Star Island

by Carl Hiaasen

411 pages

English language

Published July 23, 2011 by Windsor.

ISBN:: 978-1-4458-5597-4
OCLC Number:: 751717983

(16 reviews)

Ann DeLuisa, body double for drug-addled pop star Cherry Pye, is kidnapped by an obsessed paparazzo, and Cherry's entourage must rescue her while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry's 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.