Carl Hiaasen - Lucky You

Pros: Hiaasen's antics brilliantly baked into a Floridian feel-good story

Cons: Chiggers make me itchy..

The Bottom Line: Hiaasen's Florida: Step into a world of natural beauty, rich in color, life and landscape. Just remember not to drive over the Road Stain Jesus.

Review: In Lucky You, written by author and environmentalist Carl Hiaasen, you understand the ludicrous irony of winning fourteen million dollars, only to have it stolen away from you by brutal force.

Irony, color, richness and wacky...

Pros: Hilarious and engaging.

Cons: I had no complaints.

The Bottom Line: A great comic crime novel that readers who also enjoy social satire will appreciate.

Review: NOTE: this is a review of the print edition, not the audio version. “Suspense” is one of those words that, in fiction, we probably take too much for granted as implying apprehension and associate purely with the sinister. We expect to ...

Pros: Clever heroine, stupid criminals, handsome reporter... what's not to like?

Cons: Some may be bothered by the artificial religious iconography.

The Bottom Line: Highly entertaining crime fiction. Pull up an order of Hooters wings and enjoy.

Review: JoLayne Lucks' bad luck with men finally paid off... in spades. By playing her break-up dates from all the useless men she'd dated, she hit the Lottery big time. Half the $28 million jackpot would be hers. That's a fairly sizeable fortune, and JoLayne ...

Pros: Funny. Fast paced.

Cons: Some uncomfortable dialog among racists. Ending seems a bit mean spirited.

Review: I had read several opinions on other web sites stating that this was Carl Hiaasen's worst book. Having never read one of his books, I entered with an open mind. If this is his worst, it is high praise for his other books. I loved it.

Lucky...

Pros: Hysterical! Excellent writing!

Cons: There's cons to reading?

Review: Carl Haissen does it again - this should be required reading for Florida residents.

Once again, Hiassen sets his novel in the splendid and sometimes (sometimes???) strange settings of South Florida.

JoLayne is a down on her luck,...

Pros: Funny

Cons: drags in spots

Review: Lucky You by Carl Hiaasen presented to me in actual print, one of my worst nightmares. That would be winning the lottery, and having a couple of dirtbags trying to steal the winning ticket. Oh my.
This story of winning the Florida Lottery, is the...