This book was so funny it made me laugh out loud many times! It is a great, light beach read.

It is the story of a rock star (who is recovering from a sex addiction) on vacation in Thailand with his former super-model wife (who is recovering from drug addiction). When his wife is kidnapped, he receives no help from the US government and is told that if he pays the ransom, he will go to jail (Good old Patriot Act). I did not gain any moral from the story, it is just a raunchy laugh out loud book that I highly recommend! ( )

I don't go looking for humor in my reading, but I loved this book. If possible MHS is more Hiaasen than Hiaasen - which is to say that his comic novel is more page-turning, ironic, thought-provoking and downright funny - and his characters more memorable, too. Not sure if SALTY will get made into a movie, since it's pretty risque, but Hiaasen's film flops indicate that maybe the form doesn't translate well.

The theme seems to me to be love/identity, and while I ended up a little confused as to what conclusions I was being encouraged to draw (other than "being true to oneself is good"), I loved the ending which featured at least three happy, if unorthodox, romantic denouments. It's kind of like the end of Snow Dogs where Cuba Gooding - as well as his mom, step-dad, and all the dogs - end up happily paired off.

So that's my only quibble, a sense of ambiguity as to how I've been improved by SALTY, but maybe it's enought that it was just damn funny. I'm putting it on top of my husband's to-be-read pile, and will recommend it to anyone who isn't squeamish about prurient details. :) ( )