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| Nature Girl | 
| Manufacturer: Knopf
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.95
Buy New: $7.96
You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  154 reviews
Sales Rank: 5762
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000MAH7OU
Publication Date: November 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
The Story just Plods Along June 29, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read most of Mr. Hiaasen's novels. I thought "Tourist Season" was one of his best novels, but if he continues to write in the manner that fills up the pages in "Nature Girl" I'm afraid this will be my last novel by Carl Hiaasen. I respect Mr. Hiaasen environmental zeal for his beautiful state of Florida, but that quality is not enough to keep me as a loyal fan. There are too many known and lesser-known authors out there that create better literary works.
Mid-way through the book I found that the story was weak and ridiculous and the plot was choppy. The plot and scenes seemed to go in all different directions. The main character, Honey Santana is loosely developed by the author and the other peculiar characters, which I won't go into, are either bland or just plain boring. I'm sorry, but I won't recommend this book to any of my friends, except for Laura (she's a little whacky anyway). I would suggest that you try Mr. Hiaasen earlier novels if you haven't read any of his novels.
 Really Lousy June 27, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I had to struggle to finish it. There is little humor and the story seems contrived. Much worse than his others, which were delightful.
remarkably bad June 26, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have read all of CH's books, and loved them. I got this as soon as I saw it and was very disappointed. It is a series of madcap scenes, sure, but not connected in a particulary coherent way.
It felt like this was the book he wrtoe in his first creative writing class as a college sophmore, and now has published it.
If you like Carl Hiaasen, you probably won't like this book.
awful June 16, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
i have read all of carl's books and loved them. this book is terrible and a waste of my time....carl are you getting lazy?
 Rollicking good fun June 13, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Seminoles had a casino. Tigertail was descended from one of the great Seminole warriors. As the book opens Sammy Tigertail has to remove Wilson, a dead man, from the reservation. In addition to the casino industry, telemarketing and eco-tours are featured in the novel.
A tree-trimmer has used a hurricane to cover up his misdeeds. His location is Fernandina Beach near Jacksonville, quite far from the casino in the vicinity of the Everglades. Then there is a plot tie-in to a call center in Texas. There are rich rewards in humorous possibilities to this writerly decision to write a book based upon the employees, ex-employees, and customers of a call center. Flexibility is maximized.
Boyd Shreave, an ex-employee, is supposed to meet with his wife. She wants to sell all of her pizza stores and doesn't want to share the proceeds with him. Resultantly she hires a private detective to track his moves. Boyd is about to be the subject of a sting for reason of his telephone manners at the call center. It is billed as an eco-tour. It is being staged by Honey Santana, a maniacal call-center victim. Boyd had called her at dinnertime and had completely lost his self-control.
The scene shifts to the Everglades where Sammy Tigertail is faced with a dilemma and where the other members of Hiaasen's cast of characters are heading. This is a real feast-- a tall tale, a southern Gothic-style tale.
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