Cheap Star Island by Carl Hiaasen

The wacky and wonderful Carl Hiaasen returns to his Florida stomping grounds for his latest comic caper “Star Island.” Making the novel with his character that you might expect from Carl ( No offense Carl , You’re great )–Hiaasen uses his signature style to brutally satirize the notion of celebrity in an era of sleazy tabloid journalism. It’s an easy target to be sure.. Maybe it’s too easy and familiar. But Hiaasen can make a tale and “Star Island” is a repugnantly entertaining romp even if you wish Hiaasen would have set his sights a bit higher!

Cherry Pye epitomizes everything that is disturbing about modern celebrity. With no talent, but backed by an ambitious team, Cherry has risen to teenage stardom despite an obliviousness to her surroundings. Keeping Cherry’s image somewhat intact amidst rampant promiscuity and drug use is a full time job for an entire entourage of handlers. With self-promoting parents, a pair of publicists surgically enhanced to appear identical, a desperate record label executive, a wannabe boyfriend, a stand-in to handle social events when Cherry is incapacitated, and a new body guard with a weed whacker in place of an arm–Hiaasen has compiled enough hilariously repellant characters to fill several novels! Add a corpulent paparazzo who’s practically stalking Cherry to her death and an ex-politician who has turned into a rogue environmental terrorist and “Star Island” is overflowing with many familiar color!

I think the primary criticism that some readers might have with “Star Island” is it’s have no heart feelings.none of the characters proves to be an identifiable protagonist. Cherry’s double Ann is positioned as the piece’s true hero (many characters instantly love and/or admire her), but her sarcasm isn’t particularly heart-warming and she’s riding the same opportunistic train that every one else is. Don’t get me wrong, I liked Ann fine–I just don’t think she served exactly the role Hiaasen set her up for. To be fair, “Star Island” is no “up-with-people” feel good hit, though. It is the grotesque underbelly of stardom and the parasites that feed off of it. And that works for me–I like that sort of thing! I plowed through “Star Island”–it is very good and funny! I think you will not disappointed with “Star Island” .. Check it out at www.Dhost.Biz..

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