Carl Hiaasen - Sick Puppy

Pros: Great characterizations, fast paced story, a fun read
Cons: Violence and sexual themes may offend some

When I first purchased this book, I did not realize that there was an actual, literal 'sick puppy' amongst the cast of characters. That particular sick puppy, Boodle/McGuinn, the Labrador Retriever, just added to the fun (and general mayhem) in...

Pros: Topical, hilarious, great characters
Cons: None yet

Carl Hiaasen, popular writer from south Florida, has cleared the bases in his particular genre` with his latest novel, SICK PUPPY. The story is set, as are his previous best-selling works, deep in the heart of his home state. Hiaasen writes with a love...

Pros: It's funny! It's a page turner! It will make you think.
Cons: Some gory parts and sexual situations and too much politics.

If you read a novel by Carl Hiaasen, you quickly learn a few things about him: --- He loves Florida. --- He's angry about the overdevelopment in Florida. --- He has little confidence in politicians. --- He has a great, ...

Pros: Funny, wildly interesting characters
Cons: Disappointing in the end

Let's play a game. Please identify for me who the sick puppy of the title is. The contestants.

Twilly Spree, a multi-millionaire environmental activist with a very bad temper. He blew up his uncle's bank because he loaned money to rainforest...

Pros: Hilarious
Cons: Ends too soon

Carl Hiaasen is one of my favorite writers. He writes hilarious, witty satire that targets the politicians and land developers that are ruining Florida. Carl is not afraid to target anybody and he even slammed Disney in the book "Team Rodent".
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Pros: Funny, great characters, absurd situations and it still manages to deal with serious issues in a fun way...
Cons: None

Don't you just hate going down the highway and seeing mountains of trash on the side of the road? I loathe it... This book is for the litterbugs as a word of warning...

The book starts out as Palmer Stoat, a political lobbyist in...

Pros: Character driven lunacy
Cons: not many

I was traveling from Texas to Florida and got a couple of audio books to keep me company. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiassen was one of them. I had read Carl's column while living in Miami and like his style, so I was very curious to hear this book. My only...

Pros: Funny characters and a story that one can get behind, the classic David vs. Goliath.
Cons: Skink is a little too off the wall, but otherwise the insanity is actually believable.

I must confess that "Sick Puppy" is the only Carl Hiassen novel I've read, but I might soon have to remedy that. Hiaasen writes a good story, and then makes it funny as hell.

The title of the book refers to Boodle, a labrador...

Pros: Funny. Satisfying.
Cons: Over too fast.

When Katie Couric was giving the little tease about the Carl Hiaasen interview coming up next on The Today Show she commented that the title of his new book could describe the author. How would one describe his fans??

Anyway, like all his...

Pros: Laugh fest
Cons: these characters are based on real people

Forget Elmore Leonard, the new King of South Floridian Psuedo-Mystery, Psuedo-Comical, Pseudo-Absurdist Novels is back and better than he's ever been with Sick Puppy. After the mildly disappointing(in my opinion) Lucky You, Carl Hiassen has returned with...

Pros: Another Hiassen hit
Cons: Have to wait now for the next one

I love Carl Hiassen's books and always get on the library's waiting list when his new books come out.
I really thought sweetpaulie's review was very well written and I agree with him. Reading Hiassen's books is an experience, an active reading...

Pros: Hilarious, fast paced, well written
Cons: None

As an avid reader, Carl Hiassen is on my list of favoured authors. Once again, Mr.Hiassen brings us into the wilds of Florida, both the natural (Everglades) and the un-natural (governor's mansion) kind.

The story centres around a young man,...

Pros: Hilariously wacky characters and situations
Cons: None

Picking up a new Carl Hiaasen book, the reader can happily anticipate yet another mordantly funny tale filled with an array of characters ranging from the mildly eccentric to the downright deranged, loopily lethal, complacently corrupt and morally...

Pros: Very funny
Cons: A few too many characters

A truly different novel from all I have read before. Carl Hiaasen takes a simple idea and sends it off in many hilarious and troublesome avenues . The characters in this book have very few redeeming qualities yet the reader starts to feel sympathy or...

Pros: Excellent story, easy to read, very entertaining
Cons: None

I've seen Carl Hiaasen books before but never read any of his stuff. I also never really talked to anyone who said anything about him. So....I went to the library one day when the weather was gloomy, the kind of day you just want to curl up in front of...