From Christopher Moore, author of Fluke, comes a quirky, irreverent novel of love, myth, metaphysics, outlaw biking, angst, and outrageous redemption.
As a boy growing up in Montana, he was Samson Hunts Alone -- until a deadly misunderstanding with the law forced him to flee the Crow reservation at age fifteen. Today he is Samuel Hunter, a successful Santa Barbara insurance salesman with a Mercedes, a condo, and a hollow, invented life. Then one day, shortly after his thirty-fifth birthda... (show more)
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Not one of my favorite Christopher Moore books. Relatively entertaining, but without much of the laugh-out-loud sarcasm and irony of some others.
Okay, not my favorite Christopher Moore book, but I finished it! I couldn't get into it like I could his other ones, but it redeemed itself somewhat at the end. I'm still glad I read it, and he's still my favorite author, but it took me a long time to get thru it. Looking forward to the next on the list.
Classic Moore. Bizarre situations that are funnier than a Monty Python sketch. Destined to be a Quentin Tarrantino movie if I get my way. I think he's the only guy that could do this justice other than maybe Guy Richie.
It intrigued me at first... then I couldn't get into it because Moore tried to get all deep and it didn't seem to be working... I just couldn't get a grasp on some of the characters. But it wasn't bad in the end.
Coyote Blue is a drastic improvement over Moore's first published novel Practical Demonkeeping. The subject matter demonstrates Moore's versatility, it also shows his recognizable prowess with making the absurd hilarious. Much in the spirit of Native American trickster tales, I think Old Man Coyote would be happy with Moore's version the old god.
Much funnier, more coherent, better characters, more depth, and the same level of inner complexity. This is definitely an improvement over his first novel. Now that his work has become enjoyable, I would hope that next Moore will increase the depth and applicability of his narratives. There was a hint of it here, and it's something I hope to see develop with his next work.
Wow - I was really taken by this book (my first Moore book). I really enjoyed the humor juxtaposed with how ridiculous modern society is. It reminded me in a good way of the best work of Hiassen and Leonard, with a bit more human understanding rather than merely mocking us for our foibles.
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