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Summary: Hiaasen preaching to the converted.
Review: If you like Carl Hiaasen's irreverent, Florida-is-going-to-the-dogs formula (like me) you'll find what you want in Lucky You. The pacing is brisk and there's new and wonderfully perverted characters involving white supremacy, religious miracles and greed.The only false note to those of us already-converted is a full sell-out to Political Correctness in the form of an unflawed, black central character in an otherwise terribly flawed cast. Hiaasen really pulled a punch on this one.
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Summary: An almost Hiaasen novel
Review: I must admit, I am in love with the work of Carl Hiaasen. but when reading Lucky You, it just didn't match his other work. Here are a few things, which I have come to love reading Hiaasen. 1. Decapitated Pitbulls on Rednecks arms. 2. A under-sexed dolphin 3. A hitman who's skin seems to peel off. 4. A woman, who put her husbands eye out with her new breast job. 5. Skink. 6. Shad 7. Minority police officers 8. A man wearing an electric dog collar, which goes off whenever he does not follow directions. oh, and there are so many others. Hiaasen is like no other author alive. Read any Hiaasen book you can get your hands on, you won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Carl Hiaasen is a National Treasure
Review: When more weird and refreshing characters are created, Carl Hiaasen will create them. This guy is a must NEVER miss. All through college and graduate school, I worked in the newsroom of a major daily newspaper. We had feature reporters who would regale us with some pretty hysterical stuff from time to time, but I can't imagine the newsroom of the Miami Herald with Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry in it. Keep it up, guys. You're wonderful!
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Summary: Rednecks, a news reporter, Hooters waitress, it's got it all
Review: This is the first Carl Hiaasen book I've read. I could hardly put this book down. He really hit the stereo type for rednecks. I just started reading Double Whammey, and it seems like it's going to be just as good as Lucky You. You can't go wrong with this book. It's a fun, quick, enjoyable read.
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Summary: Wonderful! One of Hiaasen's best!
Review: I had the privillege to hear Carl Hiaasen read this book the day it cmae out. Caril Hiaasen focuses on the "weirdos" of society, and they don't come any weirder than a house-torching law clerk, a religious adulterer and three paranoid rednecks. In addition , the main characters were wonderful, and kept me laughing. As usual, his focus on the environment was well-stated. those of you who didn't enjoy this one, I do recommend trying "Tourist Season," Hiaasen's first book. It isn't as off the wall.
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Summary: that's Florida alright
Review: I enjoyed it very much and after reading Elmore Leonard this seems to be a new author for me to check into and read more. If you live in Florida like I do, you'll know that there could be a possibility, that it is not just fiction.
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Summary: Hiaasen's funniest book yet, a terrific satire
Review: Carl Hiaasen just gets better and better with each new book. No, this is not "heavy" literature and there is nothing here that the deconstructionists will find of great interest. But what Hiaasen writes is clever, witty, and FUNNY satire that is a breeze to read and oh, so enjoyable. In *Lucky You*, his sendup of redneck militiamen, steroids-guzzling body-builders (a favorite topic of his), and south Florida culture in general is wonderfully written. Hiaasen does not preach, but he does convey some commendable values in his work, including the conservation of nature, inter-ethnic tolerance, and the evils of human avarice. More importantly, however, the man can turn a phrase; I had a hard time putting this book down.
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Summary: Lousy
Review: I can't imagine why Kirkus and so many readers liked this book. With its smirking racism, cardboard characters, and a writing style that wants to be Elmore Leonard but misses by a mile, there is absolutely nothing to like.
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Summary: Somebody help me!
Review: Everyone seems to love this book, but I don't get it! The characters were unbelievable, and the plot was even more so. It all seemed so unrealistic, and was definately NOT a page turner except to maybe see how ridiculous it could get. I have no interest in militia rednecks, which seems to be the focus of this book. I really wanted to like it, but alas, did not.
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Summary: Better than the average novel.
Review: This was my first Carl Hiassen book and it won't be my last.
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