Wild Thing
by Josh Bazell
Hardcover, 388 pg.
Reagan Arthur Books, 2012
Read: May 3-4, 2012
A fun read, with a few caveats.
1. Not as good as Beat the Reaper (which I liked a whole lot)
2. Unnecessarily preachy — the screeds about global climate change and evolution/religion were a big turn-off. Too long, and were directed at straw-man opponents. It’s like Bazell asked WWDEKD? (“What Would David E. Kelley Do?”). Pfui.
3. Cheap pot-shots at Sarah Palin. Not my favorite politician by any means, but she (or any other person) shouldn’t be treated like that. Have a problem with her politics? Express that by all means. Invent nutty religious views and put ’em in her mouth? C’mon…you’re better than that. Don’t care what you put in the appendix, who reads that?
That said–the action was good, the voice was just as strong and entertaining (and occasionally educational) as Reaper. And Bazell’s footnotes are second only to Lisa Lutz. A fun read, but it would’ve been easy to make it better.
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