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Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)
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3.5 Stars
Joey Perrone would have never guessed her husband would toss her overboard during their anniversary cruise. Mick Stranahan would have never guessed he’d pull a naked woman off a floating bale of marijuana while fishing. After their bizarre chance encounter, Joey and Mick team up to find out why Joey’s philandering husband would choose to kill her rather than ask for a divorce and to get some payback in the process.
Like all of Hiassen’s books, Skinny Dip takes place in the Sunshine State
and is filled with an abundance of bizarre characters and multiple plotlines.
I’ve seen a lot of reviewers say that Hiassen is obviously a woman hater. Since I haven’t seen him broadcast any disgusting opinions in interviews (*cough* Orson Scott Card *cough*), I have no idea if that is true. I do know that his female characters tend to be one-dimensional, but normally I don’t really give a poo. Hiassen is a man’s man and writes books that dudes would want to read. Unfortunately in Skinny Dip one of the leads is a woman. A woman who should have been a lot more awesome than she was. Luckily, he casts his books with eleventy billion other characters to pick up the slack. While not even remotely as brilliant as Bad Monkey, Skinny Dip was still a fun read.
3.5 Stars
Joey Perrone would have never guessed her husband would toss her overboard during their anniversary cruise. Mick Stranahan would have never guessed he’d pull a naked woman off a floating bale of marijuana while fishing. After their bizarre chance encounter, Joey and Mick team up to find out why Joey’s philandering husband would choose to kill her rather than ask for a divorce and to get some payback in the process.
Like all of Hiassen’s books, Skinny Dip takes place in the Sunshine State
and is filled with an abundance of bizarre characters and multiple plotlines.
I’ve seen a lot of reviewers say that Hiassen is obviously a woman hater. Since I haven’t seen him broadcast any disgusting opinions in interviews (*cough* Orson Scott Card *cough*), I have no idea if that is true. I do know that his female characters tend to be one-dimensional, but normally I don’t really give a poo. Hiassen is a man’s man and writes books that dudes would want to read. Unfortunately in Skinny Dip one of the leads is a woman. A woman who should have been a lot more awesome than she was. Luckily, he casts his books with eleventy billion other characters to pick up the slack. While not even remotely as brilliant as Bad Monkey, Skinny Dip was still a fun read.
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Reading Progress
January 14, 2014
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January 14, 2014
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January 16, 2014
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January 16, 2014
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Finished Reading
October 1, 2018
– Shelved as:
dick-lit
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Jan 16, 2014 07:37AM
I don't think he hates women either. I just don't think he has a clue when trying to write about them. And some of his secondary characters are a lot more fun than the leads.
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Exactly. I mean, he wrote a monkey who stole the spotlight for God's sake. The only reason the "woman problem" even was noticeable in this book was that she was supposed to be a main character. I love Hiassen - everyone who has a problem with him should just NOT read his books. Problem solved : )
I love Hiassen too - his Elmore Leonard inferiority complex and all.
