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Knopf (2010), 352 pages
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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (nĂ©e Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteenâ??and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her â??undercover stunt double,â?ť Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too â??indisposedâ?ťâ??meaning wastedâ??to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. Now the challenge for Cherryâ??s handlers (ĂĽberâ??stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whackerâ??wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherryâ??s publicâ??and from Cherry herself. The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skinkâ??the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swampâ??and now heâ??s heading for Miami to find her . . . Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherryâ??s motley posse does? All will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane. BONUS: This edition includes an… (more)
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LibraryThing member jovilla
Carl Hiaasen is a favorite author but I have to admit to being a little disappointed at his latest book. He is a great writer of humor, but his previous books had more likable characters. I didn't find anyone I particularly liked or rooted for in this book. The story revolves around a minor teenage
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star who has lots of problems of all kinds, one of which is that she has no talent. Everyone surrounding her is very flawed and unlikeable for various reasons. Her parents, her security people, her manager, her double, even her paparazzi are people you just wouldn't see a need to spend any time with at all. This book was readable but I had to forge ahead in order to get through and I'm not sure it was worth the effort. Show Less
LibraryThing member Pennydart
"Star Island" is classic Carl Hiaasen: a wild romp, set (of course) in South Florida, and filled with despicable but hilarious characters who get their due. Cherry Pye is a 22 year-old hard-living pop star, who wants nothing more than to get and stay high--and to change her moniker to Cherish. To
Like all Hiaasen novels, the plot is complex, and the writing is first-rate. It's not great literature, but it's great fun to read.
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protect her reputation, her parents and her manager hire Ann DeLusia, a look-alike actress, to pretend to be Cherry at events that the singer herself is too smashed to attend. They also hire a body guard: Chemo, a 7 foot ex-con with seriously pock-marked skin, and an amputated arm that's been replaced with a weed-whacker. When Ann is kidnapped by Bang Abbott, an obese, odiferous paparazzo pursuing a money shot of Cherry, it's up to Lucy and Lila Lark, the over-Botoxed twins who serve as publicists for Cherry, to manage the situation, and they'd prefer that Ann disappear rather than let the public know that Cherry has a double. But this is actually Ann's second kidnapping in just a few days, and her prior kidnapper, who took a liking to her, has promised to help her out whenever she needs it. Hiaasen readers will recognize the first kidnapper: it's Skink, the eco-terrorist former governor Florida who now lives as a hermit in a camp in the swamps, and is known to take outrageous steps to punish those whose actions will harm the local environment--like tying up a condo developer and placing a spiny sea urchin in his underwear!Like all Hiaasen novels, the plot is complex, and the writing is first-rate. It's not great literature, but it's great fun to read.
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LibraryThing member carolynmj
I really enjoy Hiaasen generally, but this one left me cold. None of the characters seemed worth any attention and the plot was just too contrived. A real let down after some of his other great efforts.
LibraryThing member tileston
formula writing, overblown plot, a star double, not a LOL to be found
LibraryThing member mikedraper
A young starlet is constantly going into rehab for drugs and alcohol abuse. Her name is Cherry Pye, aka Cheryl Bunterman.
Cherry is an air-head who is currently twenty-two and since she was age fourteen, she's been a popular star with a love for life in the fast lane where there is plenty of booz
She's currently attempting a comeback from a drug related episode while on stage in Boston. Since she's had so many relapses, her family and record producer have hired a double, Ann DeLusia, to fill in for her when she's "indisposed.'
A member of the paparazzi, Bang Abbott, feels that Cherry is headed for the same unfortunate end as Michael Jackson. He wants to get photos of her in her downward spiral and is constantly following her. They are on a plane together and he takes some photos that he thinks he can sell but Cherry takes off with his photos and cell phone.
Meanwhile, Ann is driving in Florida when she has an accident. She meets an unbalanced environmentalist, former governor of Florida, Skink, and they form an uneasy bond.
Later, Abbott kidnapps Ann, thinking she is Cherry. The family then tries to make the most of it, at first, thinking of rescuing Ann but then there is a change of plan. They have hired a body guard who is searching for her but he has his own plans. As he is searching for Ann, Skink is trying to find her to come to her rescue.
The story could be a plot of a movie. Very funny and enjoyable.
Cherry is an air-head who is currently twenty-two and since she was age fourteen, she's been a popular star with a love for life in the fast lane where there is plenty of booz
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and drugs.She's currently attempting a comeback from a drug related episode while on stage in Boston. Since she's had so many relapses, her family and record producer have hired a double, Ann DeLusia, to fill in for her when she's "indisposed.'
A member of the paparazzi, Bang Abbott, feels that Cherry is headed for the same unfortunate end as Michael Jackson. He wants to get photos of her in her downward spiral and is constantly following her. They are on a plane together and he takes some photos that he thinks he can sell but Cherry takes off with his photos and cell phone.
Meanwhile, Ann is driving in Florida when she has an accident. She meets an unbalanced environmentalist, former governor of Florida, Skink, and they form an uneasy bond.
Later, Abbott kidnapps Ann, thinking she is Cherry. The family then tries to make the most of it, at first, thinking of rescuing Ann but then there is a change of plan. They have hired a body guard who is searching for her but he has his own plans. As he is searching for Ann, Skink is trying to find her to come to her rescue.
The story could be a plot of a movie. Very funny and enjoyable.
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LibraryThing member bribre01
a good satire. Funny, with interesting characters. This was my first Hiaasen book, and I plan to read more of his work.
LibraryThing member TadAD
Typical Hiaasen but not one of his best. There's usually a character or two that I find endearing but this book was an exception. Though I think the main character, Ann, was intended for that role, she just didn't make the grade. Returning stock character Tyree/Skink has become a bit of a boring
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one-note avatar of Hiaasen's anger at developers destroying Florida's environment and I find that I don't really enjoy him anymore. Everything seemed just that little bit forced. Show Less
LibraryThing member sdmcrae
Terrific book. Hiaason's barely masked anger anger toward Florida seamy and pop culture insipidity is expressed as wickedly funny satire. I can just hear him chortling to himself as he wrote it. The names he comes up with are a subtle as a baseball bat upside the head. And it was a delight catching
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up with characters from his previous books. A very enjoyable read. Show Less
LibraryThing member madamepince
Skink's back and the other characters are just a colorful as they usually are in a Hiaasen book.
LibraryThing member kpetlewski
My favorite Hiaasen characters came back in this book - Chemo and Skank. With today's obsession with spoiled celebrity women badly misbehaving, this book hit the spot! You can always count on Carl Hiaasen to bring his own brand of humor into any story.
LibraryThing member YogiABB
"Star Island" is Carl Hiaasen's latest book and it is a hoot (sorry, couldn't resist). Its about a young lady who, although she can't sing, is a superstar and acts the part. She does drugs and alocohol to excess, stays way out way too late, and pretty much sleeps with anyone who stands still long
Note, unlike "Hoot" which was a book for young adults, this is definitely rated "R."
I rate this book at 3 stars out of 5. It is a good read but I didn't just love it.
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enough. She pulls a few shenanigans and gets cross-ways with a paparazzi who wants revenge. Throw in two very greedy, uncaring parents, a music promoter, a former Florida governor who disappeared into the swamps years ago and a body guard with a weed eater for a hand this book is very funny.Note, unlike "Hoot" which was a book for young adults, this is definitely rated "R."
I rate this book at 3 stars out of 5. It is a good read but I didn't just love it.
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LibraryThing member Tasker
To others, this may be a three-star, but, to me, this is a "four-star" book since I thoroughly enjoy Mr. Hiassen's novels. I think the combination of his goof-ball characters and great dialogue make his books easy to read and enjoy and I look forward to reading another - old or new.
The return of
The return of
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Chemo was a treat and I feel he's grown from a comic-book buffon in "Skin Tight" to someone you could appreciate due to his refusal to waste his time with stupid people. Show Less
LibraryThing member busyreadin
Quick, lite read about the life of a rich & nearly-famous pop singer and the people who hate her.
LibraryThing member horomnizon
This was my first experience with Hiaasen, so I have no idea if it's typical or not of his style. I enjoyed it, but think the current references to celebrities and events in their lives could pose a problem for this becoming a long-lasting hit.
Cheryl Bunterman, aka Cherry Pye, is a Lohan-esque
Claude (aka, Bang) Abbott is a paparazzi photog who is obsessed with getting the shot of Cherry finally ODing and becoming famous for taking the last picture of her. Annie is Cherry's double who makes appearances when Cherry is too whacked to do so herself. She holds the key to Cherry's future success or failure. And then there's the Captain...former governor of Florida who has, well, gone a bit loopy.
Along with some other interesting characters in Cherry's entourage, people are basically just trying to figure out how to keep making money off of this drunk/stoned no-talent blond.
I mostly enjoyed the book - if you don't like foul language, though, stay away. The characters are interesting and I felt like I knew just the right amount of information about each of them for their role in the book. However, I did find it annoying that Hiaasen almost always used their full names when referring to them.
The way these oddballs all manage to come together in the story is amusing and Hiaasen is happy to point out what idiots many of them are. Annie and the Captain are the only ones who have strong moral compasses, although in certainly different situations. The bodyguard Chemo also became a favorite character of mine - I mean, a weed whacker for a hand - how great is that?
All in all, it was enjoyable - while there is a plot, it seemed more a character study...the action lends itself to the characters - it happens because of who they are. I liked that. But, a few years down the road, most of the real life celebrity references won't be as effective...so read it now.
Cheryl Bunterman, aka Cherry Pye, is a Lohan-esque
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character and they don't hide that fact...Lindsay is mentioned a couple times. She can't sing, but has a recording career, does any drugs she can get hold of, drinks like a fish, and sleeps with any male of the species. Her mother, Janet, refers to her doped up unconscious spells as problems with her digestive system. Her father just manages money and hangs out with another couple, but finally becomes concerned when Cherry's career could crash and burn and they'd lose the family's income.Claude (aka, Bang) Abbott is a paparazzi photog who is obsessed with getting the shot of Cherry finally ODing and becoming famous for taking the last picture of her. Annie is Cherry's double who makes appearances when Cherry is too whacked to do so herself. She holds the key to Cherry's future success or failure. And then there's the Captain...former governor of Florida who has, well, gone a bit loopy.
Along with some other interesting characters in Cherry's entourage, people are basically just trying to figure out how to keep making money off of this drunk/stoned no-talent blond.
I mostly enjoyed the book - if you don't like foul language, though, stay away. The characters are interesting and I felt like I knew just the right amount of information about each of them for their role in the book. However, I did find it annoying that Hiaasen almost always used their full names when referring to them.
The way these oddballs all manage to come together in the story is amusing and Hiaasen is happy to point out what idiots many of them are. Annie and the Captain are the only ones who have strong moral compasses, although in certainly different situations. The bodyguard Chemo also became a favorite character of mine - I mean, a weed whacker for a hand - how great is that?
All in all, it was enjoyable - while there is a plot, it seemed more a character study...the action lends itself to the characters - it happens because of who they are. I liked that. But, a few years down the road, most of the real life celebrity references won't be as effective...so read it now.
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LibraryThing member Bookmarque
Any book with Skink in it wins me over. This one was no exception, from changing his human fake eye for one from a stuffed hunting trophy to picking his teeth with a dessicated starling beak, he's a hoot to follow because you never know what he'll do next. Newcomers might think the environmental
That being said, this book felt more forced than usual for Mr. H. The idiotic escapades of a brainless pop-star just got to be over the top even for him. And I wished I saw more of what made Ann so attractive to Skink to make him seek her out for rescue, and less of Cherry, her parents and handlers. Bang was pretty entertaining in his conscience-free, hapless way, but unlikeable. Maybe making Chemo a tad more sympathetic would have done the trick. The similarities to Frankenstein's monster weren't lost on me, but the sympathy was. Oh and I hate you, Carl baby, for putting that rancid Warrant song in my head for days. Thanks, bud.
All in all not bad if you're a fan and like the lengths Hiaasen goes to, but if you can't put your tongue firmly in your cheek, don't bother.
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bit was tacked on, but that's Skink's metier - kicking unscrupulous butt in the name of ecology. And I caught a lovely Zevonism in there about someone leaving the 'detox mansion' - sweet. That being said, this book felt more forced than usual for Mr. H. The idiotic escapades of a brainless pop-star just got to be over the top even for him. And I wished I saw more of what made Ann so attractive to Skink to make him seek her out for rescue, and less of Cherry, her parents and handlers. Bang was pretty entertaining in his conscience-free, hapless way, but unlikeable. Maybe making Chemo a tad more sympathetic would have done the trick. The similarities to Frankenstein's monster weren't lost on me, but the sympathy was. Oh and I hate you, Carl baby, for putting that rancid Warrant song in my head for days. Thanks, bud.
All in all not bad if you're a fan and like the lengths Hiaasen goes to, but if you can't put your tongue firmly in your cheek, don't bother.
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LibraryThing member jburlinson
Pretty much paint-by-numbers humor from an old hand. The characters are all readily visualizable as their Hollywood templates: Lindsay Lohan, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara (at age 50, or thereabouts, not at age 95, or whatever they actually are now), and, of course, Burt
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Reynolds as the governor in dreadlocks. Of course there's an ecological message. The land is played out, in every way. Show Less
LibraryThing member repb
Hiaasen is hilarious; and so went Star Island. Another cast of ultra-goofy characters smashing their way through life the best they can. Mega drug drenched starlets versus the paparazzi in south Florida. Loved it but found his language and situations deteriorating into a morass of sewage sex -- an
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LibraryThing member TooBusyReading
A spoiled, talentless, young celebrity needs a scary, killer bodyguard, two dismal excuses for parents, a couple of surgically enhanced twins for publicists, and still can't be kept from self-destructing. So one of the most important tools is her stand-in, her double who shows up for the media when
Mr. Hiaasen again uses Florida as his literary playground and again has a complete cast of bizarre, deranged characters, some of them returns from earlier books. And the situations are as unlikely as ever, potentially very funny. There is still the underlying theme of environmentalists against the money-hungry, clueless masses.
I loved this approach in the first Hiaasen book I read, Tourist Season. I enjoyed some of his later books as well. But for me, this formula is worn out and I was a bit bored by the whole story. I probably would have liked this book more if it had been the first or second or even third that I had read. For those easily offended, there were some rather crude terms used, often in highly unusual circumstances. There were a couple of references to real situations that seemed unnecessarily mean to me. But neither of these are the reasons I am not giving the book a high rating. The reason for two stars is simple – I was not entertained.
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Cherry Pye herself is having yet another bout of “gastric distress.”Mr. Hiaasen again uses Florida as his literary playground and again has a complete cast of bizarre, deranged characters, some of them returns from earlier books. And the situations are as unlikely as ever, potentially very funny. There is still the underlying theme of environmentalists against the money-hungry, clueless masses.
I loved this approach in the first Hiaasen book I read, Tourist Season. I enjoyed some of his later books as well. But for me, this formula is worn out and I was a bit bored by the whole story. I probably would have liked this book more if it had been the first or second or even third that I had read. For those easily offended, there were some rather crude terms used, often in highly unusual circumstances. There were a couple of references to real situations that seemed unnecessarily mean to me. But neither of these are the reasons I am not giving the book a high rating. The reason for two stars is simple – I was not entertained.
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LibraryThing member theanalogdivide
Hiaasen is at his best when whichever satirical axes he has to grind dovetail with the needs of his characters. This was not one of those situations. Nothing quite came together, and the distance between each of the subplots deflated any potential for screwball hijinks. And to end with an Animal
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House-esque epilogue where he spends a paragraph explaining how every character turns out just smacks of laziness. Weak sauce. Show Less
LibraryThing member miyurose
If you love Carl Hiaasen, there’s no surprises here. It’s your usual mix of wacky characters put into a wacky situation that more often than not, is the result of their own despicable actions. In the midst of all the less-than-savory characters is your beacon of shining hope: Ann DeLusia. All
While the story is mostly solid, there were some weak points. I really couldn’t muster up a care for the Jackie Sebago/real-estate scam storyline, which really just seemed like a reason to bring Detective Reilly into it. I also thought the ending was weak. After Ann is rescued (sort of) and the scheming to keep her quiet begins, I really expected her to go out with a bit more of a bang. The final confrontation in the nightclub is pretty bleh.
But, Hiaasen is still one of my go-to authors for humor and adventure. His characters are over-the-top without being fantastical, and you usually can find some sort of message amidst the chaos. This was well worth the listen.
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Ann wants is to be an actress, but the novelty of pretending to be Cherry Pye is getting old. She’s already trying to figure out how to extract herself from her job when she’s mistakenly nabbed by Bang Abbot, a paparazzo who becomes obsessed with Cherry after a brief, but intimate, encounter with the inebriated starlet. He has dreams of cementing Cherry’s legacy with a Marilyn Monroe-esque photo collection, and it turns out that Ann is his ticket in.While the story is mostly solid, there were some weak points. I really couldn’t muster up a care for the Jackie Sebago/real-estate scam storyline, which really just seemed like a reason to bring Detective Reilly into it. I also thought the ending was weak. After Ann is rescued (sort of) and the scheming to keep her quiet begins, I really expected her to go out with a bit more of a bang. The final confrontation in the nightclub is pretty bleh.
But, Hiaasen is still one of my go-to authors for humor and adventure. His characters are over-the-top without being fantastical, and you usually can find some sort of message amidst the chaos. This was well worth the listen.
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LibraryThing member andyray
It's possible I am getting jaded to Hiaason's stories, but this one didn't parse a penny in imagination or flow. He kept me going, but little love of and between the characters would be good. There was only a kind of empathetic caring between two or three of the characters and a more non-caring and
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unlikeable bunch of charecters I've never seen. Tim Dorsey, Hiaasen's copycat novelist over there in Tampa, went with a seriel killer as a protagonist and I simply cannot read Dorsey's stuff. There is NOTHING funny, either in satirter, sardonicism, or in any kin d of human humour, about killing people, and that leap of the imagination i can not and will not cross. It is too "fictional" to my soul, if you will. Carl is in danger, possibly, of going the same way as Dorsey. Dont do it!. We (the readers) want to casre about their protagonist. That's what he has in Skink -- a person who we have come to care about over the series, aqned why? Because his creator-writer lets the craziness down fairly often whith him and shows us his humanity. Satire doesn't mean you have to be unloveable. Show Less
LibraryThing member tacoperez
This is a typical Carl Hiaasen book. He hits it on the nail about how our society builds up mediocre young stars and the trouble they get into. it just wasn't one of his best books. Maybe because I felt none of his characters didn't have any redeeming qualities. and out of the blue he adds the
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environmental aspect, but it wasn't developed as he has done in the past and was such a small part in the book. His others, tie together more, but to me this was way out in left field. Show Less
LibraryThing member kakadoo202
i am not sure how stars really are but I am sure they are not that insane at least I hope so. Not sure if a bodyguard with a weedwhacker as an arm and a govoenor in the swamps of Florida are believable.
LibraryThing member MikeFinn
I never thought I would give a Carl Hiassen book only three stars but sadly, that’s the most that “Star Island” deserves. This is a competent comedy written by a man who is normally a comic genius.
All Hiassen’s usual characters are here, “Skink” the one-eyed ex-governor turned crazy
But the story lacks passion. Hiassen seems to be going through the motions. Skink, for once, seems lost and not entirely sure of why he’s there. Dear God, he even ends up in a pin-striped suit. Chemo loses his menace and even seems to develop a conscience.
The evil that the bad people do is largely to themselves and is hard to get excited about.
The book is redeemed by the two main female characters, Cherry Pie, the young self-abusing pop-star and her body-double, spunky actress, Anne.
These are the women that Hiassen seems to fall in love with in the book and that love drives everything else. He does a wonderful job of showing Cherry as more than an air-head. My heart went out to her because she wants to called “Cherish” because it sounds cool but I couldn’t help seeing the pathos of this name for someone who has never been cherished.
Anne is brave and funny and honest and gets all the best lines. What’s not to love. Except perhaps that she treats the governor as an accessory, a plot device in the drama of her life, rather thana person. Perhaps this is what makes her the perfect actress.
The book is of course well written, it made me laugh. It just wasn’t as good a “Skinny Dip” or “Nature Girl”.
Perhaps I’m missing the point. Perhaps what Hiassen wanted to show was that the paperazzi-ridden pop world is so fake it kills all real passion but I don’t think so.
All Hiassen’s usual characters are here, “Skink” the one-eyed ex-governor turned crazy
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eco-warrior. “Chemo” the scary killer with the peeled face and the bitten off hand from “Skinny Dip”. There is the usual chaotic larger-than-life plot revolving around greedy, grasping people who are so amoral they have little or no understanding of what they have become and there are the few characters whose humanity, independence and refusal to give up makes them shine in the human-swamp that surrounds them.But the story lacks passion. Hiassen seems to be going through the motions. Skink, for once, seems lost and not entirely sure of why he’s there. Dear God, he even ends up in a pin-striped suit. Chemo loses his menace and even seems to develop a conscience.
The evil that the bad people do is largely to themselves and is hard to get excited about.
The book is redeemed by the two main female characters, Cherry Pie, the young self-abusing pop-star and her body-double, spunky actress, Anne.
These are the women that Hiassen seems to fall in love with in the book and that love drives everything else. He does a wonderful job of showing Cherry as more than an air-head. My heart went out to her because she wants to called “Cherish” because it sounds cool but I couldn’t help seeing the pathos of this name for someone who has never been cherished.
Anne is brave and funny and honest and gets all the best lines. What’s not to love. Except perhaps that she treats the governor as an accessory, a plot device in the drama of her life, rather thana person. Perhaps this is what makes her the perfect actress.
The book is of course well written, it made me laugh. It just wasn’t as good a “Skinny Dip” or “Nature Girl”.
Perhaps I’m missing the point. Perhaps what Hiassen wanted to show was that the paperazzi-ridden pop world is so fake it kills all real passion but I don’t think so.
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LibraryThing member stumpworks
Carl Hiaasen's been away from his Florida formula for four years.
Meantime, he's had plenty of time to monitor tabloid reports on Britany, Lindsay, and Paris to change the name to Cherry Pye, consolidate the scandals, and incorporate into slapstick.
Skink returns to duty from the swamp to hijack a
Been long enough since Nature Girl that I enjoyed more of the same updated for state of the art antics.
If you can't laugh at TMZ, ET or USA Today's house arrest ankle bracelets, flashed pubes, or repulsive tattoos, Hiaasen is dedicated to proving taht wretched-excess reality show can be adapted as a novel.
Hiaasen could be criticized for stretching Star Island to more pages than necessary for a one joke book.
If you are a Hiaasen fan don't miss. If you have been wanting to try, this is a good place to jump in. If you don't like him, this one won't change your opinion.
Meantime, he's had plenty of time to monitor tabloid reports on Britany, Lindsay, and Paris to change the name to Cherry Pye, consolidate the scandals, and incorporate into slapstick.
Skink returns to duty from the swamp to hijack a
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luxury bus of property development investors for a rash of eco-terrorism.Been long enough since Nature Girl that I enjoyed more of the same updated for state of the art antics.
If you can't laugh at TMZ, ET or USA Today's house arrest ankle bracelets, flashed pubes, or repulsive tattoos, Hiaasen is dedicated to proving taht wretched-excess reality show can be adapted as a novel.
Hiaasen could be criticized for stretching Star Island to more pages than necessary for a one joke book.
If you are a Hiaasen fan don't miss. If you have been wanting to try, this is a good place to jump in. If you don't like him, this one won't change your opinion.
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Awards
Goldsboro Last Laugh Award (Shortlist — 2012)
Pages
352
ISBN
0307272583 / 9780307272584