Saturday, October 10, 2009

October Blog #3: Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, published 2002

A hippie book if I've ever seen one!

Hoot is all about saving owls. That's right. And it's pretty dang good considering it's a book about saving owls. Scratch that, it's a great book period.

Hoot is beautifully paced, it's one of those books you just can't put down. In fact, I'm blowing through it right now! If there is one thing wrong with this book, however, it's that the characters are a little stale. Roy is a kind of stereotypical protagonist. "Mullet Fingers" is kind of cool though, I guess.

Will the burrowing owls die a gruesome death at the hands of the bulldozer (of course not, this is a children's book...)? Will Roy ever see the bulldozing company put to rest? Stay tuned in next time on "Hoot: Live or Let Die"!

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