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Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen, Bill Montalbano

whirl's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jheckman324's review against another edition

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4.0

love his books - this was pretty good - though it's easy to see that he really matures into his writing in his more recent novels

sean67's review against another edition

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2.0

At some point in the mid nineteen nineties I read a few Hiaasen books and always wanted to read them in order because they felt like that they needed to be read that way, from my memory. This was not one of the one's I read, and it is apparently his first novel. and it is very rough around the edges. In fact I would go as far as saying it really wasn't that good. I'm guessing they will pick up, and maybe it was because it was co-authored, or maybe he just had not found his own unique style yet, but this one, to put it bluntly was pretty ordinary.

jeannemurray3gmailcom's review against another edition

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1.0

Didn't finish. Read 80% of it. Decided finishing wasn't worth it.

chaddah's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

pattinh's review against another edition

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3.0

He was recommended to me as an author and I thought I'd start at the beginning. It's not a bad book, but there's not a lot that stands out. Looking forward to later work that's more in line with what I've been told is fun about his books.

angelineja's review against another edition

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Too violent for my taste.

flynnwynn's review against another edition

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3.0

Meh. Some Hiaasen, not enough. Needed more humanity, more passion, sex, humor... life.

stevestoneky's review against another edition

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3.0

Interesting Miami/South Florida/Cubans vs. Columbians drug novel.

noneemac's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced
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