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Nov 23, 2009

Marvin rated it:

A brilliantly silly novel that examines the idea of free will, man's relationship with the divine and the wisdom of redoing your linoleum floor just before the apocalypse. Some readers have compared this hilarious book to Christopher Moore but I think Kroese's writing style screams of Douglas Adams. Witness this little paragraph...

"The bullet, having thoroughly enjoyed this hole-punching business, proceeded to punch holes in the windows of four nearby cars, finally coming to res More...

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Jan 22, 2012

Stephen rated it:

3.5 stars. Funny, light-hearted take on the coming of the apocalypse. Not as good as the classic Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, but if you enjoyed that book and the humor and tone of Douglas Adams, it is a safe bet that you will enjoy this. There were some genuinely funny, laugh-out-loud moments (the periodic debate between "pawn" or "prawn" is one that jumps to mind). There were also some clever concepts incorporated into the story. A few examples are (MINOR More...

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Nov 06, 2010

Medeia rated it:

Christine Temetri is a journalist who reports on cults and religious nuts. Fed up and almost ready to abandon her career, her boss sends her in the midst of warfare, which leads her to the angel Mercury. Mercury is flaky and well-intentioned as he tries to steer the world into the apocalypse. The Antichrist is Karl Grissom, a dim-witted fellow who's more interested in fast food than world affairs. Christine shuttles through portals, going on different planes of existence to handle angels and dem More...

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Nov 09, 2009

Harmonicaman rated it:

This book cracked me up. Diesel is a master at delivering deliciously snarkastic dialog and this book is chock full of it. Anyone who is looking for a twisted interpretation of how the Apocalypse is going down will love this story.

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Dec 07, 2011

Joseph rated it:

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Dec 07, 2011

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Aug 11, 2011

Donna rated it:

Suspend your disbelief, and you can have some fun with this book. A warning though: if having religion satirized is upsetting to you, it'd be best to skip this one.

Take one journalist, one newspaper owner who believes that he has always received messages from God, throw in some angels and demons, and a military general, shake them all together, and if you're Kroese, you get "Mercury Falls." The journalist reports on every "end time" revelation at its appointed time, More...

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Aug 10, 2011

Wolfechu rated it:

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Despite me knowing the author is American, the humour (at least to me) seems very British. This is probably down to the self-admitted influence of Douglas Adams on the author, though a lot of the time I'm reminded more of Tom Holt at his best, probably because of the mythological bent of the book... Anyway, I expect it's traditional to review the book, not the author, but I tend to get sidetracked a little.

I liked this. A lot. But then I was sold when I foun More...

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Jul 05, 2011

Katy rated it:

Mercury Falls is a breath of fresh air blowing out the stagnant dogma of way too many churches AND throws a few punches at bureaucracy in general while it's at it. It has been compared to Dogma, but honestly I don't think there is any way to compare them, except for the fact that they both take a few swipes at organized religion (in Dogma's case it is only Catholicism) and in both cases there is an angel with an attitude (in Dogma we have Alan Rickman as Metatron - in Mercury Falls we have Merc More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Manda rated it:

I first picked up this book because the premise sounded very interesting, and the promise of Pratchett/Adams style humor intrigued me. After the recent failed Harold Camping apocalypse prediction, I felt it would be perfect for the occasion. The first half of the book was mildly interesting, enough to keep my attention, but I didn't think it was going to be anything special. The book picks up in the second half with the introduction of Mercury. It's in this second half that the book becomes heav More...

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Mar 16, 2011

John rated it:

While Heaven and Hell, and, of course, Earth, are rushing headlong towards the contractually agreed upon Armageddon but one renegade (yet not yet fallen) angel, along with one road weary reporter on the End of the World beat, have worked out just what is going wrong and decided to try and stop it, at least for now.

The short version: Good book, I recommend giving it a reading.

The (likely to be) longer version:
I don't know when I started following the author, Rob Kroese More...

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Feb 06, 2011

Patrick rated it:

Never again will I feel bad for not being able to understand the Book of Revelations. As it turns out, according to Robert Kroese's "Mercury Falls", nobody in Heaven or Hell totally understands it either.

Not since Christopher Moore's "Lamb" have Sunday School stories been so hilarious. Nothing funny about Bible stories? Think again! I dare even the staunchest of conservative Christians to try reading this book without laughing out loud at least once a chapter!
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Dec 30, 2010

Blondie rated it:

I've never been on any "plane" except the Mundane nor have I traveled through portals or seen the world on the brink of the apocalypse but novelist Robert Kroese brought me there and I am thankful for the trip!

Christine is a journalist who is tired of covering stories about the end of the world. Mercury is an angel who is supposed to be a coordinator for the apocalypse. These two meet, along with the anti-christ and all hell breaks loose... almost. Angels and demons are pl More...

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Feb 07, 2010

Weston rated it:

Rob "Diesel" Kroese can make anything funny. If you read his blog, Mattress Police, then you already know this. For those unfamiliar with his past and first experiencing him through Mercury Falls, then you are seeing a man at the top of his writing game.

There's a reason that people are ranting, raving, and leaving 5 star reviews for this book all over the web: It's so entertaining that you can't put it down, and once you finish the final chapter, you head right to Google to More...

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Nov 23, 2009

Chris rated it:

You all know I love apocalypses, if that is indeed the correct pluralization. There's just something about the end of the world that really gets me going, and if it can be done with some sense of humor and insight, that's even better.

Mercury Falls has the distinction of being the first full-length book I've read on my Kindle, and let me say that it was a good christening. While I'm not writing a Kindle review, I have to admit that the device works very well. It's easy to read, easy to More...

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Nov 17, 2009

Jennifer (JC-S) rated it:

‘The Apocalypse has a way of fouling up one’s plans.’

Ah yes, it’s the end of the world. Again. Agreements have been reached and the associated paperwork has been completed. The Four Attache cases of the Apocalypse are out there, as is the Antichrist.

What can prevent the Apocalypse?

Enter Christine Temetri, a journalist who covers the antics of ‘End of the World’ cults for a religious magazine. Christine is thinking about a career change, and is seeking som More...

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Nov 16, 2009

Adam rated it:

Mercury Falls is the first book by blogger, cat fancier, and penis mightier Robert "Diddletits" Kroese. I originally bought this book directly from Amazon out of pity. Here was this blogger with a sometimes marginally amusing, sometimes hilarious, and always anal retentive and didactic blog who had managed to string together 300-rough pages of words and self-publish it, and he was pushing it and offering blowjobs, teen Thai hookers, and giant-sized chocolate bars for anyone who would More...

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Nov 20, 2011

Shawn rated it:

The first thing I told someone who asked me about Mercury Falls was, "It is a lot like Good Omens. The humor is much the same, and the humor is even more central to the book than the plot."

The plot is interesting, however. Much like Good Omens, Mercury Falls is centered on the event of the Apocalypse. Not just a boring, by-the-book apocalypse, however. No, in this apocalypse, Heaven and Hell are perennial adversaries bound by the bureaucratic creep of an over-active leg More...

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Oct 18, 2011

Brian rated it:

Mercury Falls is about as close as it gets to a perfect book for me. As someone who grew up with traditional religion and spent many hours in philosophy classes throughout college learning to question and re-evaluate that religion, finally finding a "faith" that was my own, the book was bound to be fascinating to me from the start as the author eschews much of the what is considered traditional "Christianity" in this story and presents some interesting perspectives for one to More...

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Oct 12, 2011

Jaylia3 rated it:

This cleverly funny apocalyptic romp is filled with angels, fallen and faithful, and humans, determined and clueless. The angels, both heaven’s and Satan’s, are great at seeing the big picture but sometimes careless about details, and they are so used to following orders and doing as they are told, even if they don’t understand why, that they have very little ability to stand back and ask themselves if their actions are accomplishing something good or bad. The exception is Mercury, a whimsical More...

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Jan 30, 2012

Sarah rated it:

I loved this. Loved it. Humorous, sharp and clever - unabashedly picking apart the idea of free will, destiny, religion and divine intervention with fantastic action and dialogue. One of my favorites:

"The bullet, having thoroughly enjoyed this hole-punching business, proceeded to punch holes in the windows of four nearby cars, finally coming to rest on page 328 of a dog-eared copy of Gravity's Rainbow, which is 186 pages further than anyone else had ever gotten."

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Jan 03, 2011

Russell rated it:

Mercury Falls tells the story of Christine, a journalist who is growing tired of her job writing in apocalyptic cults who ultimately don't seem to really know what they're talking about. But things change when she meets cult leader Mercury, a rogue angel and Karl the newly appointed Antichrist and she realizes that the trip must work together to stop the impending apocalypse.

Mercury Falls is a father fun and interesting read, portraying both heaven and hell as a mass of hopelessly com More...

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Jan 25, 2010

M. rated it:

For fans of Douglas Adams and/or Terry Pratchett, Mercury Falls is a fantastic, hilarious read destined to leave you disappointed in having to leave this universe once the last page has been read. I'm really, really hoping for a sequel to this (there's rumours that one is in the making) because now that this book has been read, I already find myself missing Eddie and Karl(! I'm as surprised as anyone else!) and Christine and of course, Mercury himself.

The book starts at a breaknec More...

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Nov 30, 2011

Jayme rated it:

I read the reviews and was very excited about reading this book. Truth be told, I was so sure that I would like it that I was even happy there was a sequel. However, this book was so dreadful that I didn't even want to finish it.

This is what armageddon would look like on CSPAN. Angels have lawyers? Seriously? People keep saying how funny this book is. I couldn't find any humor at all. I honestly thought the constant bashing of "Charlie Nix and the Flaming Cup" was jus More...

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Feb 02, 2012

Emil rated it:

I seriously had a fun time reading this book. Robert Kroese, seems to write exactly how I think—sort of Mystery Science Theater:3000—where I stop to make a parenthetical comment about something, then pick right back up where I left off! I read this after I watched The Adjustment Bureau and thought it (the book) was amazing. You see, I plainly get the whole "angels among us" thing. (By the way, the characters in Mercury Falls are far more interesting than the previously mentioned movie More...

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Dec 25, 2011

Zeke rated it:

Personal rating: 7.6 / 10

Spoiler alert!
Let me start off by saying I originally did not know this book had a prologue. As such, it was the last thing I read. Ergo, my reaction to the book will be based upon this non-chronological reading.
First, the pluses. I loved the witty banter back and forth between these characters. I literally laughed out loud several times. The biting commentary on bureaucracy was elegant. I loved first person omniscient narration and I wouldn’t h More...

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Jan 26, 2010

Joemmama rated it:

OMG--This is one funny book! You should be warned, however, not to wear white while reading. The coffee you snort and spray out of your nose will stain! Brown t-shirts should be sold at the same time.

Robert Kroese has written about the End of Days, where Mercury, an angel, is supposed to assist with the end of the world, but he is more interested in making Rice Krispy treats, and snowmen. (of course it only snows where he is standing)

Christine Temetri is a reporter for a More...

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Feb 26, 2010

Gregory rated it:

When I was younger, I would now and again stumble upon a great book in a bookstore, something I'd never heard of but which caught my eye. Maybe the story sounded intriguing, or the cover design was catchy. Maybe it was strategically placed at eye level and recommended as a "staff pick" by some big chain bookstore that had been paid by a big publisher to pass off expensive marketing at personal opinions of real, everyday sort of people. However it happened, it was always a joy to read s More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Jeff rated it:

Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese is an upbeat and fun novel that just happens to be about the apocalypse. The characters are fantastic, but completely ridiculous (especially the antichrist). The plot is entertaining and kept me guffawing (that’s the only word that works).

The only complaint that some people might have is the frequency with which the humor is inserted into the novel. Maybe once, I felt that it was too much, but most of the time I thought it was fine and it never distrac More...

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Jan 16, 2011

zxvasdf rated it:

It didn't help that I read this back to back to Douglas Adams' "trilogy" so to get the inevitable comparisons out of the way: Kroese is the latter day Douglas Adams. It is only because everything we do is from the backs of giants until we in turn become giants, which is just fancy for hoping that Kroese takes off in the literary world.

I have been fortunate in following several bloggers and twitternauts who have forged for themselves, out of sheer tenacity and talent, ventures More...

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