What do You think about The Big Bamboo (2007)?
"Serge is back but this time around he is traveling to the West Coast, most preferably to Hollywood to convince all the bigwigs of the movie industry to do all their filmmaking back in Florida. This new adventure Serge is going on was actually exciting to read since he hardly to never steps out of Florida. I actually learned that originally the movie industry was here in Florida. The state I live in was supposed to be the Hollywood to the stars and maybe that is why Florida has a Hollywood city as well. The movement took place due to weather such as the destructive nature of hurricanes and the hot and humid weather during the summertime.Serge is traveling to submit a screenplay in which his buddy Coleman is constantly interupting with annoying and sometimes outrageous concerns but despite his attempts, it doesn't get picked up. The new love is taken from the fact that the original Punisher movie was filmed in Florida. Eventually there is of course a huge event that happens in which many producers in a very high-profiled scam are killed off in a set attempt of the parting of the Red Sea. These producers work for a company whish is actually a spoof of Miramax which recieved a lot of heat as of late.This is a different read from Tim Dorsey and I found it not to lose its luster as it shines just like the other books. It is evident that Dorsey's niche is this and will most likely not write anything else outside of Serge A. Storms but he has such a cult following it would not matter anymore. Another excellent chapter in the series staring Serge A. Storms."
—Alpha
I had not read any of the other books in the series, so I had no idea what to expect. I read almost a full chapter before I realized, hey, this is funny! But only if you don't think about it too much. Serge Storms is a psychopath. He talks constantly, and his mind goes ping-ping-ping from one subject to another. He was raised by a team of con men, and he has branched out to include murdering people he thinks deserve it. His partner, Coleman, is continually intoxicated, and adds nothing to Serge's plans but commentary. Coleman's never much of a help, but he and Serge are inseparable. What ends up happening in this book is that Serge and Coleman go to Hollywood on a job to kidnap a young actress who is insufferably whiny and self-centered. A young props guy turned screenwriter is arrested. This is a broad spoof of everything Hollywood: the club and drug scene, the way everyone is pitching a script, the dysfunctional studio execs, the fickleness of what is in and out, the tabloid press, the public's devotion to star-worship, and on and on. There are multiple references to scenes in classic movies. There are Japanese businessmen who are not happy. There are thugs from Alabama who are also not happy, either. Situations are silly. Very silly. Some of the descriptions and dialog are witty. Violence is plentiful, but it is like cartoon violence. People die, and on goes the plot. All of the pieces are going to fit together at the end, but I can't tell you anything about that.
—Cheryl Gatling
It was an OK story, but I didn't really like the manner in which it was written. I think it could have been better, if the author had made the pieces of the story flow better as he told them instead of jumping all over. I guess the point was it was like movie, with a scene from this building to show what is going on in each characters life at that point, but I found it a bit confusing. The story itself is good with a really interesting twist. This author was so talked up to me, that I was disappointed. Maybe that had something to do with it too.
—Jennifer
