A review by henry_wallison
Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen

4.0

Growing up, I was a big fan of Hiaasen's children's books, so I was quite pleased when I recently learned that he had also written books for adults. This book shared many of the elements that I had so enjoyed in my adolescence, but I appreciated being able to see Hiaasen's style used without the restraint needed when writing for a younger demographic. The story was fun, well-paced, and at many points surreal feeling, but never so outlandish as to completely take me out of the story. With that said, I saw one review here that articulated one of my consistent gripes while reading this book. It tended to be rather mean. Only a handful of characters are written to be likable, with the rest being reduced to being painfully stupid or aggravatingly hateful. But, these negative points did not detract to the point of ruining the piece as a whole. It was still enjoyable, and I've already moved on to the second Skink book.