The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
by Christopher Moore
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Read in March, 2008
This is a Bookcrossing-Book, which I picked up at a Meet-Up because of its funny title. After finally reading the book I have to say that the story lives up to that funny title. It's hilarious and exactly my cup of tea when it comes to humour!! A town full of crazy ppl who suddenly turn even more crazy and horny when a sea monster comes to town to find a) some'thing' to mate with and b) some delicious warmbloods to eat and c) that blues-singer who killed his baby 50 years ago.
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Read in February, 2008
This was super fun and I read it in two sittings, which was unexpected for me since it took me a few weeks of steady reading (a chapter here, there) to finish Lamb. This one moved so much faster and I was laughing out loud a lot. I loved loved loved Steve! I also very much enjoyed Theo and Molly and very much got into the spirit of feeding people to Steve! Again Moore reminds me of Tom Robbins, particularly Skinny Legs and All with this one. I have to say I liked this one better than Lamb and I ...more
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Read in February, 2008
I've only JUST started this, but I already like the flow of perspective. The story is passing from one person to the next, seamlessly transitioning the focus. It keeps you interested, because you aren't getting caught up in the mundane details, so when the action drops off in one place, it picks up somewhere else.
So that turned out to be how the characters were initially introduced (the flow from one to the next), but I liked the changing of focus through the story from one character to th...more
So that turned out to be how the characters were initially introduced (the flow from one to the next), but I liked the changing of focus through the story from one character to th...more
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Read in March, 2008
This was a strange one. At least as odd as Fluke. I have to say I am on a Christopher Moore marathon. I love that they are all set in places I have been- this sounding like Monterey's Pine Grove. Steve is just such a great creation. I actually got really sad when things were not going right for him. There is some kinkiness around Steve that is a tad bit disturbing but handled in the funniest albeit gentlest of ways (that is in terms of how the author tells us what happened). I cannot wait...more
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Read in February, 2008
These Christopher Moore books are like pieces of string cheese: they're tasty, they don't last long, they gratify without being overfilling, and when you finish one, you kinda want one more. I read this one today, though I was aided by insomnia early this morning and an unusual quantity of free time today (Thanks, Lulu!). I get the impression that it might be beneficial to read Practical Demonkeeping before reading this one (many of the same characters, including Mavis, who was my favorite from ...more
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Read in April, 2008
Quite frankly, I loved this book from beginning to end. It made me laugh out loud in places, and in fact read out loud portions to my fiance. It had an interesting structure, telling the story from multiple viewpoints (including that of a sea monster and a dog), and the writing was tight and strong. It was a fast read, a fun mish-mash of sea creatures, humans (both crazy and not), drugs (both legal and illegal). Two thumbs up.
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Read in January, 2003
I've read a few of Moore's books now .. and those who know me, to recommend a ficitional writer to others is rare. I liked this one this best out of the several that I've read.
I think subconsciously, I might have named my son after Theo Crowe, the pot-smoking constable from Pine Cove. Bad Erik. :-)
The thing that draws me to Moore's work is the same thing that draws me to Frank Zappa's music and Kevin Smith's movies: self-referentialism. There's another book set in Pine Cove (Practica...more
I think subconsciously, I might have named my son after Theo Crowe, the pot-smoking constable from Pine Cove. Bad Erik. :-)
The thing that draws me to Moore's work is the same thing that draws me to Frank Zappa's music and Kevin Smith's movies: self-referentialism. There's another book set in Pine Cove (Practica...more
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Read in April, 2007
This one had more science nerdiness, which made me laugh. Gabe, the behavioral biologist who reappeared in The Stupidest Angel, was hilarious in his insistence that the rats were telling him something (which they were) while other Pine Cove residents were more concerned with the Texaco blowing up and various townspeople disappearing. Of course, the "scientific" explanation for the sea beast was ridiculous, but I was still amused. I think Moore just wanted an excuse to write abou...more
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Read in March, 2008
Christopher Moore knows from funny!
You don't have to take the Blue Smurfs of Sanity to enjoy this book. The praise heaped upon Mister Moore is deserved, but I wont rehash it all here. Its a slapstick funny, gross, heartwarming and above all, well written book!
If you are curious about sex with sea mammals, seretonin blockers, blues singers who lose the blues, psychiatric fraud, or what kinds of nightmares dragons have, read and laugh and share it with your friends!
You don't have to take the Blue Smurfs of Sanity to enjoy this book. The praise heaped upon Mister Moore is deserved, but I wont rehash it all here. Its a slapstick funny, gross, heartwarming and above all, well written book!
If you are curious about sex with sea mammals, seretonin blockers, blues singers who lose the blues, psychiatric fraud, or what kinds of nightmares dragons have, read and laugh and share it with your friends!
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Read in February, 2008
Oh how I love Christopher Moore! I've been kind of in a bah-hum-bug reading mood lately, and this was the perfect book to get me back into reading ...
You can tell Moore had fun writing this book, and I had fun reading it. In true Moore form it was smart with characters that I identified with. A run look at psychosis, drugs, sea creatures, brain chemistry, people's assumptions and the blues.
Thank goodness I am reading again ... I was beginning to feel out of sorts!
You can tell Moore had fun writing this book, and I had fun reading it. In true Moore form it was smart with characters that I identified with. A run look at psychosis, drugs, sea creatures, brain chemistry, people's assumptions and the blues.
Thank goodness I am reading again ... I was beginning to feel out of sorts!
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I have to say I liked it - it was a quick read and relatively brainless and isn't exactly deep, but it was exactly what I wanted in a book when I was reading it. The chaotic creativity behind it amazes me, all the characters he comes up with and all the weird personality traits they have was just too funny. And I liked how it didn't beat around the bush, it was pretty straight up and pretty goofy. Read it with no expectations and you might like it.
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Read in March, 2008
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Alright - it's not as good as Lamb. How could it be? I mean, Lamb is kind of spectacularly wonderful. And I'd been warned that this one was a little disappointing in comparison.
So I just pretended that it was a brand new book by a guy who had nothing to do with Biff, Christ's childhood Pal and I had a grand old time with it.
It's wacky. It's fun. Like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and a comic book rolled up in one irreverent ball.
So I just pretended that it was a brand new book by a guy who had nothing to do with Biff, Christ's childhood Pal and I had a grand old time with it.
It's wacky. It's fun. Like Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and a comic book rolled up in one irreverent ball.
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Read in July, 2007
This is set in the same town as Practical Demonkeeping, another book by Christopher Moore. Most of the main characters from PD only made peripheral appearances in Lust Lizard, which was a little disappointing, but it was nice to see them checking in. This one read slower for me than PD, but was still very good. There were some bits that made me cackle (and my partner as well, once I read them out to him.)
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Read in August, 2007
Theo Crowe, Pine Grove's only constable sums up what he's facing and what the reader can expect in this hilarious Christopher Moore novel:
"Fuck that ! I got murders, drug manufacturing, some fucking giant animal of some kind, a whole town that's gone nuts, my car is mashed, and I have a crush on a crazy woman--I don't have the training for this ! No one has the fucking training for this !"
"Fuck that ! I got murders, drug manufacturing, some fucking giant animal of some kind, a whole town that's gone nuts, my car is mashed, and I have a crush on a crazy woman--I don't have the training for this ! No one has the fucking training for this !"
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Read in January, 2002
I was going to give this book 4 stars and then I remembered the scene with the lizard and the weed whacker and had to give it 5. It's just fun. It's kinda dirty, but then it's by Christopher Moore, all his books are at least kinda dirty at some point. Everyone seems to think that this is a work of fiction, but I don't see why, it seems perfectly plausable to me.
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Read in January, 2005
We started out reading 'The Stupidest Angel' followed by 'A Dirty Job.' While both of those are great, I would recommend starting with this book and going in order as some have re-occurring characters that might be more fun if you know them from earlier stories (for example, Roberto the fruitbat).
These are great fun without being much work.
These are great fun without being much work.
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
Fans of Christopher Moore
I love Christopher Moore - I find his imagination and creativity boundless. This book is not exception to his trademark originality. I love how he tells a story from the POV of everyone involved, even the dog. I don't think any of Moore's books could measure up to Lamb, but The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove is definitely entertaining.
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
any Tom Robbins fan who is tired of too much cosmic insight being added to slapstic humor
Do not read this book in a public place. No matter how much you explain your ecstatic laughter ("The dragon just turned into a trailer and the warrior babe just fed the hardware guy to him!"), they just aren't going to understand. I don't know this from personal experience, I read this on at home, but my cat just didn't see the humor.
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Read in January, 2008
I gave it three stars instead of four only because my expectations for Christopher Moore are so high. "Lust Lizard" has his witty dialogue, crazy characters, and insanely ridiculous situations. It just didn't make me laugh out loud like A Dirty Job did. It was funny and worth the read, just not one of his best.
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Read in January, 2008
I love Christopher Moore but I really didn't like this book. The lusty giant sea creature mating with a schizophrenic sword-weilding woman was beyond my ability to suspend disbelief.
Don't waste your time on this one.
But don't let it put you off of his other books
I still recommend:
The Stupidest Angel
Blue Coyote
Don't waste your time on this one.
But don't let it put you off of his other books
I still recommend:
The Stupidest Angel
Blue Coyote
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