Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
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Book Summary Author: Carl Hiaasen Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2006-03-14 ISBN: 0440421705 Number of pages: 304 Publisher: Yearling |
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Book Reviews of the Hoot
Customer Review: If you're a fan of fantasy epics, skip Hoot
Summary: 2 Stars
Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, takes place in Florida, probably in the 21st century. It follows the story of Roy Eberhardt, a new kid from Montana, as he tries to unravel the story of the "running boy," the protector of the burrowing owls. The burrowing owls will be heartlessly slaughtered if the running boy fails to stop Mother Paula's Pancake House from building a restaurant over their dens. To help protect the owls the running boy does things like putting alligators in the construction site traveling johnnies and removing the seats from the earth movers.
Overall this book was, in my opinion, a flop. Not only did it lack an intricate story that was challenging to read, but I didn't like the way it showed teens in average everyday life. If I want to know the habits of teens I can just look around me. Also, I found grammatical errors aplenty, as well as places elaboration of the story could have been made. For example, the book doesn't say what Mullet Fingers did after he escaped from juvenile detention. I'll admit I don't like realistic fiction, but for other reasons I didn't really like the book Hoot.