Wild Thing: A Novel Audiobook

" Very fun read. Very graphic both in sex and violence, and requires more suspended belief than Harry Potter. "

" I loved Beat the Reaper, and naturally I thought this sequel would be more of the same - dark, violent, hilarious. No. This time the story was boring and repetitive, the footnotes pointless, the lovable main character marginalized. Peter Brown is the heart of this "series," and this story isn't even about him! It's all about a mythical sea monster who eats a couple teenagers and then - spoiler alert! - eats up the whole fucking book. "

" It was OK. Seeing that I LOVED Beat the Reaper, I was disappointed in this second book. I wanted more Peter, and the story tied up too fast and disjointed. If this was the first Josh Bazell I'd read, I would not be looking for a next book. Maybe stretching it into two stories might have been better .... (1)adventure on cruise ship on the run from mafia (2) adventure for the reclusive millionaire and the mysterious creature. The attraction/tension between Peter and the woman was not believable and felt cartoonish. "

" Completely entertaining while simultaneously ridiculous. Hooray. "

" This wasn't nearly as good as Beat the Reaper. It was a fun read but it was more about Bazell's style of writing than the story he told. It did however, set things up for the next book to be to be hopefully, more focused on the story of "Bearclaw". "

" I enjoyed this book but have to give it a lower rating for the absolute absurdity of the plot. "

" Not as good as Beat the Reaper, and still an enjoyable read. Wild Thing has some good pacing and nice dialogue. Bazell stretches the boundaries of believability with some plot elements which ends up leading to some predictable twists. "

" Josh Bazell had one book in him. This is book #2. "

" I was enjoying this a lot more till its last 70 pages turn out to be an appendix and a series of notes/references that are insanely polemical. I didn't even disagree with all of the polemic, but...it's not what I pick up a funny, goofy thriller for. "

" Definitely not as good as "Beat the Reaper". It's sorta muddled and the characters just aren't that interesting this time around. "

" I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I enjoyed 'Beat the Reaper', but the appendix and notes did provide me with a reading list of no doubt sobering items about ecology and history. "

" Not as good as Beat the Reaper, but still pretty awesome. Loved the Sarah Palin guest appearance! But the end came too sudden and too simple. "

" I don't know what happened between book 1 and this one, but I can't be bothered to finish this one. It's missing the key elements that I loved in the 1st book (violence, the mob, the excitement of the ER...) "

" An unfocused mess that retains the narrative voice of Beat the Reaper, but really little else. "

" It was good but the ending was a little flat. "

" Not as good as his debut, but still brilliant, and a lot more political - read it before the election ;-) "

" This book was so weird. I'm not even sure what to say about it. "

" Good but not as good as Beat the Reaper. Didn't get to read all the annotations because they didn't show up on my kindle. Maybe some day I'll try it again and buy the physical book. "

" Crude and I admit to having a crush on the mobster-turned-medical-doctor main character after reading the first book. Sadly my enjoyment was abruptly curtailed 2/3 the way through this second story. A current day politico was introduced as a character & the plot floundered to the end. "