rinabeana's review
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
by Christopher Moore
rinabeana's review
Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore
rinabeana's review
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We chose this book for one of my book clubs and I read it in a weekend (though our meeting wasn't for about three weeks - oops!). I think the main motivation of the person who suggested the book was the amusing title, but I think it turned out to be a good pick. This novel is an example of quite serious subject matter treated in a darkly comedic way, and I couldn't help but laughing and being horrified at the same time. Moore's style reminded me of John Irving, to some extent. The writing is a rather dispassionate recounting of facts, but those are cobbled together in such a fashion that I was wildly amused. The rather unbelievable events are made a little bit more believable this way, I think. This isn't to say I think such a story could ever have really happened, but I didn't have any trouble suspending my disbelief.
