Last of my 2009 summer reads.
(boohoo... back to more serious reading now)
I really liked this one. Lots of loose ends tied up from the last Scarpetta story, but...
an editor! An editor! This story needs someone to chop away at least 25% of this book. Annoying nuisances pop up like repetitious sentences, the criminal deluge of adverbs... and rehashing the plot progress too much.
What happens to editors when they have to deal with best selling authors? Actors need their directors and authors need their editors to pull in the reins and do all that fancy schmancy editorial stuff.
Sigh.
Of course, who am I to critique when I have never written a book?
Well...
I've read a ton of them including Patricia Cornwell's novels.
I'll be eagerly awaiting the next in the Scarpetta series.
Please, please make this avid reader want to give Dr. Kay a four star review.
(boohoo... back to more serious reading now)
I really liked this one. Lots of loose ends tied up from the last Scarpetta story, but...
an editor! An editor! This story needs someone to chop away at least 25% of this book. Annoying nuisances pop up like repetitious sentences, the criminal deluge of adverbs... and rehashing the plot progress too much.
What happens to editors when they have to deal with best selling authors? Actors need their directors and authors need their editors to pull in the reins and do all that fancy schmancy editorial stuff.
Sigh.
Of course, who am I to critique when I have never written a book?
Well...
I've read a ton of them including Patricia Cornwell's novels.
I'll be eagerly awaiting the next in the Scarpetta series.
Please, please make this avid reader want to give Dr. Kay a four star review.
(3 out of 5 stars)
Scarpetta available at You Are What You Read Book Store
LEARN MORE:
Official Patricia Cornwell Site http://www.patriciacornwell.com/
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