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A review by beths0103
Skink by Carl Hiaasen
2.0
I'm glad Skink No Surrender wasn't my first Carl Hiaasen rodeo because if it were, I'd likely not want to read any more of his books.
What I liked:
1) Kirby Heyborne's audio narration, which made this lackluster story more interesting than it really was
2) The characters, which kept me listening despite the fact that the story drug on. Well, Skink was really the character that kept me listening.
3) I thought the last paragraph gave the story a nice, resonating ending.
What I didn't like:
1) This book is categorized as YA but it didn't feel any different in tone than his middle grade novels.
2) I came to a point in my listening experience where I was on disc 4 of a 7 disc audiobook and I said to myself, "What else could possibly happen in this story? Isn't it almost over?"
3) The use of pop culture references such as YOLO and the mentioning of artists like Bruno Mars will likely to appeal to today's teens, but what happens in 10-15 years? It gives the book a shelf life. If those references are important to the story, that's one thing, but to me it felt like pandering.
What I liked:
1) Kirby Heyborne's audio narration, which made this lackluster story more interesting than it really was
2) The characters, which kept me listening despite the fact that the story drug on. Well, Skink was really the character that kept me listening.
3) I thought the last paragraph gave the story a nice, resonating ending.
What I didn't like:
1) This book is categorized as YA but it didn't feel any different in tone than his middle grade novels.
2) I came to a point in my listening experience where I was on disc 4 of a 7 disc audiobook and I said to myself, "What else could possibly happen in this story? Isn't it almost over?"
3) The use of pop culture references such as YOLO and the mentioning of artists like Bruno Mars will likely to appeal to today's teens, but what happens in 10-15 years? It gives the book a shelf life. If those references are important to the story, that's one thing, but to me it felt like pandering.