Native Tongue

De: Carl Hiaasen

Narrado por: George K. Wilson

Ex-reporter Joe Winder had been working in the public relations department of a sleazy family entertainment park, The Amazing Kingdom of Thrills, when he chanced upon a news-breaking story inspired by the disappearance of two blue-tongued voles and the bizarre death of Orky, the killer whale.©1991 Carl Hiaasen (P)1992 Recorded Books

Decent, but not as humorous as I expected...

Carl Hiaasen's writing makes me think of Dave Barry, whose books I LOVE to read. This was a pretty funny book - although Barry's books are a bit funnier to me. Considering the location of the book and the location of the author, as well as the very similar writing style, I believe that Hiaasen and Barry MUST know each other, actually. Anyway - I digress - the plot was incredibly complicated, but it wasn't too hard to follow, and the multitude of characters were all well-developed. As a main character, I couldn't really decide if I liked Joe Winder or not; he was a person that I don't think I'd want to be friends with. Additionally, I can handle the crass language in this book, but would certainly prefer much cleaner dialogue. I did feel that the story dragged a little bit in places, and I HATED how Hiaasen refers to the main character as Joe Winder...every single time he says his name. As if the book was filled with 27 characters named Joe. He was the only one! I started thinking of his name as Joewinder. Overall, interesting and somewhat amusing. I may or may not read other books by this author.

Great..but not Hiassen's best

Loved the premise and story but sometimes it meanders around and around the same points.... However still happy to hear another Skink story. In this book we get more info about his origins and background. Narrator was excellent! Fun read!

3 stars for poor audio quality.

Almost quit listening because of poor editing of the recording.
Story was typical Hiaasen, kept me engaged and made me laugh at times. IMO George Wilson is a great narrator for Hiaasen's stories and he did not disappoint.

So much fun!

The usual Hiaasen madness. Loved it. George Wilson is the best! His characterizations are fantastic.

Fletch

Would you listen to Native Tongue again? Why?

I would not listen to Native Tongue again, it's not the sort of book that has twists and turn of a mystery novel.

Any additional comments?

It reminded me of the Fletch franchise of movies, except he is a disgraced reporter.