Customer Reviews:
 why would you read this! January 4, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am always open to authors that I do not know BUT, this was an experience never to be repeated. The story line takes forever and goes no-where. I think if I put my mind to it I could do better!!!!
 Clever & Amusing December 6, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you're already a fan of Carl Hiassen's patented brand of Florida set light weight crime fiction Nature Girl will statisfy if not overwhelm you. If you're new to the author's work then this a reasonable place to start, even if he has written better books (his last, Skinny Dip for example). On the offchance that you've tried his work before and not found it to your taste then firstly, why are you reading this review and secondly, walk away because I doubt there's anything here that will change your opinion.
The usual mix of oddball and disfunctional characters, complex, coincidental plotting that works with swiss watch-like precision, gentle humour, mild satire and real heart, Nature Girl is light weight, agreeable stuff. Its not going to change anyone's world and you get the feeling that Hiassen can churn this stuff out in his sleep, but it remains a decent, likeable and amusing way to pass the time.
Another hilarious tale of American odd-balls, criminals and assorted weirdos November 22, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
The lastest in Carl Haasen's hilarious car-crash novels (no, they are not about car-crashes, but reading them is like watching one). Nature Girl of the title, is Honey Santana, a single parent, living in a trailer in Flordia. One evening, while eating dinner, she receives a cold-call from Boyd Shreave, a salesman who trys to persuade her to purchase some real-estate in Florida. At first Honey tries to show Boyd how being a professional pest is no way to long-term fulfilment, but when Boyd gives her an earful of verbal abuse, Honey decides to plot revenge.
I won't go into the resulting plot as it would spoil it for you, but needless to say, in involves the usual cast of odd-ball characters and hilarious set-ups, many of which end up with scenes of extreme pain, death-defying accidents, or sexual humiliation. As I read this book, I couldn't help but think of British writer Tom Wolfe who's novels follow much the same sort of course. Great entertainment and easy to read.
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