[Boomer]

I finished Star Island.

Carl still has his touch with dialogue. He can whammy punch with dialogue and dialogue is what moves a story along for me.

I must say that I thought the book had some slow spots. It’s a little thick in the middle. (But hey, so am I these days.) Bottom line though - - I liked it. I am glad to see Carl back to adult fiction.

As far as I know, only two of Carl’s books have been made into movies. One kids’ book, Hoot. And one of his early books for adults, Strip Tease.

As I was reading Star Island, I could picture it as a movie. But although the book is a satire on the present day, pathetic obsession with empty celebrities, a certain percentage of the audience might not consider a movie version to be a satire. They might call it a documentary.

Boomer