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Outstanding
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Booklist
Chock-full of belly laughs and blistering truths. [1 May 2004, p.1514]
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Outstanding
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Entertainment Weekly Mark Harris
Writers who can construct a wide-ranging plot without losing sight of the mystery at its center are rare; Hiaasen is one.
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Outstanding
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Los Angeles Times Scott M. Morris
A whopping cannonball splash of fun.
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Outstanding
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
A screwball delight so full of bright, deft, beautifully honed humor that it places Mr. Hiaasen in the company of Preston Sturges, Woody Allen and S. J. Perelman.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Marilyn Stasio
'Skinny Dip'' has the eccentric secondary characters who lend lunatic charm to Hiaasen's slapstick plots.
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Favorable
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The Onion A.V. Club Scott Tobias
A confident and determinedly wacky piece of Southern grotesquerie.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Michael Dirda
Skinny Dip follows a traditional caper script, and one never really fears for any of the good guys; one simply waits to see how the baddies will receive their comeuppance.
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
Bitingly satirical, sublimely zany, and deeply satisfying. [15 May 2004, p.460]
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Favorable
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Library Journal
One of Hiassen's best. [1 Jun 2004, p.122]
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Favorable
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Margaret Cannon
Another riotous Hiaasen romp.
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Favorable
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The Guardian Maxim Jakubowski
Nobody does this sort of nonsense better than Hiaasen, but the novel suffers from over-familiarity.
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Favorable
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The New Republic Sacha Zimmerman
Skinny Dip's failure to be a traditional noir is the secret to its success as a comedy. It's not suspenseful so much as it is endlessly amusing.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
Hiaasen's books are so enjoyable it's always a sad moment when they end. In this case, however, sadness is mixed with puzzlement because the book seems to end in mid-scene. [10 May 2004, p.34]
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Favorable
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Boston Globe Carlo Wolff
Never fails to move and entertain.
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Favorable
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Daily Telegraph Toby Clements
The first few chapters of this novel are full of energy... but his romance is mawkish and faintly embarrassing.
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Mixed
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Houston Chronicle John W. Royal
Skinny Dip is not a bad novel. It reads quickly. The pages turn. One wants to like it. With a lesser writer, this book might even be called a success. But with Hiaasen, something more is expected.
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Mixed
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Sydney Morning Herald Ed Wright
This is not Hiaasen's most keen work.
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Unfavorable
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The Economist
An insidious preachiness gets the better of the jokes.
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Unfavorable
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Chicago Sun-Times Randy Michael Signor
The most annoying thing, to me, is the waste of talent and the author's contempt for his readers.
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