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Title: Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0449221180 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 1992 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18
Rating: 3
Summary: Another formulaic entry by Hiaasen...
Comment: Hiaasen is a very good writer who has somehow managed to write the same book over and over. While funny and full of quirky characters, his writing is formulaic and his plots recycled.
Many of his books have similar plot points - reporter/photagrapher turned private eye who is still in love with his ex (and who is alternately hot/cold to him in return); bad guy lackeys who end up self-mutilating; ex lovers who are kidnapped by the bad guys and are left naked so they don't escape; giant sea creatures who are dangerous to most but who have a special relationship with the character who symbolizes the way Florida used to be, etc.
Definitely read one of his books. If you like it, read others. If you don't mind spending money on what is essentially the same book over and over, buy them. Otherwise get them from the library and save yourself some money and frustration.
Rating: 5
Summary: A review of Carl Hiaasen's NATIVE TONGUE
Comment: Although I am that rare creature who was born and bred in Florida, you don't have to be a native Floridian to be taken over by Carl Hiaasen's NATIVE TONGUE.
The characters are just too weird to be real and yet, when you think about it, you know you've met people like them, just not quite as overt about it. From the eco-hippie ex-governor of Florida to the guy who meets his dimise in a most unusual aquatic encounter, they will grab you by the throat and won't let go till the last page has been turned.
As for the plot, well, it's got more twists and turns than a sailor's knot and a lot more laughs too.
The really neat trick that Hiaasen pulls on you is that his fiction gives you the sad truth in a way that keeps you from crying. This has to be the funniest book I've ever read.
Rating: 4
Summary: An entertaining and easy to read book.
Comment: Hiaasen has another good book here. The book is revolves around Joe Wilder and his PR efforts for the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills theme park in the Florida Keys.
As always there are unseemly characters abound. And Joe takes us through a rollercoaster ride of fun and games as he tries to bring down the man behind the carnage.
The book is well written and easy to read. Parts of it had me laughing out load while I read, making my better half think I'm a little cuckoo!
Over all I found this to be a very enjoyable and funny book.
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Title: Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0446611514 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0446343455 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1995 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0446352764 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1989 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Stormy Weather by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0446603422 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen ISBN: 0446600660 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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