Razor Girl

by Carl Hiassen

Status: Abandoned one-third through in January 2022

Rating: 2/5

I was reading this while visiting Key West to try to get in-touch with the place.
My dad is a big Hiassen fan, so I read a lot of Hiassen when I was in high school. I’ve previously read:
- Double Whammy
- Native Tongue
- Strip Tease
- Stormy Weather
- Lucky You
- Sick Puppy
- Skinny Dip
I usually have a great memory for books, but these ones really run together.
- I have a good recollection of Stormy Weather (which I read first) and Skinny Dip (which I think I accidentally read twice).
- The others completely run together.
This one is very standard Hiaasen fare, and I doubt I will remember almost anything in it.
I felt like it had more liberal pandering than I remember from Hiassen.
- I’m not sure if that’s a change in Hiassen, the times, or my sensitivity to liberal pandering
There were a lot of hip technology references, but they felt kind of forced-in. “Since the Tesla had no trunk, he was able to ride in the backset.” I wondered if it was a deliberate attempt to make the book seem less dated.
Similarly, most of the Key West references seemed trivial (e.g. “he walked up Whitehead street towards Mallory Square.”)
My favorite part was the discussions of the beach replenishment.
This book had an excellent Wikipedia article. Thanks to the user Crouchbk!

January 18, 2022