Tourist Season Audiobook

" Great characters. Bizarre story about defending south Florida from development. By defending I mean launching a plot to kill people in order to scare others into leaving. Very odd in a dark humor sort of way. Funny at times and sad. "

" Hiaasen is always good for a page turner, and hardly-believable ones at that. But this one seems a bit overkill even for him. The general concept ('terrorist' cell of anti-establishment guys tries to drive tourists and recent-comers out of South Florida by killing a few tourists) is somewhat interesting, but the character development is pretty circus like. "

" 1986. Carl picked up the torch from John D McDonald. This one albeit 26 years old is a HOOT (also one of his.) "

" This book was fine. It was kind of a "take it or leave it" book for me. What I did think was interesting was that you know toward the beginning who's responsible so the rest of the book isn't a "who dunnit" it's more "how are they going to pull off their master plan?". If you have nothing else to read and it's around, it's good, but not highly recommended or anything. "

" Bizarre, but entertaining, thriller. Made me laugh out loud sometimes. "

" I usually love Hiaasen but this one was beyond insipid. I'll be removing Hiaasen from my future reading list. "

" Very amusing, but exposed my sons to inappropriate language - nothing they haven't heard on the school bus, but used in a much more creative way. "

" It was alright. I'm not just not a big fan of cartoon crime. "

" it bored me to death! "

" I love the way this guys writes. Reminds me of Christopher Moore. But half-way through I wanted it to be over. "

" Hiaasen's mordant wit is incomparable! "

" It was okay. The style and tone was funny and I appreciated the dark wit of Hiaasen (first read by him). Felt that the book could have wrapped up a little sooner, but overall, a good read. Not sure I'd read another similar book any time soon. "

" Amusing and laugh out loud funny. "

" Crazy, snarky, and fun. "

" Carl Hiaasen's first book, is good, but his later books are better. I think this book is darker than those that follow. "

" Easy read, very funny "

" Perhaps my least favorite Hiaasenbook. More violence and blood than I want from this funny author who is good at making the reader laugh even while getting in varied topics of ecology, racism, sexism and politics. "

" Terrible book. Ridiculous plot, completely unbelievable characters, unappealing setting. Suppose to be funny, but not a bit to me. "

" Not sure if I liked this book or not. Parts of it are funny, if you catch it. I usually don't like the time period...1980's, but this one was dated much. I did get drawn into the story, more than I thought I would at first. Will probably try another of this author's books to see what happens. "

" The only trace of the first victim was his Shriner's fez. "

" Nancy 5 stars; Ron 4 stars "

" 8/10. I actually read this one on holiday. Very funny in places. "

" Guilty pleasures, but balances the heavier lit quite well "

" Jimmy Buffett wrote a song (The Ballad of Skip Wiley) based on this book. Finally found a copy. Excellent and fun. "

" I really hate foul language in books!! Don't bother....I didn't finish it. "

" I read this when studying for the role of an alligator in an off Broadway production of the Lion King, adapted for a Florida audience. Wow, a big help! "

" Not as funny as some of his others, I only laughed out loud about 4 times maybe 5. "