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Summary: One of the funniest books I've ever read
Review: Classic Hiassen. I laughed out loud throughout the entire book, and re-read several passages just to laugh at them and enjoy the clever phrasing again. It's a shame that "Striptease" was made into such a lame movie; it might deter Hollywood from giving Skin Tight a shot. If it was done right, it would be a hilarious movie. Highly recommended!
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Summary: Fun
Review: Who wants the former Florida Investigator dead? Perhaps one of his umpteen wives? Cross between a thriller and a throbber. Many unrealistic coincidences, but who needs realism all the time?
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Summary: Vintage Hiaasen
Review: Skin Tight will undoubtedly appeal to almost all Hiaasen fans, that is for those fans of this author who for some reason have not already read this early classic of his. I agree with a prior reviewer that these novels, all set in South Florida, are not accurately described as "mysteries" or "thrillers", since there is very little mystery associated with the plot and the action is always a little madcap and far fetched.Skin Tight involves former State Investigator Mick Stranahan, who lives a hermit's existence out in Biscayne Bay in an historic house on stilts in the water (part of the locally famous Stiltsville property, which the Federal Governement is actually about to tear down). As the action unfolds, Mick is rudely interrupted at his small house on the water by a hit man intruder, who is dispatched by our hero with the help of a stuffed blue marlin. This should give you a good idea of what is to come. Like all protagonists in Hiaasen novels, Mick is 40-ish, ruggedly good-looking (seemingly every women in every novel has a crush on the main character), and jaded from a series of bad marriages. We learn that Mick has married five waitresses over the course of his life, as he has a dangerous habit of falling madly in love on a whim. In any event, the story of the novel revolves around an old missing persons case with ties to a shady and incompetent plastic surgeon (hence the name), a shyster lawyer brother-in-law with garish billboards all over South Florida, and a cast of crooked Dade County cops and County Commissioners. As any fan of Hiaasen comes to expect, the bad guys seem to eventually get what's coming to them, there is always a rogue gangster or hitman around for a few laughs (in this book the hit man loses a hand and replaces it with a weed whacker), and the handsome hero somehow always gets the girl without compromising his principles. Formulaic, sure, but always a heck of a ride. Skin Tight is one of Carl's better novels.
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Summary: Skin Tight
Review: Hillarious... I was laughing out loud. My parents recomended it and I thought that it would be dumb but I was very impressed. Takes place in florida and the main character is mick stranahan. He plays a investigator and someone body wants to kill him. Some funny characters to watch out for are the plastic surgeon, the lawyer who has tv comericals, and the hit man with the skin problem. Teenagers would love this book, very good pace through out the whole book. Humor was perfect for a crime/thriller in Florida. Hiassan does a very good job at an all around good book that is not just aimed at the older reader but also at the teenagers too.
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Summary: It Tries Too Hard & Yet Still Not Hard Enough
Review: Some good friends recommended this book to me--friends for whom I have a great deal of respect. But I don't get it. The jokes seemed familiar, like ones I'd heard before. The characters were just too lame to endure. It's not that I demand sympathetic characters, it's just that I'd like a reason to care what happens to them. Maybe a more compelling mystery would've kept my interest. Maybe not. Wacky just wasn't enough.
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Summary: Lots O' WeedWacker Fun
Review: Skin Tight is the best of Hiaasen's I've read. Highly Imaginative! Many unexpected twists in yet another Florida town. The main villan is vividly described and a character you will remember for years to come--I have. Sit back, have a few beers and then start this book, soon you'll find yourself rather drunk, laughing out loud and anxious to keep turning pages! Much Praise!
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Summary: Pretty wacky
Review: Amusing novel, with vivid everything - vivid characters, vividly comic mishaps (accidental or otherwise), vivid style. Mick Stranahan is a hero you cheer for; all the women are intelligent and beautiful; and Chemo, he of the onion skin complexion, is a very memorable hitman. I found the satire on our looks-obsessed society particularly fun and gratifying. Quite long, but with lots of minor support characters and intricate plotting. Enjoyable, even if you don't usually read crime/mystery novels.
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Summary: An Amish hitman!
Review: Yes, you read that right. An Amish hitman. Add in a trash tv show host, a barracuda, a wood chipper, a weed whacker and a lot of twisted humor and fun and you've got one of Hiaasen's best books.
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Summary: I love Hiaasen, But....
Review: I've read Hiaasen before this novel, and after. This is his worst, which is still good, but not what you expect from Carl. The hero is infoulable, the crooks are incompatent. Hiaasen's witty writing keeps the book in your hands; but, in the end, you wish you had read any of his other 20 novels.
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Summary: A "laugh-out-loud" winner!
Review: Here's another screamer from Carl Hiaasen. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed reading a book as much as I did this one. The characters are truly outrageous, funny and very entertaining. I laughed out loud throughout the book. I hope Carl has more novels coming because I can't get enough of them.
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