A review by devonforest
Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell

3.0

There were a few things that bothered me slightly about this book. First, I wasn't too impressed with the writing style itself. It seemed very awkward at times. Second, there were a lot of separate parts all working together. Usually I don't mind separate plots that tie together in the end, but there were just too many here. And some of them didn't really seem to connect. Third, the ending seemed very abrupt. All the loose ends were tied up for the most part, but it still seemed like a few more pages were needed. And last, the plot was just very vague in general. There didn't seem to be much point in the story. For example we never did find out exactly Smoke's plan was and that bothered me. And what was the point of the coon hunting? There just seemed to be a lot of random sections that didn't help the plot at all, what little there was. I don't remember the other books I've read by Cornwell to be like this, so I'm hoping if I ever read more by here it's more like her other books and not this one.