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FFS. Patricia Cornwell. Why do I bother??

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Jacksmania · 10/03/2011 22:06

Her Scarpetta series is just crap. Why?? Why did I just get the latest one, "Port Mortuary" (especially as an audiobook so I can't just throw it across the room!).

Kay Scarpetta is a neurotic twat. Her relationship with Benton is completely dysfunctional. She is ridiculously insecure and thinks everyone hates her (and to be fair they probably do, especially me!). It's completely unrealistic that all these events should happen to one person. Yes, I know, that's why they call it fiction :o

Even DH knows how much I hate the books and at me for getting this latest one. Free, thank fuck!!! But still.

Why, why, why do I always expect the next book to be better?? That's like expecting that guy who wrote Coma and Virus and stuff (Robin Cook) to come up with something worth reading. Gggggnnnaaaarrrrrr!!!!

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Jacksmania · 17/03/2011 22:28

I have an hour and a bit left to listen to, and she just started all that shite about Fielding collecting sperm from dead guys to sell (WTF???) and I'm thinking, ok, I really didn't get that from what's happened before.

I think she must have been having a schizoid episode when she wrote this one - it's not hanging together at all. Total crap. I'm never bothering with one of her books again.

Until the next one comes out and I get it, thinking "given what's come before, how shit can it be?"

Someone remind me - very. Very, very, very shit :o

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