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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Another great audio book by Hiaasen. I don't know if I want to read him anymore. These are so much more entertaining.
Didn't really go anywhere. Character development at a foetal level, most if not all of them seeming like vague, recycled composites of folks from the Hiaasen novels I remember reading in the past. The "self-proclaimed queen of lost causes" part sounds interesting and edgy but it didn't actually mean anything as far as I could see.
Somehow, despite very little actually happening, the novel still manages to seem extremely slow. I think I need to re-read Stormy Weather or something, since I definitely don't remember his other books having this problem...
I'm sure the Floridian wilderness is a wonderful place, though.
Somehow, despite very little actually happening, the novel still manages to seem extremely slow. I think I need to re-read Stormy Weather or something, since I definitely don't remember his other books having this problem...
I'm sure the Floridian wilderness is a wonderful place, though.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
August 2024. Originally read in 2015. Remembered very little of the plot. Summer comfort reading as I recover from shoulder surgery. Michael is really enjoying Hiaasen, so I am reading them along with him. Fun!
funny
fast-paced
If you can get past the obviously forced lengths Hiaasen goes to in order to make his characters unnaturally bizarre, then you'll enjoy their antics and the convoluted plots. It's as if he thinks up unnatural actions and then pastes characters onto them, hoping that if he stitches enough oddball antics together he'll have a fleshed out character. Instead of doing it the other way around, which is how it should be. It's strange for the sake of strange and not a natural outgrowth of the character. Donald Westlake and Elmore Leonard are the masters of the right way to do and they make it look effortless and easy. But still, Hiaasen is entertaining.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated