Star Island

by Carl Hiaasen

509 pages

English language

Published July 23, 2010 by Random House Large Print.

ISBN:: 978-0-7393-7788-8

(16 reviews)

Twenty-two-year-old pop star Cherry Pye is attempting a comeback from her latest drug and alcohol disaster. Ann DeLusia is Cherry's "undercover stunt double", portraying Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. But, one night, Ann-as-Cherry is mistakenly kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by an obsessed paparazzo named Bang Abbott. Now the challenge for Cherry's handlers (über-stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped-and-tucked twin publicists; weed-whacker-wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence secret from the public and from Cherry herself.

16 editions

Jon Nixon reviewed Star Island by Carl Hiaasen

Review of 'Star Island' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

I read Hiassen’s first few novels in the 1980s and remember enjoying them a lot. This is the first one I’ve read in thirty years and it was a disappointment. I’m not sure if my taste has changed or it just wasn’t as good. It was readable enough and had the sort of extreme characters I remember, but lacked direction and felt formulaic. I ended up not really caring what happened to any of the characters.

jayvall reviewed Star Island by Carl Hiaasen

Review of 'Star Island' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

marking this DNF. I wanted to like it, but I just couldnt get into it.

Gossamerchild reviewed Star Island by Carl Hiaasen

Review of 'Star Island' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

Cherry Pye is a famous/infamous pop tartlet who has absolutely no talent, except possibly with the number of drugs she can imbibe at once. She's on a fast track to OD'ing (with an interesting commentary on celebrities and drug use-do they REALLY all have emotional issues, or do some of them party simply because they want to?) when her body double (used to make public appearances when Cherry is "indisposed") is kidnapped. This definitely wasn't one of Hiaasen's strongest books, but it was entertaining in how scathing he was of the entertainment industry.