children none
Temeraire - Naomi Novik
A good enjoyable read Very difficult to put down
Advantages and disadvantages from the dooyooCommunity
Home - About dooyoo.co.uk - Advertising - Contact dooyoo - Terms and Conditions
dooyoo Europe:
Deutschland 
España 
Italia 
France - Sitemap - Product Index
