Skinny Dip for Earth Day
Apr. 22nd, 2006 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
library_mamaNow I’ve just wasted at least 15 minutes trying to find the cartoon book review of this book for you, I’ll actually write my own.
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen As Joey Perron hits the ocean, she is annoyed. Did her husband really dislike her soap so much that he would throw her overboard on their anniversary cruise? What she thinks is a shark trying to eat her turns out to be a bale of marijuana, and she manages to hold on until she is rescued by former cop Mick Stranahan. Against his better judgment, she decides that revenge and figuring out his motive are more to her taste than reporting the incident to the police. As Joey haunts him both literally and mentally, Chaz Perron’s life starts to unravel. There’s some romance, of course, and a Genuine Personal Transformation on the part of a hairy, pain reliever addicted bodyguard whose major hobby is collecting roadside fatality crosses.
The characters are colorful and the plot is fast, funny and over the top, with most of the action set in the Everglades and the new developments that are crowding it out. Enjoy the story, and learn a little about the plight of the Everglades at the same time. I listened to this book, ably read by Stephen Hoye. OK, so maybe a few too many characters had inexplicable Jersey accents, but he did a great job of creating different voices and bringing the story to life.
The Unshelved review is pretty funny, too.
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen As Joey Perron hits the ocean, she is annoyed. Did her husband really dislike her soap so much that he would throw her overboard on their anniversary cruise? What she thinks is a shark trying to eat her turns out to be a bale of marijuana, and she manages to hold on until she is rescued by former cop Mick Stranahan. Against his better judgment, she decides that revenge and figuring out his motive are more to her taste than reporting the incident to the police. As Joey haunts him both literally and mentally, Chaz Perron’s life starts to unravel. There’s some romance, of course, and a Genuine Personal Transformation on the part of a hairy, pain reliever addicted bodyguard whose major hobby is collecting roadside fatality crosses.
The characters are colorful and the plot is fast, funny and over the top, with most of the action set in the Everglades and the new developments that are crowding it out. Enjoy the story, and learn a little about the plight of the Everglades at the same time. I listened to this book, ably read by Stephen Hoye. OK, so maybe a few too many characters had inexplicable Jersey accents, but he did a great job of creating different voices and bringing the story to life.
The Unshelved review is pretty funny, too.
