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A review by alykat_reads
Red Mist by Patricia Cornwell
slow-paced
1.75
A decent premise to this one, but man it started off so slow. Could have spared myself reading the previous book because it was summed up in the beginning of this one basically. Once I finally got 2/3 of the way through though I found myself more interested in what was going on. Otherwise, same old, same old. Kay has the least amount of self-awareness and criticizes others for what she does constantly.
I also really don't understand what Patricia's obsession is with making characters just terrible and then killing them off. In previous books, she basically idolized Berger as this super professional, amazing, super smart woman, and then in this one she went off the deep end and was the complete opposite right before she dies. Then ofc Kay takes it personal - 'even though I was soooo mad at her, I should have been more caring and I could have prevented her death' and then blames herself. Same thing Patricia and Kay, respectively, did with Fielding. It's a used up trope, let's move on please.
I also really don't understand what Patricia's obsession is with making characters just terrible and then killing them off. In previous books, she basically idolized Berger as this super professional, amazing, super smart woman, and then in this one she went off the deep end and was the complete opposite right before she dies. Then ofc Kay takes it personal - 'even though I was soooo mad at her, I should have been more caring and I could have prevented her death' and then blames herself. Same thing Patricia and Kay, respectively, did with Fielding. It's a used up trope, let's move on please.