Bad Monkey
by:
Carl Hiaasen (author)
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780385367387 (0385367384)
Publish date: June 11th 2013
Publisher: Books on Tape
Edition language: English
Very good book that had action, romance, laugh-out-loud moments and a pirate monkey. What more could you ask for? The story kept my attention until the last page and got it on the first. The lead character reminded me of a Joe Pesci type character. Made me want to move to the Florida Keys.
Abandoned at 21% completed. This is supposed to be an irreverent spoof of a murder mystery, but I felt the lighthearted approach to the main character sodomizing his lover's husband with a vacuum cleaner attachment was simply too offensive to continue reading. Two topics that I can't tolerate being ...
Very rarely does a trusted 'go to' author make me this cross. Lazy, messy and padded out.
This was actually my first foray into the works of Carl Hiaasen *gasp* – I know, it's hard to believe. I can't say I wasn't forewarned† that Bad Monkey might not make a great first impression for Carl (beloved by many whose opinions I hold in high regard). But, I've been known to disregard good advi...
More than laugh out loud funny. But the roach patrol assignment as a restaurant inspector leads to gross out descriptions that might cause the reader, as it did the protagonist on the assignment to lose weight.Very enjoyable descriptions of the Florida Keys, very strange and wonderful characters, ...